The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-28
(BY AUrHoRIrY.l
LfJFS OF TIE UNITED STATES.


L6Ts OF TIE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT
S.ppicw-n 70 &c .inaet regulating ths g,urts Of
tani IN the TERRITORY Of Michigan
u Lit enacted BY the Senate and House Of Repre-
- seniafivrs Of tie United States Of A.,erica,
Congress assembled, That every person claiming
Land within that part of Michigan territory 10
which the Indian title hath been extinguishesl by
virtue OF any legal grant made by the French go-
veramcrt PRIOR To the treaty of Paris OF the tenth
OF February, one thousand seven hundred and
siNty-thrcc; or uf any legal grant made by the
British government subsequent TO the said trca-
w and prior to the treaty OF peace between the
Uated States and Great Britain, OF the thirt. of
Septenber, orc thousand seven hundred and
eiShty.tirce, or OF the second section Of the act
to which this act is supplement, shall! be allow
ell until the first day OF January next, to deliver
to the register OF the land Office for the district
q! Detroit notice in writing, stating the nature
and extent OF his claims, together with plat or
p!ats OF the tract or tracts claimed, and il such
person shall fail tn deliver such notice in writing
together with plat of the tsact claimed, al, his
right, so far rs may be derived from any act of
Congress shall become void, and the commiss-
oners appointed for the purpose of ascertaininr
and deciding The rights of persons claiming Land
III the said district ut Detroit, shall have the same
powers, and perform the duties in relation to the
claims, notices of which slallbe thus filed, as are
provided by the act to which this act is sup
plement, in relation to the claims therein desert
bed.
SEC. 2. hna be Il further enacted, That ever,
person whose claim has been or shall be confirm
ed BY the commissioners aforesaid, to tract of
land bordering on the river Detroit, and not OK
ceeding III depth forty arpens French measure,
shall be entitled to preference in becoming the
purchaser OF any vacant tract ofland adjacent to,
AIN ''"SA VI ms Own tract, NOT exceeding Iorty
arpens, French measure, III depth, nor in quaint
~ OF LAM; that whichis contained in his own tract
at the same price, and on the same terms and
conditiohs as are provided by law for the other
public lands in the said district And the survey
or general shall be and Ne is hereby authorised,
| rs soon as may be, 20 cause to be surveyed, the
tracts claimed by virtue of this sectivn and in all
cases where, by reason of bends in the said river,
and OF adjacent pnor or pre- -emption claims, each
Claimant cannot OBTAIN tract equal in quantity
To the adjacent tract already owned by him, to di-
vide tile vacant land, applicable to that object
between the several claimants, in such manner
as to HIM will appear most equitable. And eve
ny person entitled To the benefit of this section,
shall on or before the first day of January next,
deliver to the register of the land Office for the
tisti1ct OF Detroit, a notice in writing, statin..
ne situation and extent of the tract of land he
WISHES to purchase, and deposit at the same time
ne-twentleth part of the purchase money and
si,ali also, within three months after the return
OF The survey to the office OF SAID register, pro
duce to him receipt from the receiver of public
money for the said district for one fourth part of
the purchase money. And if any such person
shall fail to deliver such notice, and make such
deposit and payment, at the times above menti-
oned, his right OF presumption shall cease and
become void.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That every
person, who, being the bead of afamly, did pri-
or to the twenty-sixth OF March, one thousand
elght hundred and four, and doth at the time of
the passage of this act, inhabit and cultivate :.
tract III land i'll the territory of Michigan, not
claimed by virtue of a legal French or British
grant, or by the second section of the act tn
which this act is a supplement- shall lie entitled
to preference in becoming the purchaser from
the United States of such tract of land not ex.
ceeding one section, at the price at which the o.
thcr public lands in the said territory are direct
ed to be sold and payment may be made there
tor IN tho same manner, and under the same con-
dltons, rs are provided by law for such other
public lands. And every person entitled to the
benefit of this section, shall on or before the first
day OF January next, deliver to the register ofthe
land Office for the district aforesaid a notice in
writing of the situation and extent of the tract
OF land he wishes to purchase. The commssi-
oners aforesaid, are hereby authorised to examine
and decide the claims of every person claiming
the benefit of this section, and whenever il shall
appear to them that the claimant is entitled to a
right of presumption. they shall give certificate
thereof, directed to the register of the land Office
which certificate, together with receipt from
the receiver of public money, OF at least one
fourth part OF the purchase money, shall, on or
before the First day of January next, be produced
by the claimant, to the register of the land Of
nee for The SAID district. And If any person shall
fail to deliver such notice in writing or produce
such certificate and receipt within the times =.
bove mentioned, his right ct pre- -emption shall
cease and become void
SEC. H. Ind be it further enacted, That so much
OF the second section ofthe act to which this act
is supplement, as provides that not more than
one tract or parcel of land shall be granted TO a.
ny one person, shall be, and the same is hereby
repealed.
SEC. S. And be IL further enacted, That the
lands to which the Indian title has been cxtin
guished, by the treaty made at Detroit, on the
seventeenth of November, one thousand eight
hundred and seven, shall be attached to & made.
a part of the district OF Detroit, and be offered
for sale at that place, under the same executions
and regulations, at the same price, and on the
same terms, other lands lying in that district
j. Il. VARNUM,
Speaker Of the House IF Rebresentatives
S. SMITH,
President IF the Senate pro ten,eoye.
APRIL %, 1873.
APPROVED,
TIL: JEFFERSON.