The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-27
AN ACT
Presiding for the sale Of certain lands in the In
diana t~erritoyp, and for other 1urboses.

diana territory, and for other purposes.
ID ii enacted By the Senate and House of Re
A. p,esentatices ofthe United States of An,erica,
m Congress assembled. That al, that tract ofiand.
to which the I,dian title was ex,inguished 10y
the treaty made at Fort Wayne, on the Thrift
eth day OF Sep'r, in the year one thousand eight
hundred * nine, lying west, & adjoining TO the
boundary line established by the treaty ut Green
vile, shall be attached to, and made a part ofthe
district of C'ncinnatti; and the residue of the
iands to which the Indian title was ~extinguished
by the said treaty, and other treaties made At
V ncennes IN the same year, shall be attached
to, and made a part of the district of Vincennes
and the said lands with the exception of sec
tiop number sixteen, which shall be reserved III
escn township sor the use of schools within the
same, shall be offered FOR sale to the highest bid
der, under the direction Of the register of the
land niiice, aud of the receiver of pubic monies,
al. the places respectively where the land offir res
are kept, and on such day or days as shall by
proclamation OF the President of the United
States. be designated for that purpose the
sales shall remain open at CINCINNATI one week,
and at Fincennes three weeks, and no longer
the lands shall not he sold for less than two dol,
lars, AID shall in every other respec, be sold in
tracts of the same size, and an the same terms
and conditions, as have been or may be provided
for lands sold in the same districts ; all the lands
IN the said tracts with the exception above men.
toned remaining un sold at the close of the said
sales. may be disposed of at private sale by the
register of the respective land Offices, in the
same manner, under the same regulations, for
the same price and on the same terms and con.
ditions, As are or may be provided by law for the
sale OF lands IN the same districts, and patents
shall be obtained in the same manner and on the
same terms as for other public lands, sold in the
said districts
SEC. 9 An9 be ii further enacted, That the
several superintendent Of public sales dire c,ed
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each days attendance on the said sales.
SEC. 3. And be it .fxrther enacted, That from
and AFTER the first day OF June next, the second
principal meridian established by the surveyor
general in the Indiana territory, shall be the
boundary between the district OF Vincennes g.
j. Jacksonville and the lands included in the said
districts respectively, according to the bounda.
RES above mentioned, shall become a part of
the district in which they are included. and shall
be SOLD a, the same place, in the same manner,
ana on the same terms and conditions as the
other public lands, lying IN the same district
SEC a And be 1t Js,ther enacted. That any
pers0n or persons entitled TO dor1t;nn lands, in
the district OF Vincennes by any former reso!u
tion or act OF Congress, and VINO were minors
or did not reside within the Indiaaa te r,torv
during the time allowed by law for registering
claims TO land with he substance pfthe evidepc,
adduced III support thereof, with such rema,ks
thereon MS they may think proper; which re
port, Vgsther with a list of the claims, which
IN the opinion of the register and receiver oueh,
to be confirmed, shall be laid by the s. e,sr,
OF the Treasury before Congress at their mex,
session. tor their determination thereon /; and the
sad register and receiver shall each be allowed
an additional compensation Of one hundred dol
lars, IN tutl Tor their services in relation TO such
CLAIMS, and one hundred dollars for clerk hire
SEC 5 ind be At further enacted, That a trac,
OF land IN the Illinois Territory. at, and including
shawnee town, on the ONO river sh ali, under
the direction OF the surveyor general, be laid IF
into town lots, streets and avenues, and into out
lots, IN such manner and of such dimensions as
he may Judge proper Provided. The tract so TO
be laid oil shall not exceed the quantity of land
contained in two entire sections, nor the town
lots one quarter of an acre each when the
survey OF the lots shall be completed, a plat
thereof shall be returned to the surveyor
general, on which the town lots and out
lots shall respectively be designated by progress
sive numbers, who shall cause two copies to be
made, one 10 be transmitted to the Secretary OF
the Treasury, and the other TO the register of
the land ofioe; and the lots shall be offered ia
the highest bidder at public sale, at the same
time and place, on the same terms and conditi.
ons, Excerpt as 10 the Quantity OF land, J as have
or may be provided for the sale of me OTHER pub.
lie lands in the said territory Presided, That
no town lot shall be sold for a less price than eight
dollars, nor any out lots for less than at the rate
OF hye dollars an acre.
.VARNUM,
SPEAKER o. the House of ReoreScntl tives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President Of the Senate, pro ,tembore.