The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-01-24


thereon, in the manner abovementioned.-
Penalties and a forfeiture of any supposed IL
tie are also annexed to the offence on which
will not dwell, as the first mentioned provi.
SONS OF the &C, are those which you are to
carry into effect.
You will please to appoint as many per-
sons as you may think fit, TO receive appi-
cations. assigning to each person tract, de-
signaling. by precise boundaries, either one
or more Counties, or a certain number of
townships, so as TO render the applications
easy 20 each set Ter. You may reserve to
yourself certain district, in which you NAV
receive the applications yourself or appoint
a person for that district, as will best suit
your own convenience.
The persons thus appointed, must. as we'll
as yourself, publish the substance Of the act.
SO that the settlers may know generally that
they VIII be removed, and exposed 10 peual-
ties, 1t they do not apply for permissions. AMI
that new settlements are altogether prohib
tied. Whenever an application is made, it
should specify with precisi n the ract appli
ed for, (no' exceeding $50 arces) and if the
land has been surveyed, me application
must be for one or two quarter sections, to
be specially desig"ated. AS however. from
Ignorance, the parties may not b. able always
To do this, the, must be assisted BY the o
nicer in framing the appica ion; and even
informal ones must not, in the first ins nee,
be re'ec ed. provided They -t,te the water
Courses on which the land lies, the date OF
the improvement and by whom mad. At
the foot, or on the back of the application or
OF he permission hereafter mentioned, the
party must sign declaration of the form
annexed. (A)
All The applications received by the per-
SINS appointed by you must be transmit
ted t. you, and you will hereupon grant
permiSsiuns of the form (B) duplicates
being signed by the parties and retained by
you
The applications and permisslons n ust be
entered on a book kept TO that purpose; but
It Is not necessary that they should be re-
cordet at large. A register of ne 'or,n
60 Will be sufficient, aad by endorsing on
each applica ION and permission its number,
they may be always referred to from the re-
eis or
ispossible. that nom the extent of YOUR
d,slict and the inconven, nee and DELAY :
rising from dou lie transmission, to and from
you, OF the applications and PERMISSION you
may think II more eligible to authorize 1T
once the persons appointed by you TO grant
the permissions. This you may do. But in
thai case, You must transmit to such pers,>as
the necessary Instructions, and the for AS b
and y; One form they must have at ali
events j they must sign the psrmissious IN
their own names, adding the words /" or A.
Is. register Of the land otHce of - :"
and they must on the first of January next
transmit 10 you the registers, applications K
duplicates ot permisslons, signed bythe par
ties. You will, as soon thereafter as NAV be.
state tothis department The number Of ap.
pications and permissions, and where the
land has been snrveyed. transmit. . t;st IS
the tracts for which permissions have been
given.
1t may not be improper to remark, that
such persons as may have formed sett e
ments, subsequent to the date which would
entitlc them to right of pre-emption, cam
not refuse to sign the required declaration
since they do not lay any clain to the land ::
and, withou, pretending to encourage their
expectations, cheerful compliance on their
part with the law, by signing The law. and
thus acknowledging themselves to be ten .,uts
at Will o! the u. S. would not certainly iniar.
their cause.
AS 70 the persons, who, having obtained
prescriptions. wish that they may be convert
cd into donations, it is Sufficient to observe,
mar me present LAWS inappIcable to them,
t9r eheir claims being Recognised and con
hrned as pre- 'emptioDs, ihey canno We dis
turbed IN their possessions, and are nos
luveiy excepted from the CD ration of the
law.
Congress having directed special reports
L" be made OF all Complete British gram {.
oniy hIed with the register, bu. not conf m
ed Tor want OF a settlement before the 27to
OCTOBER l7g5 and also of all incomDlet.
tiles, which would have been confirmed
mad they not been granted to minor, tbeso
two descriptions of claims mus BE- viewed IS
berg sil under he considerati7 IN of he
Legislature and claimants of either descrlD-
non VINO nave prijr 70 thc passing of a. e
present laws made settlements on lands hu4
claimed, VIII no, be disturbed lh ugh the
may not slBu the declaration reunired Nv
tn act he President has also Instruct n
me t. say, mat r present alton having bee n
made 90 Congrr SIS, IN favor OF persons claim
ing under incomplete Spanish titles. nnt
Confirmed for want of actual settlement. ON
the 27th October, 1895, which Representa-
tion has not yet been decided upon by thar
body, he Will not order claimants of that des-
cflption, who have, prior to the Passing of
the present law, settled on the lands mus
Claimed, tn be removed. till after the end
or the next session of Congress. But this
indulgence will not beck ended to pe,.sons
trhiug settlements after the passing of the
act, nor must 1t by any means be Construed
as giving any Sanction whatever to the
claim.
1t may, perhaps he useful, that the inba
bitants OF the territory shonld he made ac
qua'nted with the intention of the Presi,I
rs u relates TO these several descriptions of
persons.
Inc certificate contemplated by the last