The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-09-10
(Bp Auttoritp.)
Laws of the United States.


- se"fa"oes Of fhe Uwiei States Of .i,ae,fca. IN.
Is.Sress assem5'ed, That the rights, titles, and
s'Sms, 10 Town or village lots. out lots, common
ne'u 'o,s and commons. in, adjoining and belong.
ing TO the several towns or villages of Portagc dcs
SIOUX. 81 Charles, ST. Louis, ST. Ferdinand villa
60 Robert, Carondelet, ST. Gencyievc, New Mad.
r,d' New bourbon, Little Prairie and Arkansas, in
inc territory ot Missouri, which lots have been in
napheo' cultivated or possessed prior TO the TWEEN.
teth day OF December, one thousand cisht hundred
and three, shall be, and the same are hereby confr-
a mva 10 'he inhabitants of the respective towns or
villages aforesaid according TO their several right or
iights IN common thereto: Pro.idsd That nothing
nerein contained shall be construed to affect the
'ights OF any persons claiming the same lands, or
any part thereof, whose claims have been confirmed
inc BOARD of commissioners for adjusting and set
Ting claims 10 lands in the said territory. And il
snail DC The duty of the principal deputy surveyor
TOT ue SAID territory, as seen may be, survey
or cause to be surveyed and marked. Cwhere The
same has not already been done according 10 law,
the out boundary lines Of the saa several towns or
villages, so as TO include the out iots common field
lois and commons, thereto respectively belonging
Ana hr shall make out pl;s of surveys, which he
shaii transmit 10 the encouragement who shall for
ward copies OF the said psts TO the commissioner OF
the general land Office, and TO the recorder of land
uuesi The expense of Surveying the said out boun-
dsry lines shall be paid by the United States out of
any monies Appropriated for surveying the public
lands f'ro,fded That the whole expense shall not
a
tuay surveyed or marked KS .e.
Sec Ind be u further enacted, That all town or
village lots, out lots or field lo,s included
III such surveys which are not rightiully owned or
Claimed by any private individuals, or held as COM
mons belonging 10 such towns or villages, OF that
the President OF The United States may no, think
proper to reserve for military purposes. shall be- and
the same are hereby reserved for the support of
schools in the respective towns villages aforesaid
Iroridea, That the whole quantity Of land contained
IN the lots reserved for the support Of schools in any
one town or vlllsge, shall not exceed ohe-twenticth
part OF the whole lands included in the general sur.
vey OF such town village
Sec find be il further enacted, That every claim
to donation of lands in the said territory in virtue
OF settlement and cultivation, which is embraced by
the report OF the commissioners, transmitted to the
Secretary OF the Treasury, and which, by the said
repor', shalt appear not 10 have been confirmed.
merely because peimisson, by the proper Spanish
othcer, y settle has not been duly proven or be-
cause tbf tract claimed, although inhabited was not
cultivated on the twentieth Of December, one thcu-
sand eight hundred and three, or not TO have been
confirmed on account Of both said causes the same
shsli be confirmed, in il shall appear that tho
tract so claimed WAS inhabited by the claimant or
some one for his prior TO the twentieth day Of
December, one thousand eight hundred and ,hrcc as
aforesaid, and cultivated in eight months thereafter
subject, however, 10 every other Limitation and
trichcn prescribed by former laws in respect to such
sad REPORT other records Of the board that claims
'oiana hsse not been confirmed merely the ground
that tho clam was for greater quantity than eight
hundred arpens, French measure, every such claim
to the extent Of eight hundred apens shall be con-
6rmed. W
sec. g. And be- further enacted, That the recorder
OF lad titles Tor ths said territory shall, without de-
lay, make extract from the books Of the said
board of commissioners OF all the claims TO land
which are, by the preceding section, directed to be
confirmed, copy of which ne shall transmit to tho
commissioner Of the general lspd Office and he
shall furnish the principal deputy surveyor with
proper desc ription of the tracts to he confirmed,
wherein the quantity, locality, boundaries and CEN
nexon. when practicable with each other and those
tracts that have been confirmed by the board Of
commissioners shall be sta,ed. And whenever plats
OF the surveys hereinafter directed, shall have
been returned TO the said recorders sfice. il shall
be his duty TO for each tract TO be confirmed,
as Aforesaid, to the person entitled thereto cert.
fcate in favor OF the party, which shsl be transmitted
to the commissioners Of the general land Office and IL
it shall appear to the satisfaction OF the said commits
soner that such certificate has been fairly obtained
according the true and anng of this act,
then in that patents shall be granted in like
manner is provided by Law for the other lands Of
the United States.
Sec. S. lind be IL further enacted, That the prnci.
pal deputy surveyor shall survey, cause 10 be
surveyed, under the direction Of the surveyorgen.
erai, much OF the lands in the said territory to
which the INDIAN title has been exnguishcd, as the
President of the United States may direct into town
ships of six mics square, by lines running due north
and south, and others crossing these AZ right angles
and also the lands. the claims 20 which directed
TO be confirmed by the third section of this act
and the lands, the claims 10 wbicl have been con-
frmed by the board Of commissioners, where the
same has already been surveyed u'dcr the auth
orty Of the United States. And The said principal
deputy surveyor shall make out general and con-
pat Of all the surveys directed by this act TO
be made, which have already been made under
the authority Of the United States, which he shall
transmit the surveyorgenerAl, who shall transmit
copies Of the said plat or plsts to the recorder Of
laad titles, and the commissioner Of the general
land office. The expense of surveying shall be paid
by the Urited States: PrspideG, The shall not
in the Whole exceed three dollars mile for every
mile that shall be actually surveyed and msrked
Sec. g. ind d6e is further enacted That in all cases
WHERE by reason Of the indehnte description of the
local situation and boundaries Of any tract, the
e,sm "a which has been confirmed by tho com r,;s