The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1812-06-05
AN ACT


have been made and to grant donation
rights to certain Claimants of Land in
the District of Detroit, and for other
purposes.
II T. ~ enacted By the Senate and House Of
I'D Representatives. Of the Unifed STATES Of
.4merico, ia Congress assembled, That patents
shall be granted to the persons whose claims
TO land have been confirmed in the District of
Detroit, In conformity to the surveys which
have been made under the direction of the
ourveyor-General, and the general plat of
which has been returned to the Sccresary. g,
the Treasury, Notwithstanding the surveys
shall not, in every respect, correspond with
the description of the tracts as confirmed by
the commissioners for adjusting land claims
in the said District Provided, That the
confirmation of the commissioners, and ccr-
tifcatc OF the register, shall, in every other
respect, be conformable to law.
SEC. 2.--.4nd 6c 10 further enacted, That
every person, whose claim has been confirm
cd by the commissioners aforesaid TO tract
Of land bordering on the river Detroit, and
whose tract, as confirmed, does not extend i'm
depth eighty arpens, French measure, shall
be entitled TO o donation of any vacant tract OF
land adjacent TO, and back of the land con-
tirmed to him as aforesaid, provided that
such donation shall not exceed forty arpeps,
French measure, In depth, nor in quantity OF
land that contained in the tract already con-
iirmcd to him, nor shall in any case the tract
confirmed as aforesaid, and that allowed as a
donation, together excepted eighty arpcns,
French measure, in depth, and in all cases
where, by reason OF bends in the said river,
aud Of adjacent prior claims, each claimant
cannot obtain tract equal in quantity to the
tract already confirmed 10 him, the vacant
land applicable to the object shall be divided
between the claimants in such manner IS
shall appear TO the commissioners for adjust
ing the claims most equitable. And every
person claiming a donation in virtue Of this
section shalt, on or before the first day Of De-
cember next, deliver TO the said Register OF
the Land Office at Detroit, notice in wri-
ting of the situation and extent of his claim,
which he shall file in his Office on receiving
twenty-five cents from the party or parties Tor
each claim and 1t such person shall neglect
to deliver such notice within the time limited,
his rigir 10 y Donation, under this section.
shall become void. And the commissioners
for adjusting claims TO land in the said Dis
trict shall, as soon as may be after the FIRST OF
December next, proceed TO examine and de-
eide, according to the provisions of this Sec
ton, on the Claims filed as aforesaid and
when it shall appear to the said commission
ers that the claimant is entitled to donation
oil land, they shall give q certificate stating
the circumstances Of the case, and that tho
claimant is entitled TO receive patent for
such tract Of land by virtue Of this sec,ion-
which tract shall be surveyed in conformity
with the decision OF the commissioners, at
the expense OF the party, under the circc,ion
OF tho Survcyor-Gcnera!, by such OF his az
sstan,s residing in the said District as tho said
Surveyor-Gcneral shall appoint for that pur-
pose. The expense Of surveying shall bo
the same, and the pats of surveys and trana
script Of the decisions of the commissioners.
in favor OF claimants shall be made and trans
mittcd 10 tho Secretary Of the Treasury iik;
the same manner; and the certificates grant
cd by the commissioners shall be entered
with the Register Of the Land Office, sni |
certificates Of the Register be granted to th G
party or parties on payment Of the same fees,
and patents granted, in every respect, in tho
same manner as is directed by the third sec :
tion of an Act, entitled "An act regulating
the grants Of land in the Territory Of Michi-
gam" passed The third day Of March, on q
thousand eight hundred and seven.
SEC. 3.-Hnd be IL further enacted, That
the heirs Of Joseph Harrison, late of Detroies
dcccaced, bc permitted to enter with the
Register of the Land Office, for tie District
of Detroit, their claim to any tract or tracts
Of land in the said District and such entry
shall have the satnc effect and the commits,
sioners shall have the same powers, and act
thereon in the same manner, as if the entry
had been made before the first day of Jauua..
ry, one thousand eight hundred and nihe
and in case of a decision in favor OF their
claim or claims, patent or patents shall be
granted for the lands so claimed and confirm
ed to them, any law to the contrary notwi.h-
standing. ii. CLAY,
Speaker of the House of Rehresensafirfs:
WIN. CRAWFORD.