The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-02

4 December. one thousand eight hundred and three,
as aforesaid, and cultivated in eight months thereaf
ter, subject, however, tn every other limitation and
| restriction prescribed by former laws in respect to
such claims and in all where il shall appear
by the said report other records oil the board that
claims to land have not been. Confirmed merely on
the ground that the claim MAS for greater quantity
than eight hundred arpens. French measure, every
such claim to the extent OF eight hundred arpcns
shall he confirmed.
Sec. !. .4nd be IL further enacted. That the re-
eorer Of land titles for the said territory shall wh
out delay, make extract from the books of the said
board OF commissioners OF all the claims to land
which are, by the preceding section, directed be.
confirmed, copy Of which he shall transmit TO the
furnish the principal deputy surveyor with proper
description oil the tracts to be confirmed, wherein
| the quantity, locality, boundaries and connection,
when practicable with each other, and those tracts
that have been confirmed by the board Of commiss-
oners. shall be stated And whenever pla.s Of the
surveys hereinafter directed shall not have been
returned to the said recorders Office, il shall be his
duty to issue for each tract be confirmed aore-
SAID, to the person entitled thereto, a certificate in
Favour OF the party, which shall be transmitted to
the commissioner Of the general land Office and il
It shall appear TO the satisfaction of the said com
missioner that sush certificate has been fairly obtain
cd according TO the true intent and meaning of this
act, then in that patents shalt he granted in like
manner as is provided by law for the other lands OF
the United States.
Sec. S. .4nd be IL further enacted, That the prin
surveyed, under the direction Of the surveyor.yenc
raj, SO much Of the lands in the said territory to
which the 1Rdian title has been extingushe, as the
president OF the United States may direct, into tow
ships OF six miles square, by lines running due north
and south, and others crossing these right angles,
and also the lands the claims which arc directed TO
be confirmed by the third section of this act: and
the lands the claims to which have been confirm ed
oy the board OF commissioners, where the same has
not already been surveyed under the authority of the
United States. And the said principal deputy sur.
veyor shall make out general and connected plat
OF all the surveys directed by this act to be ade m
which have already been made under the authority
OF the United States, which he shall transmit to
the surveyor-genera, who shall transmit comics of
the said plat or pats to the recorder of land titles
and ;he commissioner of the general land Office
The expence of surveying shall be paid by the Unit
ed States Provided, the same shall not i'm the
whole exceed three dollars mile for every mile that
shall be actually surveyed and marked.
Sec 6. .7nd be at further enacted That in all ca
ses where, BY reason of the indefinite description of
the local situation, and boundaries of any tract the
claim to which has been confirmed by the commiss-
oners, the same cannot be ascertaned by the prin-
cipa deputy surveyor, it shall be the duty of the re-
eorder OF the land titles, the application of the
SAID principal deputy, to furnish such precise es
cripton thereof. be obtained from the records
in Office, and the books of the said board of com
missioners-and for the purpose of the more correct
y ascertaining the locality and boundaries of ,any
such tracts, the said principal deputy shall have free
access at all reasonable hours to the books and mn
pers In the recorders Office relating to land claims,
and be permitted to take copies or extracts there
from, or any of them, as he may think proper and
necessary for the discharge of his duty ia executing
such surveys. And the said recorder shall be allow
ed 70 cents tor the description of each tract which
he shall furnish to the principal deputy surveyor as
aforesaid. =.
Sec. z. .3nd be it further enacted, That every
person or persons claiming lands in the territory of
MISSOURI who are actual settlers on the lands which
| they claim, and whose claims have not been hereto
fore filed with the recorder of land titles for the said
territory, shall be allowed until the first dav of De
cenber next to deliver notices in writing, and the
written evidences OF Their claims the ead record
err; and the notices and evidences 80 delivered with
In the time limited By this act, shall be recorded in
the same manner, and On payment of the came fees
as If the sans had been delivered before the frs,
day OF July, one thousand eight hund ed and eight
but the rights Of such persons shall neglect go do
ing within the time limited by this act, SHALL so far
as they are derived from, founded on any act of
| congress- ever. afterwards be barred and become
void, and the evidences of their claims ne
yer after admitted evidence in any court of the
United States, against any grant derived from the
United States.
Sec. 8. And be it fuytker enacted. That the ssid
recorder of land titles shall have the powers and per-
form the same duties in relation to the claims thus
filed before che first day of December next and the
claims Which have been heretofore fled but not deci-
ded on by the commissioners, az the board of com
missioners had by former laws respecting claims f.
led prior to ths first day of July, thousand eight
hundred and eight, except that ali of his decisions
shall be subject to the revision of congress. And it
shall be the duty of the said recorder to make to tho
commissioner Of the general land Office before Con-
gress, at their next session. for their determination
thereon-The said recorder, in addition to his saa-
ny as fixed by law shall be allowed fifty cents for each
claim which has been fled but decided on by the
commissioners; which shall be filed according to
this act, and which he shall make decision who.
Their such decision be in favor Of against the claim
& further allowance of Ave hundred dollars which
shall be paid after he shall have made his report to
| n, of he off.
allowance of fifty cents for each claim decided on &
FIVE hundred dollars the completion of the busi-
ness, shall be in full compensation for his services
nelu,ng clerk hire, respecting the claims to be de-
cided on according to this act
H. CLAY,
Speaker Of the Hoase of Rebyesentatipes
VIZ. III. CRAWFORD,
= Precedent Of the Senate, pro tenpeope
June 10, 1912.
.Approvea, JAMES MADISON.