The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1813-03-18
LAWS.
IP6bLisRED III .iU1RORTrr1
AN ACT


ID L il enacted By he Senate ard Honse af
ID Renrssenfa,res oFfhe Leited afciss Of
ssfrs rfco, in Congress assemtie9, Ths, es-
cay person, or the legal representatives or
every person. who hps actually inhabited and
cultivated tract of land lying ~ either of The
districts established for ,hc sale OF p2blie
lands, in the liincis territory which ,rsc, is
no, rish,iuly claimed by sny other person,
and vino shall not haze removed from said
territory every such person and his legal re-
prcsentalives shall be entitled TO preference
10 becornog The purchaser iiom the United
States of such tract OF land ~ private sale, az
,ae same price and on the same terms and
conditions IN e'osy respect, as are or may be
provided by Law for the sale OF other lands,
sold al private sale in said territory, at tho
time ct making such purchase Prov;6t6,
that not more than one qucNer section OF land
shall be sold 70 any one indis isidual, in virtue
Of this act /; end the same shalt be bounded
by the sectional and Divisional lines run, or
TO be run, under ,he direction OF the Surveyor
General for The division OF the public lands:
Provided also, That no lands resersed from
sale by former acts, or lands which have been
directed TO be sold in town lots, and ou, lots,
shall be sold nnder this act.
Sec. 2. .In4 be !! .ftafher enacted, That
every person claiming preference in becom.
ing tie purchaser of tract Of land, in virtue
of this act, shall make known his claim, by
delivering notice in wiring, 10 the Register
Of the Land Office, for the distric, in which
The Land may !ir, Wherein he shall par,i,u-
larry designate the quarter section he claims;
which notice the Register shall file in his Of
fee, on recciving twenty-five cents from The
person delivering TIC same. And in every
case where j, shall apper to the satisfaction OF
the Receiver OF Public Monies of the Land
Office, that rny person, who has delivered
his notice oil ciaim, 10 entitled, according To
the provisions OF this act, To a preference in
becoming the purchaser oe quarter section
oil land, such person so entitled shall have
right TO enter the same, with the Register of
the Land Office, on producing his receipt
from the Receiver OF Public IA aies fos a,
leas, one twentieth par. OF the purehase iio-
ney, as in case OF other public Lands .old a,
private sale Provided, That all land. 10 be
sold under this ect shall be entered with the
Register, at least Two weeks before the time
OF the commencemen, Of the public sales, in
the district wherein the land lies and every
person having right of preference in be-
shall fail SO TO make his entry with the Regis
ter, within the time prescribed, his right
shall be forfeited, and the land by him claim
cd shall be offered a, public sale, with ,he
other pxblic lands in the district 70 which il
Belongs. Ii. CLAY,
Slaeaker Of TIE House Of Rcfresenfdtiues.
WIZ. III. CRAWFORD,
Pre"denf Of fhe Senate hro seoihore.
February 5, lSl3.-APpRovEp,
JAMES MADISON
AN ACT
Confirming certain claims in the district
of Vihccnnes.
ID Z IL enacted by tie Senate and House Of
ID Rehresen!afives Of fhe United S,ases c(
.1merica, in Congress assembled, That al,
the decisions Of the register and receiver Of
pubic monies for the district Of Vincennes,
made in favor of persons claiming dcl;s!ion
lands in said district, as entered 10 list Of
cloims which in the opinion of the said regis.
ter and receiver ought 10 be confirmed in pur-
suancc Of the act, cniitIcd " An act providing
for the sale of cortsin lands in the Indiana
territory, and for other purposes" passed on
the tbir,ieth day Of April, orc thousand eight
hundred and ten, which list is part Of their
report to the Secretary ofthc Treasury, bear
ing date Of the twenty-sevsnth day OF May,
one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be,
and tho same arc hereby confirmed.
Sec. 2. .hnd be IL further enacted, That
the following persons whose claims, according
to the aforesaid report, are not embraced by
The provisions Of the above recitcd act, but
which nevertheless in ,he opinion Of the reg
lister and receiver ought to be confirmed, shall
be, and their claims sre hereby confirmed re-
spectively, ,othe following quantities. OF land,
that is TO say rhe bcirs of Francois Pei,ie',
the heirs Of Bernice Lcfcyre, and the heirs
OF Jesn Bit. vsIccoor, respectively, four hun
drcd acrcs Rene Campeau, Francois Car
dinAl, me heirs of Joseph Pancake, the h>iss
Of Jacob Howell, the hciss Of Alexander VIII
son, tn. heirs of Daniel Sullivan, and the hcils
OF Jacob TevebAugh, respectively, one hun