Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-04-16
BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT
Providing fer the decentralization of certain
claimants OF public lands in the Mississips
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AN ACT

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Providing fer the decentralization of certain
claimants OF public lands in the Mississin.
pi Territory.
Belt enacted by SenGfe and House O,
rlteiiresenfatfves Of ne United .Sfafes of II
me'7ca M Congress assembled, That every
person or persons Claiming public lands ii,
S TIE Mississippi territory, south of the state
OF tennessee ard west Of the state of G. eors
gia, under the act, or pre,erced act of the
state ct Georgia, entitled !" An act supple
mentary to an act, entitled An act for an
propriating part of the INDICATED terrific.
ry OF tins state fer the payment of the late
STATE troops and other purposes therein men
toned, declaring The right, of this state r.
the uDafprcpriated territory thereof. for
the protection and support of the frontiers
OF this state aud for other purposes ;,
passed January the seventh, one thousa nd
seven hundred and ninety five. who have ex !.
shib,ted the evidence of their claims 70 the
Secretary of State, for the purpose of hav
in8 The same recorded in books in his Office,
conformah!y 10 the act Of Congress passed
the third day OF March, one thousand eight
hundred and three. entitled &c An act reen
Z iating the grants OF lands, and providing
.ipi the disposal ut the lands Of the United
STATES, south OF the state of Tennessee p
shaii DC allowed until the first Monday of
January next, to deposit, in the office Of
Secretary of State of the United States n
sufficient legal release of all such claim or
claims to the United States, and an assign.
ment and transfer TO the United States of
their right and claim to any sum or suns of
money which by them or the persons from
whom they or any ofthem have derived their
Claims were deposited or paid into the trea :
snrv OF the state OF Georgia as the consider
alton OF the purchase of the land for which
their release OF claim is deposited as afore-
sad aud also, a power to sue in the nam.
OF such claimant for any sum or SONS a
money assigned as aforesaid, and which
shall have been unawfully or frauduIently,
Withdrawn from the treasury of the state
OF Georgia; such release. assignment, trans
fer aad power. to take effect on the indem.
nihcation at such claimants being made cons
formally to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 2 dnd ne it further enacted, That the
secretary OF state, the secretary OF the ,rea
lsury, and the attorney general Of the United
States tor the time being) shall be and
they are hereby constituted and appointed a
board of commissioners, to meet in the CITY
OF Washington, on the first Monday Janua
ny next and, as soon as may be practicable
thereafter, they or any two of them, are
fully authorised and required to adjudge
ard sese'e,ine upoa he sutficieney &c the
releases and assignments and powers TO be
executed and deposited in the Office of
the secretary of state, in conformity with
the foregoing section and also TO adjudge
and finally determine upon all controversies
arising from such claims, SO released as a
foresaid. which may be found to conflict
with, and be adverse tn each other and
also to sctjuSse and determine upon all
such claims Under the aforesaid act or pre-
tended act of the state of Georgia, as may
be found to have accrued to the United
States by operation of law: Provided, That
it shall be the duty ofthe said commission
ers to cause to be published for the period
ot three months before the said meeting, at
least once a week in all the public newspa
pers in which the acts of Congress are BY
authority published notice of the purposes
and of the tins and place of such meeting.
Sec. 8. Ind be IT, further enacted, That
as soon as the said commissioners shall have
made report tostbe President OF the Uailed
Sta es OF the sufficiency of such releases and
assignments. to the amount at least of nine
tenths OF the whole !aiids claimed By virtue
OF the sales made by the Legislature of the
state OF Georgia to the respective companies
hereafter enumerated, exclusive of such
claims to the said lands as shall have vest.
ed in the United States by the operation of
law, and shall have certified to him the
names of the claimants, whose claims they
have finally adjudged and allowed, and the
respective and relative proportions on which
they are entitled to the indemnity under and
by virtue OF this act, the Presiden. shall be
and he hereby is authorised and required to
cause to be issued from the treasury of the
United States, to such claimants respective.
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certificates of stock, not bearing interest, and
on their face that the same are
payable out of the first monies in the treasf
ry of the United States, arising from the
sale of public lands in the Mississippi terri
tory, after the money due to the state of
Georgia and the expences of surveying such
lands have been satisfied.
To the persons claiming in the name of, or
under the Mississippi Company, including
such share or shares rs may be found to- have
vested in the United States, and for which
the United States are to be considered epti-
tied to The respective proportions for the
same, land exclusive OF all claims usualiv
denominated in the former report Of the COM
nissioners aforesaid citizens ctaiyns) sum
not exceeding in the whole three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
10 the persons claiming in the name of
or under the Tennessee Company, under
the foregoing terms and restrictions, sun,
not exceeding in the whole six hundred thou
sand dollars.
TO the persons claiming in the name of,
or under the Georgia Mississippi Company.
under the like terms aud restrictions, sum
not exceeding in the whole one million five
hundred aud fifty thousand d, liars.
To the persons claiming ia the name of,
or under the Georgia company, under the
Ike terms and restrictions, sum not ex-
ceeding in the whole two millions two hun