The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-08-07

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4aA ACT conceru.ag pre-rmpiion rights giv-
en- ia the purchase of lands 10 Certain set
,ler, in the state OF Louisiana, and IN the
,crritorie. Of Missouri and Illinois.
Dc 1, enacted By tie Senate ana House Of
Rc1resenfaAves qTfhe United States @ .4me-
q.ca IN Conyress assembled, That any person,
,,nd tho legal representatives OF any person
entitled to O preference in becoming the pur-
c,,ascr, fsori the United States, OF tract OF
lnud, nj private sale, in the siste OF Louisiana,
and in the ,essi,orie, of Missouri and Illinois,
according 10 The provisions OF the act, entitled
:" An DC, giving The right OF Pre.emPtion, IN
xho purchase OF lands, 10 certain settlers 10
rhe Illinois territory" passed February nth,
Inc thousand eight hundred and thirteen, and
the fifth section Of tho {" Act Tor the hnal zd-
;o-,mcn, of land titles in the state OF Louis
:ana and territory Of Missouri" passed April
twelfth, one thousand eight hundred aud four
,ecu, who is settled on fraction OF section
or fractional qaar.-r section, containing less
than ooe hundred and sixty acres, shall have
,he p.iyilegc Of purchasing one cr moro ad-
ioning fractional quarter section, including
hair improve inents, or the fraction improved
Nv them, AT their option; AID the provisions
of tho said rcc,tsd acts are hereby made ap'
plcablo 10 them, so far as they are consistsat
With tho provisions OF this act.
Sec. Q. IND be IL further enacted, That IN
cases where Two or more persons entitled 10
The right OF pre- .cmpiion, shalt be settled upon
one quarter or fractional quarter section OF
laod, each person shall be authorized TO pur-
chase one or more quarter sections, or fac-
iional quarter sections, Of the section or frac-
tionaI section ofland upon which they are SO
settled and the section or fractional section
upon whieh such persons are settled, shall be
equally divided between them, in such man
ner as the &C gistcr and receiver, within whose
district tho laad lies, shall determine and dir.
ect, so as TO secure, as far as may be practic-
ahle,,o every such person their improvements
respectively, aud where the improvement OF
such person shall be upon Two or more quar-
ser sections, such person. shall be cnlitled to
purchasc' the quarter sections upon which hrs
improvement shall be.
eAp,ii os. lsi6.-.aapr0vea.
Al ACT providing for the sale Of certain
lands in the State Of Ohio, formerly set a.
par, for Refugees from Canada and Nova
Scotia.
BE is enacted by rae Senate ard House Of
Rehresenranves Of Me United States Of Ane-
rica In Congress assen6!ed, That such part of
,he tract OF land which was set apart for rcfu-
pccs from Canada and Nova-Scotia, by the act
ofCongrcas passed the eighteenth day of Feb
ruary, ono thousand eight hundred and ono,
Antitled /" An act rcgulatngt tic grants OF land
appropriated For the refugees from the Brit
ish provinces of Canada and Nova.Sco,ia,"
which has not been located by the said rclu-
gees, shalt be attached to, and made part OF
t,s land district Of Chiilicothe, and tho said
unlocated land shall be offered for sale to tho
highest bidder, unler the direction Of the re-
eis,cr Of tho land Office and Of the receiver of
pub!ic moneys for the said district, at Chilli
cotbe, on snch day as shall, by proclamation
of the Pee sident Of the United States, be de-
signa,ed for that purpose; the sails shall re-
main open six days, and no longer; the lands
shall no, be sold tor less than two dollars an
acre, and shall in every other respect be sold
in lracts OF the same size, and on the ssme
terms and conditions as have been or may DO
provided for lands in the said district All
he said INDICATED land remaining unsold at
the close OF the public sales may be disposed
OF at private sale by tho register OF the said
Hard office, io the Same ,nanncr, under the
samc regulations, for the same price, and on
h.asamc terms as Gre or may DO provided by
law for the sale Of lands in the said district {;
and patents shall be obtained in tho same
manner, add on tho same terms, 40 for other
public lands in tho said district.
~Ssc. q. had be it further enacted, That the
supcrintendents Of the public sales directed
by this act shall each receive four dollars a
day for each days attendance on the said sales.
Apri, 80, lSi6.--.aaro-ei,
Ft. JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT making further appropriations for
the year one Thousand eight hnndred and