The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-09-04

December 81, l6l6---gppropsd,
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT providing an additional compensa-
tion TO the District Judge Of the southern
district of New-York.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House Of
Refresenfanves Of the United States Of .1me-
rica in Congress assembled, That there be
paid to the District Judge Of tho state Of N.
York, out of any monies in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum OF one thou
sand FIVE hundred dollars, for q compensation
for his services In holding the Courts of The
United States 10 tho Northern District Of
said State.
JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT providing for the sale Of the tract
Of land at the lever rapids Of Ssndusky
river.
Be IL enacted by Me Senate and Houss of
riea, in C0nSress assembled, That so much Of
the tract OF land OF Two miles square, at the
lower rapids Of Saudusky river, ceded by
the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanocs, Or
towas, Chippewas, Potawatamics, Miamis,
Eel River Wecas, Kickapocs, Piankashaws
and Kaskaskias tribes Of Indians TO the Unit
cd States by the treaty of 0reenville, Of the
third OF August, one thousand seven hundred
and ninety five, shall, under the direction Of
tho surveyor general, be lid off into town
lots, streets and avenues, and into out lots,
in such manner and Of such dimensions % he
may Judge proper Provided, the tract so
10 be laid off shall not exceed the quantity Of
land contained in one entire section, nor the
town lots one quarter Of an acre each. When
the survey Of the lots shall be complete,
plan shall DO returned TO the surveyors general,
on which tho town lots and out lots shall
respectively be designated by progressive
numbers, who shall cause two copies 10 be
made, one 10 be transmitted, with a copy Of
the field notes, 20 the commissioner of the
general land office, and the other 10 tho reg
lister Of the land Office at Wooster.
Sec. 2. dnd be further enacted, That Pre-.
vousy e t 'Doss psSs pSssGe G sale 1Iss
general shall and he is hereby directed TO
resurvey and mark the exterior lines of the
said tract, conformably TO the survey made
in the year one thousand eight hundred and
seven, by virtue of the &C, Of the third Of
March, one thousand eigh, hundred and five,
through each fractional section, and Of The adj
joining quarter section, SO that each subdivis-
ion having onefronl on the river, may eon,aio,
as nearly as may be, eighty acres each. And
in like manner 10 cause The large Island,
laying in the west half Of section number one,
10 be surveyed, and the same to bv divided into
two equal parts: Provided, that 10 running
the subdivisional lines, no interference shall
be made affecting the selection or location
hereafter to be made under the direction Of
the Secretary Of War Provided also that,
in no case shall the subdivisionsl lines be SO
run, as 10 extend to, or embrace, the bed
Of the river, WHICH shall be deemed, and is
hereby declared to be, a public highway
And provided also, that the whole expence Of
resurvsyiag and marking the exterior lines
of the sad cession, and running and marking
the sabdivisional lines of tho fractional and
quarter sections, lying adjacent to the river,
shall not exceed threo dollars Tor every mile
actually surveyed, resurveyed and marked,
BY virtue OF this and the preceding section.
Sec. 3. -iad Be IL further enacted, Tha, all
the land eon,eined within the aforesaid ces-
sion of two milce squasc shall, with the ex-
ceplion of as many town lots aud out lots, as
in the opinion OF the secretary Of the Treas
ury, may be necessary 10 reserve Tor the sup
port Of schools within the same, and with the
exception also Of tho salt springs, and land
reserved Tor the uso Of tho same, be offered
for sale to the highest bidder Ut Wooster, in
the state Of Ohio, under the direction OF the
register and receiver Of The land Office, end
on such day or days as shall, by public proc
lam ,,icn ofihc President of the Ua,ed States
be designated for that purpose. The sale
Tor the divided quarter sections, fractional
sections and Of the town lots and OF, lots,
shall remain open at Wooster for seven days
and no longer The divided quarter sections
and fractional sections shall not be sold for
less than two dollars an acre : tho in-lo,s for
less than twenty dollars each, nor any ou, 10,
for less than at the rate Of FIVE dollars per
acre 4; and shall in every other respee, be sold
on the sumo terms and conditions o, have