The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-07-29

rUsLlsHsD BIZ AyrnonIrr

PUBLtsHsD BIZ AUTHORITY
AN ACT supplementary 10 the aSa, eu.i,led
a. An act to authoriz, the state oil Tennes
see 10 Issue G rants and perfect titles to GER
tain lands ,hes cin described aud 10 settle
the claims 10 the vacsn, and unappropria,-
ed land within tho same," passed the eigh.
tsenth OF April, one thousand eight hun
drcd and six
BE q enccred by ne Senafe and House o.
fetresenfcfves of fae United Stases Of .dme
yicq. IN. Congress assembled, That i, shall be
lawfuli for the state OF Tennessee 10 Issue
grants and perfect titles on oil special entries
and locations of lands 10 the said state, M sde
pursuant to the laws Of North Carolina, De
fore the ,wsasy-6lth day Of Feb uary, ia The
year one thousand seven hundred aod ninety,
which were good and valid in law, and recog
niecd by the act Of the said state Of North
Carolina, commonly called the cession act,
passed the ---- day Of December, one thou
sAnd seven hundred and eighty-n anc
which lie west and south of The linc describ
I'd in the act to which this 10 supple me % tarv;
snd also to issue grants and perfect titles on
all warrants of survey. .intc offering entries and
locations, which might be removed By the
cession act Of Norlh Carolina aforc said, and
which are good aud valid in law, aud which
have not been actually located or granted, east
and north OF the aforesaid line /; aud all inter.
terng grants which are good and valid in
law, or the wafrsntsos certificates legally Is .
sued, 10 consequences Of such in,e rfsrenee, on
land lying south and west Of the said line, in
the manner, aud under the same and sim liar
rules, regulations, anG restric,ions, as are
prescribed by the laws now 10 force In the
taid state OF Fcuasssse, for issuing grams
and perfectins titles on claims Of like ma !.
tare for laDdsaying north nud east OF the said
hines
Sec. 2. .4ud be is kayf5sr cuGrt<ss Tba,
previous - issusng gssns or rertrcting q
title on any of The claims herein before de-
sc rib ed the warrant, or other legal evidences
Of such claim, shall be laid before the coon
IN ssiooer vi land claims for West Teahe ssce,
to- The time being, appointed by tho authori-
~ OF The said state, and approved BY him as
valid, upon sufficient legal evidence being ad :
duced Of such validity, according 70 the rules
and regulations prescribed by the laws of the
ssid state now in force, for deciding on war
ranrs aud e,her land claims Of the like nature,
authorized TO be perfected into grsnis, nosth
and west OF the aforesaid line and upon such
warrant, or other legal evidence, of any Of
che claims aforesaid, being declared valid by
said commissioned, it shall be lawful for the
surveyor of the proper district, or county, to
lev off, and survey the sans, 10 the manner
pre escribed by the laws OF the said state in
8; milar cases, and return such survey 10. tho
re eeis,er of the land Office Of West Tennr ssce,
who shall thereupon be authorized 10 make
out grant thereon, 70 be executed bys the
Governor, and countsrsigned by The Sscfe-
sary Of the said state, in the manuer provided
BY tbs. laws Of the same Preyiaed, that no
SURVEYS shall be made, grsnts issued. or titles
psf(1csed, by virtue Of this act, for any land
So' ith the Indian claim has not been pre-
Vtod5ly extinguished. sf
) Sec. 8. .dnd be IL further enacted, Tia,
chose pc sons who have bad surveys made,
end c1'ained grants from the state Of North.
Caroline, slncs the twenty third day OF De-
cernber, IN the year Of our Lord one thousand
eigh, hundred and eleven, for. lands lying
within the state Of Tennessee, shall, upon
sorrendcring such grants to the said com
missioner Of land clsiws for Yves, Tennessee
for the time being, TO be cancelled and vscas
ed, be s!lowedso produce the entries, var
rants, Or other evidences, Of claims, upor
which such grants were founded; and il the
said claims shall be deemed good and vslie
b. che said commissioners, then il shall bs
.1swfsl for toe state Of Teanesses to issue
Kfsms and perfect titles on such claims 10 ths
same manner as II no such grants lad beer
Issued by tho s.atsof North Csrolins. u ~
Apsii 8, tsls--APproved, 81 sr1
- JAMES MONROE.
AN ACT for the relief Of the legal reprssen