The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-08-11

fifteenth day Of April ono thoussnd eight
huadred and ,hirseens be entitled 10 grant
for the land 90 claimed, or settled on, a.
donation Provided, That not more than ooe
tract shall be thus granted to any one person,
and the same shall not contain more than six
hundred and forty scres and that no ianas
shall be thus granted which are claimed or
recognised BY the preceding actions Of lh's
act. q
Sec. 8. .lnd be is further enaefed, That
every person comprised in Tho ssid list of ac-
tusl alters, not having any written cvidcncc
of claim to land in said districts, aud who, on
the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight
hund, cd and fourteen, shall have Inhabited or
cultivated q tract OF land in either of the said
districts, not claimed by virtue OF either OF
the preceding sections Of this act, shall be
entitled to a preference, on becoming pur-
chaser, from the United States, Of such tsact
Of lsnd, on the same terms and conditions,
and At the same p,icc, Tor which the othes
public lands are sold ct private sale Pro-
vided, That the & ST ins,aimcnl Of the puf-
chase money shall be paid to the receiver Of
public moneys Of the district within which
the land lies, within TWO years alter the open
ing Of the land office for such district.
Sec. S. Aad be il .Js, her enacted, That,
for the purpose of adjusting the titles and
cIsims 10 lands In the districts aforesaid, and
Tor the disposal Of the lands which may re-
maio the properly Of the United States thore.
in, land office shall be established in each OF
the said districts, to be kept, Tor the western
district, ut St. Helena Court.house, and, Tor
the eastern disirIcs, at Jackson Courthouse (;
and register and receiver OF public moneys
shall DO appointed for each Of the SAID land
Offices, who shall give security in the same
mauner, and IN the sams sums, and whose
compensation, duties, a0d authority, shall, 10
every respect, be the same, in relation TO the
lands which shall hereafter be disposed OF, a.
their respective Offices, as are by law provid
cd in relation to the other registers and re-
ceivers of public moneys for the several land
Offices of the United States.
Sec. 6. .dld be IL .jarfher enacted, That
every person or persons, claiming lands III
either of the said districts, whose claims have
no, heretofore been filed with The commits
sioner Of the land oiIicc, of the district whc,c-
IN the lands lie, shall be allowed unli the
first dsy OF July, one thousand eight hundred
and twenty, TO deliver notices in wri,ing, and
Tho evidences OF their claims, in ,he tsid dis-
trIc,s, respectively, TO the register Of the land
Office at Jackson Court house and at ST Hell
sna Corrt-house and the notices end evi.
dsnecs so delivered, within the time limited
by this act, shall be recorded in the same
manncf, and on the payment Of the same fees,
as il "a SINE had been delivered before tho
commissioners closed their said registers.
Sec. z. .dsd be if farther enacted, That
every person or persons, who had filed his or
their notice of claims 10 land, within either
of ,hc said districts, with the commissioner
of the land Office, according TO the former
laws, but have not exhibited suffcient testi-
mony IN support of the some, and whose
claim hiss not been recommended tor confirm
alton, shall be allowed until the hrs, day Of
July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
20 deliver written evidence, or other tcsii-
mony, in support Of his or their claim, the
notice of which had been filed as aforesaid,
10 the register of the land Office az ST. Helene,
for lands lying 10 the district wess-of Pearl
Iver, and to the register of the land Office at
Jackson Cour,. house, for the lands lyIpg in
,hc district east OF Pearl river; ard the cvi.
dencc Of cisims, the notice whereof had been
fled, as sforcsajd, for lands lying in the said
district, delivered, withinthc time Iimiscd by
this section, to the said registers, shall be re.
corded by them, respectively, in the same
manner as was directed by former acts, on
receiving the same fees allowed BY said acts,
for rccos ding evidences Of claims 10 lands 10
the same districts.
Sec. 8. .And be IL further, enacted, That
the register and receiver Of public moneys
Of the said respective land Offices, a, Jackson
Coutt-house and at St. HeIena Court house,
shall have the same powers, and perform the
same duties, ic every respect, 10 relation to
the claims thar may be Gled in virtue Of the
s,x,h section of this act, and in relation to the
claims, the notices Of which had been flied
aoder for mer acts, as well - 10 the additional
evidence which shall be sdduced In support
e,eof, sgreesbly TO the seventh section Of
this ACT, IS the commissioners for the dis
jricts east and wcst oi Pearl river would have
rad, or should have performed, u such ooli-
es he'd been flied, end such evidence sdduc-
ID, before the said commissionsss closed their
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