The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-05-10

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cause the Laws ui he Michigan Teriltorys 10 DC
pr.'ei and dis,ributsd- and for osher purposes.
BEn rnacted by fhe Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the UD'fed STATES 81
AmerieG IN CONGRESS assembled, That
the Laws of the Michigan Territory III
force, shall be printed, under the dlrec-
tion of the Secretary of State and that q
competent number of copies thereof shall
be distributed among the people Of SAID
Territory, as the Governor and Judges
thereof shah direct: Provided, That the
expence of such printing Shall not ex-
ceed twelve iluntlled and fiji; dollars.
Sec. 2. And be AZ Further enacted,
That fifteen sets of the Laws OF the Y
States. which were compiled by order OF
Congress, and published by Bioren and
D,E,ne, in one thousand eight hundred
and fifteen, shall be transmittt d, by the
Secretary of State, to said Territory, to
be distributed therein, as the local gov
ernncnt thereof ma, direct.
Washington. Aprii u 1920 Approved.
JAMES MON ROE
AN ACT making further nrovisinn ior 'ne SAFE OF
the Public Lands. s&
BE ii endcfed6y the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United otafes
sf Anerica in Congress assembled, That.
from and alter the first day oi July next,
all the pubic lands OF the United States,
the s,l, OF which IS. or may be, author
IL i Dv 4w, shall, when offered at pub
Ii ale % shr highest bidder, be offered
IN half quarter sections; and, when offer..
ed r.pf.yl,e sale, NAV be purchased, at
Tx pp'ion OF the purchaser, either in en-.
tire terions. haf sections, quarter sec
tion.; and IN every case of the division
o. lparler section, the line for the d.
vi,iu eof Shall run north and south,
and ut corners snd contents Of half quar-
tef sections, which may thereafter be sold,
sh.i ne sscertaired in the manner, and
o. ire principles, directed and prescrib-
eddy the second section of an act. EMIT
led'. inact tpcenning the mode Of sur
veying the public lands Of the United
States" passed on the eleventh da, Of
February, eighteen hundred and five;
and fractional sections, containing one
hundred and sixty acres, or upwards,
shall, iii like manners as nearly as prac-
ticabIe, be sobdividsd into hall quarter
sections, under such rules aud rcgula.
tons as may be prescribed by The Secre-
tary Of the treasury; bur fractional sec.
tons, consaisipg less than one hundred
and sixty acres. shall not be divided, but
shall he sold eutire: Provlded, That
this section shall iot, be construed to al
ter any special provision made by law for
the sale of land in town lots. 81
Sec. 2 4nd be h further enacfed,
Tat credit shall sot be allowed for thes
purchase money OH the sale Of any of the
. nc lands which shai be sold after the
fe,I day Of July next, bur every pur-
chaser of land sold At public sale thcreaf-
ter. shall, ON the day. Of pur, hase, make
complete payment iherefor; and the pur
chsryr at private sale produce to the reg
isfel Of the laid ofhs. a receipt from the
Treasurer Of the United States, or from
ifs receiver Of public moneys OF the dis
,rict. for the amount Of the purchase mo-
ney On any tract, before he shall enter the
sane At the land Office and If any per.
son, being the highest bidder. at pubic
sale. for tract Of land, shsl!r. tail to make
payment therefor, on .he day on which
the same was Purchased, the tract sinai
be again ogered at public sale, on tho
nexI day of sale. and such person shl
not be capable Of becoming ih3 purchls-
er Of that or any other tract offered II
such public sales. ~
sec. 5. Ind be !, further enacted
ThAt, from and after the first day OF july
sext, he price .. which the public Iands