Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-06-20

AN ACT supplementary to the several acts
| for the adjustment Of land claims in the
state of Louisiana.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Qfhe United States
Of america in Congress assembled,
That the claims for lands within the
eastern district of the state of Louisiana,
described by the register and receiver of
the said districts, in their report to the
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee, bearing date the Goth day of Novem-
Der, one thousand eight hundred and
sixteen, and recommended in the said re-
port for confirmation, be, and the same
are hereby, confirmed against any claim
on the part of the United States.
Sec. 2. Ind be it further enacted,
That any person or persons, claiming
lands within that part Of Louisiana lying
west of the river Mississippi, including
the island of New Orleans, founded up
on any Spanish grant, concession, or Or
der OF survey, and whose claims have
not heretofore been filed in the preper
office, may, from and after the first day
OF July next, and until the thirtyfrst day
OF December, thereafter, deliver notices,
in writing, and the written evidences of
their claims, to the register of the land
district within which such lands may be
situate, within the said state, and the said
notices and evidencies, so delivered,
within the time limited by this act, shall,
by the said registers, be recorded, in
books to be kept for that purpose, for
which service compensation shall be
received from such claimants, at the rate
of twenty-five cents for every hundred
words. And the rights of such persons
as shall neglect so doing, within the
time limited by this act, shall, so far as
they are derived from, or founded on,
any act of Congress, ever after be barred,
and become void, and the evidences of
their claims never after admitted as evil
dence in any court of the United States,
against any grant derived from the United
States.
Sec. 8. Ind be it further enacted,
That the said registers shall, on the first
day OF January next, make, to the Sc
cretary of the Treasury, report of all
the claims filed in their respective Off
ces, in pursuance of the provisions of
this act, together with the substance Of
the evidence in support thereof, with
their opinion of the credit to which such
evidence is entitled.
Sec. 4. ind be it further enacted,
That every person, or persons, claiming
lands within that part of Louisiana de-
scribed in the preceding section, found
ed upon any Spanish grant, concession
or order OF survey, who had filed their
notices of claims in the proper Office, &C
cording to former laws, and whose claims
have not been confirmed, may, at any
time before the thirty-irst day of De-
cember next, deliver additional written
evidence, or other testimony, in support
of their claims, the notice of which had
been filed as aforesaid, to the said regis
tiers, and the evidence SO delivered, or
offered, shall be recorded in books to be
kept for that purpose, for which service
a compensation shall be received from
such claimants ,4at the rate oftwenty five
cents for every hundred words.--And
the rights of such persons as shall ne
elect SO doing, within the time limited
by this act shall, so far as they are de-
rived from, or founded on, any act of
Congress, ever after be barred, and be-
come void, and the evidences of their
claims never after admitted as evidence
in any court of the United States, against
any grant derived from the United States.
Sec. S. .And be it further enacted,
That the said registers shall, on the first
day of January next, make to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, report of the
claims in which additional evidence shall
have been fled in their respective Offices,
together with the substance of the evil
dence SO filed, with their opinion of the
credit to which such evidence is entitled,
and such other information as the ex-
animation of such cases, under any
former law, may have placed in their
power or possession.
Sec. 6. .And be it further enacted,
That it shall be the duty Of the Secretary
of the Treasury, as soon as the reports
ofthe said registers shall be received, to
proceed to the examination ofthe claims
aforesaid, and to report to the two
Houses Of Congress list of the cases,
which, in his opinion, ought to be con-
6rmed, together with the reasons upon
which his opinion may be founded:
Provided, nevertheless, that no claim
shall be SO recommended for confirma-
ton, which contains more than the