Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-04-03

l3ree classes the first GLASS to include
al such persons IS shall have paid to the
United States only onc-lourth part Of the
original price otthc land by them rcspec-
lively purchased, or held; the second
class TO include all such persons as shall
have psid to the United States only one
hall part OF such or ginal price and the
third class TO include ali such persons
as shall have pad TO the United States
thFee-iourths parts of such original price;
and the debts of the persons included in
the first class shall be paid in eight equal
annual lnstalments 'tae debts Of the
persons included in the second class
shall be paid in six equal annual install
ments: and the debts of the persons in
claded in the third class shall be paid
IN four equal annual instalncnts the
first OF which insta linents in each Of the
classes aforesaid shall be paid in manner
following, to wit of the third class, on
the thirtieth day of September next Of
tie second class, on the thirty first day of
December next; and Of the first class,
Il the thirty-irst day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty two
and the whole OF the debt Aforesaid, shall
bear an annual interest at the rate OF six
per cent: Provided Arrays, That the
same shall be RENTED upon each and
every Of the instalnents aforesaid which
Shall be punctually paid when the same
shall become payable as aforesaid
Sec. 4. .47a 6r il further enncted,
That IN all cases where complete pay
Inent Of the whole sum due, or which
may become due, for any tract of land
purchased from the United States afore-
said shall be made on or before the thir-
tieth day OF September, one Thousand
eight hundred AID twenty-five, dednc
ton, at the rate Of thirty-seven and a half
per ccntum, shall be allowed upon the
sun remaining unpaid: Pro rided, That
nothing hcreia contained shall authorize
any discount upon payments made by
transfer OF former payments under the
provisions of this act.
Sec S. Ind BE- it further enacted,
That each and every individual or COM
pany, that has laid off, on any lands by
him or them purchased OF the United
States, any town, part or the whole oil
The lots whereof have been sold, shall
be entitled to the benefits of this act IN
relation TO any half-qualter, or quarter
section OF land, Oh which such town may
be situated, and OF all lands by him or
them owned, contiguousto and adjoining
said half-qnarter, quarter section, or Sec
ton, on which SAID town is situated, upon
condition only, that each and every per-
son who has purcha ed Of him, or them,
atown lot, or part Of lot, or land in and
adjoining the same, shall be entitled to
remission of all interest that has &C.
crued, and to discount Of twenty per
centam on the amount unpaid, and to
discharge their debt by bonds, with Sc
. curity, in equal annual instalments of
four years, from the thirteth day OF De-
cember next. Nor shall the provisions
OF this act be construed to extend to any
person or persons claiming title TO land
uader the provisions of an act passed the
third day of March, eighteen hundred
and seventeen, entitled " An act to set
apart and dispose Of certain public lands
for the encuragen ent of the cultivation
of the vine and olive"
Sec. 6. ind be it farther enacted,
That, for failure to pay the several debts
aforesaid, in manner aforesaid, and tor
the term of three months after the day
appointed for the payment of the last in
stallncnt thereof, in each Of the classes
aforesaid, the land SO purchased or held
by the respective persons indebted to the
United States as aforesaid, shall, ipso
facto, become forfeited, and revert 10 the
United States.
Sec.7. Ind be it further ENACTED,
That no person shall be deemed to be
included within, or entitled TO, the benc-
fit of this act, who shall not, on or before
the ,hrtieth day Of September next, sign,
and file in the Office Of the Register OF
the Land Office of the district where the
land was purchased, or where the resi-
due ofthe purchase money is payable,
declaration in writing, expressing his
consent to the same, and shall pay to the
Register, for receiving, recording, and
filing the same, Fifty cents
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That it shall be, and it is hereby made,
the duty Of the several Registers and Re-
ceivers of the Land Offices in the Unit
ed States, according to the forms and in
structions which shall be given in that
behalf by the Treasury Department, to
assist in carrying this act into execution,
shall keep full and faithful accounts and
records of all proceedings under the
same; and, within the term OF three
months after the said thirtieth day Sep
t.,rohar neyt 70 t.ansmit IN the said de.