The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-04-04

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AN ACT for the relief Of The purchasers OF the Pub
lio Lands, prior to the frss day OF July, eighteen
hunored and twenty.
BE II enacfed b. tie Slaase aad house Of
tra in Congress assembled, That, IN all cases
w1s'e lands have been purchased from the
United States, prior to the h,st day of Juiy,
eighteen hundred and twenty, il shall bo law
gul for any such purchaser, or other person
or persons, being he legal holder Of any Ger
rficate, or certificates, Of land, on or before
the hirtieth day Of Sepsember, eighteen hun
ared and twenty one, to file, With the Regis
:. IL re L>HG OEas where any tract of
!. .,,. Ar relinquishmenl 10
F.. y, '''' ... ,.. :n,s quarter
sec ,.a, .tI IAn GER sJttGB, or isGa. su59'
vision OF any fractional section of land so puF.
chased, upon wEisa lne whole pure haso rooD-
ey has DOT been paid, ard al. su,ns paid on
account of he part relinquishod shall be ap'
Piled to the discharge of eny instaiments
which may be, or shall hereafter become, duo
aud payable upon such land, so purchased, as
ehsll not have been vein uished, sod Gha'i be
Ca applied and Credited as 10 complete the
PyNent oB some one ~ more ha!. quarter
,!e g. ,u9 Were t5e 1sS~r -. - aa.sysr
: FSfs len' too purpos Prsvided, Tina
i verY .Sions, aOd subdivisions, contemplated
y >ts act, snail be made in conform nifty with
rs[@t-%st section of an act making further pro
sior for the sale Of public lands, passed the
.w,oy fou tn day Of April. one tbousaod
eip y; hundrad and twenty: .dHd froUided, al
so. Tha, the figat Of fehnquIs hment hereby
given shall, IN Hc case, su.hotise the parry
reIuqu,shing to claim any repayment too,
the Uniasd ,,A >: ind htoUrded, also, Tn.
whe rry purcha,eI has purchased, ut the
s. a., iva o. more quarter sections he
shau not b. pe nit 10 ieiinquish less than
qut'er section
Sc. 2. Ind be il further enacted, Tha,
the iulerest whlCh ,aa'! have accrued before
the ,hirtieth day Of Septernber next, upon
any debt To- the UniIed STATES. for public land,
shall be, and the same is hereby, remi.led
and discharged.
Sec. 8. Ind be is further enacted, Tha
the persons indebted to ae Unit.d States, as
asoi esaid, shall be divided into three classes
the Fl 81 class 10 include all such persons as
SHAH nave paid to the United States only one
fourth part of tho original price OF the land
by them respectively put chased, or held the
second class to include all such persons as
shall have paid to tho United States only one
half pau of such original price ; and the
third class, to include all such persons as shaii
have paid TO the United States three. .foui tb
parts Of such original price and the debts oi
the persons included in the first class shall
he paid in eishI equal annual instalineDrs
ihe dcbts of the persons included in the sec
ond class shall be paid 10 six equal annual in
stalmenls and the debts Of the persons in.
c.Uded in the third class shall lie paid in four
equal annual iustalments the frs, of which
instal'nents in each of the classes, sfores aid
shall be paid in mannec following, TO wi, Of
she ihi,d class, on the thirtieth day Of Sep.
temoSt mex OF the second class on the
,hiry Fl tday If March, one thousand cight
hund I'd and twen.y wo and the whole OF
the debt afo ressid, shall bear an annual inter.
est at the rate Of SIX per cent: Prooided al.
vays, That the same shall be remitted npor
Zach and every Of the ins,aimcnts aforesaid
which shall be punctuslly paid when the
came shall become payable as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. And be H further enacted, Ths
in all cases where complete pay mont of .b-
whole sum due, or which may become do
for any tract of land purchased from the Uni
tod States aforesaid shall be made on or be
fore the tbirtisth day Of Septe ember, one thou.
sand eight hundred and twenty-five, dedur
tion, at the rate Of thirty seven and q half ,,e,
een,um, shall be allowed upon the son te
naming unpaid: Provided, Tha, nothing
herein contained shall suthorise any dis
count upon payments made by a transfer OF
former symens under the provisions Of tbr
hrst section of this act.
Sec. S. Ind be 10 further enacted, Tha,
each end every individual or company, that
hos laid of, on any land, by b,m or them pur
chased of ths JJnited Ststss arv 20 vp "A oar