The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-06-19

nm AZ L supple emeDta'y 10 the several acts
fer adjuSting the claims to land, and estab'
fishing Lsnd Offices, in the districts east Of
the island of New Orleans.
Be is enlcted by .he Senate and House Of
Rehresenfa.iVes Of the United Stafes Of .4n,er-
p lea IN Congress assembled, That, all the
claims TO land said TO be derived from the
Blush or Spanish authorities. reported to the
Commissioner OF the Geneeai Land Office by
the registers and receivers Of the land Offices
at s.. Helena Court House, in the districts
east and west of Pearl rlyet, appointed under
the authority OF an act, entitled " An act Tor
adjusting the claims 10 land, and establishing
land offices, IN The districts east OF the Island
OF New-Orleans," which are contained in tho
several reports of the registers and receivsrs,
end which are, IN the opinion of ,hc registers
and receivers, valid, agseeably 10 tho laws,
usages, and customs, Of the said governments,
be, and 'he same are hereby, recognized as
valid and complete titles, against any claim
on the part Of The United States, or right de-
rived from the Unued States.
Sec. .. Ind be il further enacted, Tha,
ell the claims reported as Aforesaid, end con-.
tained in lbe several reports Of the said regis
ters and receivers, founded on orders of sur.
,ey, reQuettes, permission to setiie, or Other
W itten evidences Of CLAIMS derived from the
Spanish authorities, which ought in the o.
pnion Of the registers and receivers, to be
confcmed, shall be conf rmed, in the same
manner as if the ,ihe had been completed ::
Provided, That the conformation os all the
said claims provided for by this act, shall q.
moun, only 10 fe!inquishmen, forever, on
the part OF the UGited States, Of any claim
whatever TO the tIact OF land SO confirmed OF
granted
sec. ind Be il further enac.ed, That
every person, or his or her legal representa-.
tive, whose claim is comprised in the lists or
registers OF claims reported by tn, registers
and receivers, and the persons embraced in
the lis, of actual settlers, or their legal repre-
sentaiives not having any written evidence of
claim eported as aforesaid, shall, when il sp
pears by the said reports or by the said lists,
that the land claimed or ss,tied on had been
actually inhabited or cultivated by such per-
son o. persons IN whose right he claims, on
or be fore the fifteenth day OF April, one thou.
sand eight hundred and thirteen, be entitled
10 grant for the land so claimed or settled
on a. a donation Provided, That not more
than one tract shall be thus granted to any one
person, and the same shall no, contain moro
than six hundced and forty acres; and tha,
no lands shall be thus grained which are
claimed or recognized by me preceding Sec
tioD. Of this act, or by vlctue OF a conhrma-
zion under an act, entitled An act Tor ad-
,u> ,ing the claims TO land, and establishing
land Offices. in the Districts east OF the Island
Of Nav Orleans" approved on the third day
Of Marct, eighteen hundred and nineteen !:
ind nrovlded, aiso, That no claim shall be
conf med where the quantity was not ascer-
,ained, aud report made thereon by the regis
ters and receivers, prior TO the twenty fifth
Csy of July, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty.
Sec 4. Ind be IL /ur.hcr enacted, That
ihe registers and receivers Of the public mo-
neys OF the said respective dlsuic,s, except in
relation to perfect titles, as recognized IN the
first section Of this act, and the first section
Of the &C, of the third day Of March, one thou.
sand eight hundred and nineteen, shall have
power TO direct The manner in which all lands
claimed in virtue Of the preceding sections
shall be located aud surveyed snd, also, to
direc, the location and manner of surveying
all the claims 10 land recognized by ihe sec.
ond, third, and fourth sections Of an act, cnti-
tied An act for adjusting the claims TO land,
and establishing land Offices, in the districts
east OF the Island OF New riesns," approved
on the third day OF March, one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen, having regard 10 the
laws, ussg.s, and customs, Of tho Spanish 60.
venment on that subject and having rega d,
also, 10 the mode adopted by tn. government
of the United States in surveying the claims
TO land confirmed by virtue Of the second and
third sections OF an act Of Congress, entitled
A." An act regulating the grants OF lands, aDd
providing for the disposal OF the lands OF the