The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-05-07

PUBLISHED BY AuTHoRITY.
An AS supplementary TO the acts 10 pro.
| vide ior certain persons engaged 10 The
Land snd Naval service oi the United
States in the Revolutionary War.
BE IL enatfed BY ne Senate and House et
| "ehresea'afives offhe United SAFES Of .s,ner.
ieo tn Congress assembled, That the Secretary
| oil war be authorized, and he is hereby on
tbonzed and required, 10 restore 10 the iiAt Of
pensioners the name OF sny person who may
nave been; or hercsfler shall be, stricken
{ the'etrom, in pursuance OF the act of Con-
g'ess' passed the first day OF May, one thou
sand eight hundred and twenty, eniitled An
act in addition TO an act, entitled AN act To
provide Tor certain persons engaged in the
land snd naval service Of The United States ic
the Revolutionary War;" passed The eieh
seen'h day Of March, one thousand eight hun.
dred and eighteen, i! .ucn person, 40 s,r,cken
from me list Of pensioners, has heretofore tur-
nished, OF hereafter shall lur Di.h, evidence, in
pursuance OF the provisions Of said act Ia sat.
isiy the Secretary of War that he is in such
'ndigcrt circumstances as to be unabio TO SUD.
port himself without the assistance of his
country, and that he has not disposed of or
transferred his property, or any potion there.
OF, with view 10 obtain pension.
sec. 2. .dnd be n ./iviher eaoeni, That,
when any person, coming within tho provi.
sicn' OF the acts 20 which this is a supple mon.
tary, shall, by reason OF bodily iDf' nifty, be
unable 20 attend in court to make his .ched.
uic, and furnish tho evidence, ny said act. re
qu'red, II shall be lawful for any Judge or jus.
uce OF court OF record, in the district, city,
county, or borough, in which such person re.
sides, 10 attend at his place OF abode, aod re.
ceiSc his'schedulc, and oath OF sfhrma aton and
said Judge or jusuce shall certify that said sp
plicsnt was, from bodily inf mny, unable TO
attend such court which schedule, and oath
or affirmation, aod certificate, shall by said
| Judge or justice, be produced in tho court Of
whictr he is Judge and the opinion Of said
eoarr, Of the value oil the psopssty cnntsin.d
in such schedule, shall be entered thereon,
| and certified by the clerk Of said court and
such schedule shall be valid for all The pur.
poses contemplated oy The acts aforesaid.
| Sec. 3. .fnd Be il further enacted, That no
| pension hereafter 10 be allowed on clsims OF
schedules heretofore filed under The act or
Ocla, to which this act is supplement, or un.
der the provisions of This act, shall commence
before tho passage thereof; and all other pen.
| sions he esf,er To be allowed under the acts
aforesaid, shall commence f,om Tho time OF
completing the proof.
| Washington, Mar. l, 1928.
| Approved-JAMEs MONROE.
An ACT supplementary to The act, entitled
A" 40 &C, TO designate the boundaries of
Districts, and establish Loud Offices for tho
disposal of the public lands, 90, heretofore
offered for sale, in the stsies OF Ohio and
| Indians."
| Be il enacted 6y fhe Senate and House o/
| Rch, esentatives Of he United Sta.es c/ .4mer-
ica, in Congress assembied, Tha, all tho lands
ceded and tclipquished to the United States,
BY the Wea tribe Of Indians. under the hts.
a,icle OF the treaty held at Vincenne., on the
elven,h eieve nth day Of August, eigh
teen hundred and twenty, and which is speci-
! fed and designated by tho. second article OF
| the treaty between the United States and the
said tribe, concluded at St. May, on The
secord day of October, eighteen bundi ed and
| eighteen, be, and the same is hereby, attach.
ed 10 the Teue Hsu,e District for the sale OF
public lands in the sste Of Indiana.
| Sec. 2. fnd BE- ~ /uvfaer enacted, That
all The public isods specified, designated. and
embra aced within the FIRST anu second Article
| Of The treaties sforessid, which have not bet o
| granted 10, or secured for, the use Of any in
| diyidual or individuals, or appropriated and
| reserved Tor any other purpose 10y any exist.
| ing treaties or Laws, and, with the exception
| Of section numbered sixteen, in each town
/ ship, which shall be reserved Tor the support
| Of schools thei cip, shalt be offered for sale TO
tho highest bidder, at the Land Office in the
| Terra Haute District, under the direction OF
| the R.gi,er Of the Land Office, and Receiv.
er Of Public Moneys, on such day o. days a.
shall, by proclamation of the Presden, of the
| United States. be designated for tbst purpose.
! The lands shall be sold 10 tracts Of the same
| size, on the same terms and conditions, and
! in every respect, ss provided by the act, emit
| lied "An act making further provision To-
the sale OF the public lsnds," approved hph
twenty fourth, eighteen huodfed and twenty
Sec. 3. .4nd Be IL |urther enacted, That
! the Register Of the Land Ofice snc The Re
reive, nj puhlic M,prys ,h.sl, each, receive