The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-16
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Be IL ,aaetssib By he Senate and House ~
Representatives. efihe United States NJ Il.
ni,r,cl va Congress assembled, l'iHi, -
much of The public lands III the United
States as hes west of The range linr .lisid.
ing the twenty third aa,l tweuiy fourth tiers
ottomllsllip ncat al tn. nlln PRINCIPAL meri-
dian, IN the present Howard Land niatrici
lar the Disposal of The said lands, Ia
he called the Western Disiflct; aud
land Office shall he established 1T Licking
tnn, IN the county of LillarJ, iorthe disposal
thereof.
sec. 2. .2ad be il further enaeicd That
there shall BIZ Register auf, Receiver al-
pointed 10 the said office, io superintend
III, sales ot the public lands in the said nis-
trict, who shall reside nj the place where
said Office Is esiab shed, give security IN
the same manner aud sulns, and whose
compensation, enouments, duties, and au-
thortles, shall, IN every respect, bc the
samc, IN relation Ia the lands TO be- dspos-
ed of at their Offices, ~ are, or may be-, by
law, provided IN relation 10 the Registers
and Receivers Of Public Moneys in the sc-
serai Offices established for the sale OF the
public lands.
See. D. Ind BE- II further enacted, That,
from and after the hrsi day Of April next,
the division line between the ST. Louis and
the Jackson iand districts, IN the state oil
Missouri, shall he the township line between
The, township number thirty seven aud
thlrty-cight any thing ia the former
acts, creating laud districts in the state
OF Missouri, 10 the contrary nolwtthstand-
ing.
Approved Washington March ., is23,
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AN ACT 10 authorize the purchase ui nun.
Der Of copies ol the sly volumes ot the laws
OF the United states.
BE IL endcicd BY The Senate ind House u
Representatives. of The United Motes u IL
mer'eo, m Congress assembled, That the
Secretary for the Department uf State
be, aud he Is hereby. authorized and d,ice.
ted Ia subscribe for. aud receive, for the
use and disposal ofC0ngrcss five hundred
aud City copies ot III. Laws OF the United
States, published by Davis and Force, of
the City OF Washington, and cause 10 be
distributed one copy thereof To lhe Pr,si.
dent Of the United States, one copy TO
the Vice President ot the United Staics,
one copy TO each OF the Heads of Depart
menls, 10 the Attorney General of the uni-
representatives., aud To each Delegate Of Ter
rltorles, of the Seventeenth Congress if
teen copies to the Secretary Of the Senate
Tor The use of the Senate, and thirty copies
+ to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
lives, for the use Of that House one copy
} TO each branch OF the Legislature Of each
State and Territory, aud one copy to each
OF The Executives OF the several States
aud Territories and cause the residue
to be deposited IN the Library ol Congress,
See. Z. And be IL .)nriher enacted, That,
TOR the purpose aforesaid, the sum OF two
thousand two hundred dollars be-, and the
same Is hereby, appropriated, to be paid
out OF any money Ia the Treasury not 9TH
etwiac appropriated.
Approved Washington, March l, 1929.
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AN ACT TO confirm certain claims 10 lofts
lots in the village OF Peoria, 10 the state Of
Illinois,
Be itenacied by Mc Senate and House Of
Representatives. ofMe United States Of Il.
mer'ca ,n Congress assembled, That there
Is hereby granted 10 each of the French
and Canadian inhabitants aud other set
tlers in the village Of Peoria, in the state Of
Illinois, whose cams are contained IN "A
lifFoit ibhh' Wy llt htBiSttI ~ we IsHnu
Office Mt Edwardsvillc, in pursuance of the
: Congress, approved May the fifteenth,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
aud who had settled lot in the village n.
forcsaid, prior to The first day ofJannary ,onc
thousand eight hundred aud thirteen, and
who have not heretofore received cnniir-
nation of claims, or donation Of any tract
of land cor village lot from the United
States, the lot 80 settled upon and iinprov-
) cd, where the same shall moi exceed two
acres aud where the same shall exceed
two acres, every surh claimant shall be
confirmed 10 "A quantity not rXeeedne ten
acres ProUided, Nothing in this act CON
tanned shall be s0construed as Ia affect the
right, il any such there be, Of any other
person or persons 10 the said lots, or any
part Of them, derived from the United
! States, or any other source whatever,
or hs pledge on the part OF the United
States, 10 make e ,od any deficiency oc-
casioned by any OF DER interfering ciafm or
cldins.
Sec. Q. .qnd ne II 6pthrr enacted, That
II shall be The duty OF the Surveyor of the
public lapds of the United States for that
district, To- cause a survey To be made ri
the sever al lots, and 60 designate on plat
thereof he lot confirmed aud set apart To
} each claimant, and forward the same Ia
the Secretary Of the Treasury, who shall
eav.se patents 90 be issued in favor OF Such
! claimants, as IN other cases.
E Approved Washington, March ., 1899.
.
;. AN ACT concerning the hands 70 he grantcd
= 10 the State OF Missouri, for the purposes Of
g education, aud other public uses.
d Be u en0cied w fbs Seauic and Housc ~
t Representation Of he limited Staies Of 4.
ouriea IN Copgre8s Gssembied, That IN all