The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-21
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certain arts Tor TIE adjustment OF land
claims, in the Territory 81 Michigan.
BE II endcted BY The Senate and House nj
Representatives. et The United Siaica of 4.
nitr1ed, th Congress assembled, That the
act, entitled - An act To revive the powers
nj the Commissioners for ascerinlnng and
deciding on claims To land in thu district
ot Detroit, aud for settling the claims 10
land at Green Bay, and Prairie du Chen.
IN the Territory Of Michigan approved
May the eleventh. one ihnusand eight hun
dred aud twenty, shall he, and the same Is
hereby, revived and shall continue In force
until the first day OF November next and
II shall he the duty of the said commits
sioners, as soon thereafter as may be, 10
forward their report, as is required by the
second section Of said act, 10 the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury, To be by him laid be
fore Congress at lis next session.
See. J. Ind be IL further enocied, That
the second section of the act, entitled
An aci Ia authorize the granting of pa
tents for land, according 10 the surveys
that have been made, aud 10 grant dou,-
ton rights 10 certain claimants of laud in
the District of Detroit, and for other pur-
poses" approved April twenty third, one
thousand eight hundred and twelve, shall
be So construed M Ia embrace nll persons
who have claims confirmed below Milk
River Point, aud the lower end of Lake
ST Clair.
See. }. Ind be IL further enacted, That
Patcnts shall, and they are hereby directed
10, he issued, in thu mode pointed out hy
law IN other cases, Ia parsons whose claims
To lands, town or village lots, have been
regularly filed with the Commissioners ap-
pointed by an act, entitled Am act TO re-
Ni,e the powers of The Commissioners for
ascertainng and deciding On claims to land
IN the District al Detroit, aud for settling
the claims To land AT Green Bay, aud Plai-
rie du Chen, in the Territory of Mich.
gam passed on the eleventh day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty,
aud whose claims are contained IN the re-
port transmitted 10 the Secretary of the
Treasury, and which have been reported
iavorably on by said Commissioners aud
such persons ale hereby confirmed in their
claims, agreeably Ia any surveys hereto
fore made, or the lines and boundaries es-
tab,Ished by the claimants respectively !:
Promded, That s,ri confirmation shall
only amount To n REIMBURSEMENT forever,
oa the part of the United States, and that
not more than SIX hundred aud forty acres
shall he confirmed, by virtue Of any onr
claim f; nor shall more be confirmed, in amy
case, than the quantity claimed /; nor shall
any claim oxtcrd, IN width, more than for
ty, nor in depth, more than eighty. ar
a, a
reserved by the United States for public
uses.
Sec. 4. .7ad be Il further enacted, That,
wherever il shall appear to the said Com
mlssloners that any claimant 10 land, or n
town or village lot, al Green Bay or Prai-
rio du Chen, cannot establish his, her,
or their, claim 10 the same, in consequence
ot his, her, OF their, removal ther, from by
any officer of the United States army, il
shall be the duty Of the said Commission
Frs to issue, certificate to such person or
persons, for any tract of land, or village
lot, which may have been occupied by
HIM, her, or them, alter such removal, not
exceeding, III quantity, that originally
claimed; on which certificates patents
shall ISSUE, as IN otha cases which claims
shall be, IN all other respects, subject 10
the restrictions aud provisions Of the third
section Of this act.
SIC ,. IND BE- II fnytier enacted, That
every person, who, on the first day of July,
one thousand eight hundred and twelve.
was Il resident oI Green Bay, Prairie du
Cnlen, or within thecoanty Of Hich,Iimac-
kinaw, and WHO, on the said day, occupied
aud cultivated, or occupied a tract of land
which had previously been cultivated, by
said occupant, lying within either of said
settlements, aud who has continued to sub
INIT 10 the authority of the United States,
Or 10 the legal representatives OF every
such person, shall be confirmed in the
trart 81 occupied aud cultivated and the
said Commissioners, in adudiratlng on
claims TO land embraced by this act, are
authorized To take into their consideration
the evidence AID facts collected aud re-
ported TO them by the Agents of the Uni
ted States, pursuant 10 the provisions of
the act Of the eleventh Of May, one thou
sand eight hundred aud twenty, as well as
such other and further evidence and icsti-
nonv as may or shall be exhibited before
them by the claimants, tn support their
claims: And the Register of the Land Of
fee at Detroit is authorized and required
10 receive and record all notices and cpims
TO lands provided for by this act, and
which shall be exhlbi ed 10 him on or be-
fore the first day of October next: Prori
ded, ho"erer, That no person shall be con
rmed ia IA greater quantity than six hun
dred ana forty acres nor slnll any tract
so cor iirued. exceed eighty arpeuts ifJ,nl
front to rear; and it shall be the duty ol
the Surveyor General Of the United States
under the direction of the Secretary Of The
Treasury, To cause the land confirmed by
this act 10 be surveyed, at the expense o
the claimants, respectively, pla,s Of which
shall be returned, AS in other cases, aud
patents therefor shall be granted to the 81.
Yrrnl cltirnanfs In the manner nrrac rihrd