The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-20
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PIT Bile ACTS.


the titles and claims 10 land in the ST
Helena and Jackson Court House Land
Districts
BE II enacted by he Senate and House Of
Representatives. cfihe United States q Il
mcricd IN Congress ass, mbt.d, That clti
mants Islands within the limits of the land
district of St. II, lena, as established h,
the, act of the twenty fifth of April, one
| Thousand eight hundred and twelve, cHii-
tied An act forasccrtaning the titles and
claims to lands in that par: of Louisiana,
which lies east orihr river Mississippi, aud
island of New Orleans" whose claims
have been presented 10 commissioners
appointed tu receive and examine cliiius
aud titles To lands in said districts, or
10 the Register and Recrly4r, acting
as Commissioners, under the pro, lsou,
Of the act of the third ot March, one thou
sand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled
An act for adnsllne the claims IL lands
and establishing land offices in the districts
east Of the island Ut New Orleans" and
which have not been reported 10 Congress
or whose claims have not been heretofore
presented 10 the said Commissioners; or To
the ReSis and Receiver acting as Com
,nissloners, be allowed until thr. first day of
JANUARY next, Ia present their titles and
claims, and the c,4.i"ncc III support of the
same, to the Regis<,r aud Receiver of the
said district. whose bowers and duties. in
relation to the salr,r, shall, Ia all RESPECTS
be governed by ,b,. pro, ,sions of the a4ts
before r,citcd. and of the a,I of Nh. eighth
Of Nav. On, Thousand ,iyht hnu,ir,d and
twenty two. entitled An act s,,npl,mcn
tary To the acts far adjusting The clairr.s tn
land, and establishing land offices in the
districts east oflh, ISLAND of New Orleans"
Sec. .. .2ad be- II Gu,jbcr euucjtd That
la, : id R.y,st,r and Receiver sh,il han,
pow.r to anpoint a Clerk. who shal, be a
person cap,hle of transialing the French
and Spanish languages. and who shall PEI
form the dnty Of translator, and such other
duIy as may be REQUIRED by said Rrri,trr
ana ,tecearr; nd the sail Register and
Receiycr shall he allowed. as cotnrcns,
ton Tor their services, in reh,ien to tic said
claims, and for Ser, ices 10 be performed
under the 47qp. i,:,,4i, Of the eu.rr.l acts to
which hi, j, A supplem,nt. At the rate of
on, lhur.and dollars wear and the Clerk
al the rate OF twelve hundr,.l. and fft, dol
lars "A wear aud the Clerk rmlloAed b,
The SAID Register aud Receiver, last wear,
snail be allowed, for The ser, ices then rem
., dered by him, nlne months salary, at the
same rair ~ hirh several SIMS of Nancy
shall be paid out any mnncvs IN the Trta
sur, MOI othcruise appropriated ProUi-
ded, That not more Tran two years com
pcnsation b. thus allowed to either the Re-
si,,er and Receiver or tu.ir Clerk and
The paymrut of the whole. or any portion,
Of the aforesaid compensation, may be
until Il report shall have been ns,le Ia rim,
0fthc rcrforiraucc of the services toI which
IN. same il allowed.
SEC. 3 .}ad Lr IL Gt~3he, ,pdcied. That
th, cl,rl a,nnlo,ri hx tn. i,.a,.tcr and
IA ~, p,,t,i,,. ua',.vs -, :, u,l.n,
rnur, Iia,s,. r.. ,llanni ,he' s,n, ~ ans
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hy Nm, ,,l,'.,. =, a.. s,iL u,!ris,., and