American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-07-06
LAWS OF THE q. STATES.
S5p AUTHORITY.

AN ACT supplementary to an act of Congress-
passed on the thirteenth day Of June one thousand
eight hundred and twelve, entitled An act max.
ing further provision for settling the claims to land
In the territory of Missouri"
Be enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives.
he United States Of america IN Congress assembled Thai
1t shall be the duty Of the individual owners, oil
claimants, of town or village lots, and common field
lots, in, adjoining. or belonging to, the severa
towns or villages, Of Portage DIES Sioux, St. Charles
St. Louis, ST. Ferdinand, Villa Robert Carondel
ct, St. Genevieve, New Madrid, New Bourbon
and little Prairie, in Missouri,and the village Of Ar
kansas, in the territory of Arkansas, whose lots
were conf med by the act of Congress of the thir
tieth OF june one thousand eight hundred and
twelve, entitled i" An act making further provision
for settling the claims TO land in the territory Of
Missouri" on the ground of inhabatioD and cult
walton, or possesion prior to The twentieth day Of
December, one thousand eight hundred and three
ito proceed, within eighteen months after the pas
sage of this act, to designate their said lots, by pro-
wing, before the Recorder of land titles Tor said
stale and territory, the fact of such inbabitation
culyatlon, or posse ssion and boundaries and ex-
tent OF each claim, so as to enable the Surveyor
General TO distinguish the private from the vacant
lots, appertaining 10 the said towns and villages
Sec. Q. find be it further enacted That, immedi
aely after the expiration of the said term allowed
for proving such facts, it shall be the duty Of the
Surveyor General within whose district such lots
lie to proceed, under the instructions of Inc Com.
missioner Of the General Land Office, to survey,
designate, and set apart to the said towns and vii
llages, respectively, SO many of the said vacant
town or village lots, out lots, and common field lots
for the support OF schools in the said towns and villa
Iges, respectively, the President oil the United
States shall not, before that time, have reserved fol
military purposes, and not exceeding one-twenteth
lpart OF the whole lands included in the genera
survey Of such town village, according to- the
Ipfoyisons of the second section of the abov m
toned act of Congress; Of, andy also, to survey
land designate, after the passage OF this &C
as may be, the commons belonging to said towns
and villages, according to their respective claims anc
combinations, under the said act of Congress- where
the same has not been already done: Provided
That lots retinquished to the United States on ac
count OF damages done them by the earthquakes
and in lieu Of which lands have been located else
where, shall neither be so designated or set apart
nor taken into the estimate of the quantity to which
any town or village is entitled.
Sec. g. .aRd be it further enacted, That the Re
corder shall issue o certificate of confirmation fol
each claim confirmed. and shall receive for the ser
lvices required of him by this act the sum OF one
dolar for each lot proved to have been inhabited
cultvaed, and possessed TO be paid by the respective
claimants and, so soon as the said terms shall
have expired he shall furnish the Surveyor Genera
with list OF the lots so proved to have been nhab
tied, cultivated, or possessed, to serve as his guide
lin distinguishing them from the vacant lots 10 b'
set apart above described, and shall transmit ;
copy of such list to the Commissioner of the Gen
J eral Land Office.
Sec. 4. find be 1t further enacted, That the pro
visions OF this act, and of the aforesaid act OF thu
thirteth Of June, one thousand eight hundred ant
twelve be. and the same are hereby, extended to TIL
Village of Mine Burton, and the right Of ilinl
their claims with the Recorder.
Il II. CLAY,
!, Speaker OF The House Of Representatives.
JOHN GAII.LARD,
al President OF the Senate, pro tempore
1 Washington May Goth, 1894 Approved.
n JAMES MONROE.