The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-09

otts n sJHn Dc u JftflneF fHdtsfH1 INV
the agent herein provided for, shall take
AN oath of Office, aud give bond and secu-
riiy, IN such sum and form az the Secrrta-
~ OF the Treasury mny direst, aud Ne al
lowed ani paid Or hls ~ r,ieus n sally Mt
ths rate of SIN h1nifrd dollnfs peranaum I;
Pforif,d, That lid "t'ice shall nut euu.
i'noe longer than is necessary In perforn
The duties herein required, and not ldnger
thnn one Year and sid salary, together
with The Incidental eApensrs attending lhr
SAID srrvry and sale. shall be charged Ia
i he Idad 10 be lasrd by The sair al said
lots aud laud. The said appraisers shall
he allowed The sum of two dollars lor each
day actually employed Ia the Nppreise
nent aforesaid, and nriih.r the said agent
nor appraiser. shall br at liberty 10 puf-
chase any of the spid lands or LOLA.
Sec 7. ind be IL ftfihef enacted, That,
II any such tnt" ar lots remain uns0ld at
public auction, ~ aforesaid, the same
shall be- subject Ia entry and sale nj the
btnd tllice ia Ianesyie, in Ohio. at thn
actual cash prce astertanrd ~ aforesaid
IN the sanle manurr thai either lands OF the
United StaIrsarc authorized Ia he snteled |;
aud II shall the duty uf the accounting of.
heers al The Treasury Department In keep
u separate account ol The proceeds 81 thu
lots and lands aforesaid, aud III Nil moneys
/ received aud di-hnrsed unaceount lhercni;
aud, after The expenses oi survey and sale
! of said lots aud hnd shall he reimhui sed
+ II shall he the duty OF thu Secretary of
/ the Treasury To pay Ia tie said society
the sums stipulated ~ be paid them, and
for which they shall not have taken lands
ard lpts as herein before provided for /;
! To- ray the said Sinners, Hill, aud Wallous,
the SUNS awarded Ia them and then Ia
credit the residue of thu proceeds of said
lots and l,nds, M they slmil he received,
IN thu fond for raising the annuity for the
Christian Indians, so called, IN the man
a.r stipulated in the agreement entered
''o with Wem on the eighth at No
Nemb"r, one Thousand eight hundr.d
and twenty three.
Sec lind be II further enacted, That,
when ever the said Christian Indians shall
notify the President of the United Stairs
that they wish In remove from their pre-
sent residence, on the River Thames, into
the Territory of the United States, II shall
BIZ lawful for tllr fresidcni To designate n
reservation Of not less ihnn twenty four
thousand acres of hand. To be held by the
said Indians Ia the usual manner of Indian
reservations, SO long ms they shall live
thereon and from the tine snd indians
shall remoe on To said reservation, the
annuity shall cease.
Washington Approved, My go, iae4.
JAMES MONROE.
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! AN ACT granting certain lots Of ground Ia
! the corporation ri the city of Mobile, and
To certain individuals OF said city.
| BE I enacted By The S,noie and House o.
Representatives n The uaittd States Of II
mfItcd an Congress assembled, That al
i the right aud claim al the United States {.
The hot knonna- lh' liesritul aud Bake liaus,
lots, containing ai,Uui lhrec-Iourihs of an y.
ere 0i lind, in the city Of Mobile, in the slate
oil Alabama aud also the right mud claim oil
! the United States 10 all the lots not sold ur
/ confirmed 10 lndis iduals either By tbi. OF any
| former aci, md 10 which M equitable title
exists, in iavor oil any indyidunl, under this
or any othor acl. between high wafer murl
and The channel of the ri'cr, and between
| Church "''ccl nnd Nprlh Boundary street. ia
! front ui The said uiiy be mud the snme nre
hereby vested ia the Mnyor aud Aldermen
al the said city Of Mobile, aud their success.
sors IN office, for the sole use mud benefit III
! aid city forever
/ SEE .3Hd h. II hnihsr ,H0eted, That MI
4 q @ right and claim of the unued States Ia so
uBny oi the lots OF ground rnst oi " alter street
hnd between Church street aud North Bnuu-
| Diary street, nov known AS Water Lots, rs are
'itunied between the channel of The river and
the front of the lots. known underline Spnn
! ish government rs Water Lots, in the said 81.
! ~ Of Mobile, wher"on improvements have
hecn made, he and The same ale hereby vest.
al in The several proprielors mud occupants ot
ench Of the lots heretofore fronting on Tue RI
yer Mobile, except IN cases where sndh pro.
rrietor or occupant has aiennted his tight IL
any such bot, now designated rs water lot
or the Spanish government has made n new
grant, or order Of survey, for the same, dur,
ing The time nj which they hnd the power II
grnni the snme, in which case the right NM
claim of the United States shall be and is here
by vested IN the person 10 whom such aleDn
lion, grant or or1ero survey WINS nude, or il
his legal representative PrVridCd, That no
thing in this act conlnncd shah lie construe,
10 affect the clain or claims, If my such lhcr,
he, OF any individual or individuals, or any
body polilir or corporate.
Washington Approved May 90, 1874.
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Walter Scon's forthcoming Novel il Il
he entitled RcdgduHHci II Tale Of M'
Eighteenth Ceninry.n