Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-08-10


III the limits ofthe State OF Missouri, and Ter
ritory of Arkansas to institute proceedings
TO Try the validity of their claims.
BE IL enacted By the Senate and House of Re-
Srssentatives cfMe United States Of .lmerica IN
Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for
any person or persons, or their legal represen-
tatives, claiming lands, tenements or heredta-
,nents, i'll that part OF the late province of LoG-
sana which is now included within the State Of
Missouri, by virtue of any French or Spanish
grant, concession, warrant, or order of survey
legally made, granted or issued, before the
tenth day OF Marcn, one thousand eight hun
dred and four, by the proper authorities, to
any person or persons resident in the province
of Louisiana, al the date thereof or on or be-
fore the tenth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and four, and which was protected or
secured by the treaty between the United
States Of America and the French Republic Of
the thlrtleth day OF April, one thousand eight
hundred and three, and which might have
been perfected into complete title, under,
and in conformity to the laws, usage,, and GUS
toms of the government under winch the same
originated, mad not the sovereignty of the
country been transferred to the United States,
in each, and every such case, it shall and may
be lawful for such person or persons, or their
legal representatives, to present petition to
the District Court OF the state Of Missouri, set.
ting forth fully, plainly, and substantially, the
nature or ms, her, or their claim to the lands,
tenements, or Entertainments, and particularly
stating the date Of the grant, concession, war;
rant, or order Of survey, unler which they
clam, the name or names Of any person or per-
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