The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-25
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AN ACT supplementary 10 an ac' of Con.
gress, passed on the ihirtieth day OF Jhne,
one thousand eight hundred aud twelve
entitled, An act making further PROVISION
for settling the claims To land IN The terri,o
~ of Misspnri.'
BE IL tHaciod6,' The Senate 0ud H0bse Of Re
prcso ntatires Of the UHiitd States Of .imey-cu IN
C0agrtsS assembied, That il shall be the dAiy
oi the individual owners or claimants, OF town
or village @ots, and common field lots, in, all
Joining. or belonging TO, the several towns,
or villages, OF Portage DIES Sioux. ST. Charles,
ST Louis, ST. Ferdinand, Villa a Robert, Car
ondclet, 81. GencNieNs, New MadIid, New
Bourbon, and Little Prairie, in Missouri, and
the vilnse of Arkansa,, in the territory
of Arkan as, whose lots were confirmed
by the act Of Congress Of the thirtieth of
June, one Thousand ei- ht hundred and
~ elve, entitled, " An act making further pro-
vision Tor settling the claims To land in the
territory 81 Missouri on the ground of inha-
bitali1n, cultivation or possession, prior 10 the
twentieth Of December, one thousand eight
hundred and three, 10 proceed, within eigh-
teen months at.er the passage of this act, to
designate their said lots, by proving, before
the Recorder OF land titlcs for said slate and
territory, The fact OF such uhpbita.ion cult
walton, or possession, and the boundaries and
extent of each claim, 80 Ms 10 enable the Sur
Seyor General Ia distinguish the private from
the vacant lots, appertaining TO the said towns
and village.
Sec ? lind be Z fulhcT ennciea, TINT, i'm
mcdiaiely after the expiration oi the said term
allowed for proving such facts, il shall he The
duty of the Surveyor General, within whose
districts snch lnis lie, IT, proceed, with 'he in
,trnctions of the Commissioner of the General
[ and Office, tn surVC:, designate, and set a
part TO the said Towns and villages, rcspec-
tiNr1y, 50 many Of The said Town or village
lots, oai lots, and common held lots, tor the
support OF schools in the sa,d towns md VII
lageB, respectively, as tue President oi the L
States shall not, btture that time, have fcser-
we'd for military purposes, aud not exceeding
one -twen,ieth parl Of the Whole land. incu-
dcd in the general survey al such town, of
village, according IN The provisions Ut the Sc
cond section ut the aforementioned nit ~
CONGRESS Of, [Hnd3 also. TO survey and dcsIg-
nate, 50 soon after the passage OF this nit us
may h., the commons belonging 10 said towns
and Villages, according 10 their claims aud
combinations, under Tie said act OF C"ngie,',
where the same has NOT been alrendy done ::
Prorit{cd, That lots reluguished to the Oni
I'D States on account ol damages done them
b> earthquakes, and in lien OF which lands
have been located elsewhere, shall neither
r',rl so DESIGNATED or set apart, nor taken in
ID the estimate OF the quantity to which any
town or village is entitled.
Sec ;. Ind lie ii Purifier enacted. That the
Recorder shall issue a certificate of cnnhrma-
ton for each claim confirmed, aud shall re-
ctivc for the SERVICES required OF him bY this
act the sum of one dollar for each lot proved
IN has been inhabited, cultivated aud pos
scs.ed, to be paid by The respective claimants;
and, 80 soon as the sad term shall have eNpi-
red he shall furnish III" surveyor General
with list 0fthe lots so proved 10 have been
inhabited, cultivated or possessed, To serve as
his guide in distinguishing them from the IA
cant lots to be SET apart as above described,
aud shall transmit copy Of such list to The
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
sec. IND be Il tarther sHncted, That the
provisions Of this act, aud OF the aforesaid act
Of the thirieth of June, one thousand eight
hundred and twelve, he, and the same hrr
bcg..hv. extended 10 the village Of Mine
Bnrton. and the right Of filing their cluitiis
with ihr Recorder.
washington, May 90, 1924 Approved.
JAMES MONROE.