The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-05-17
fpru1.c-No. ISL
AN ACT supplementary to TIE several acts pro
vi,lns foi tic adjustment OF Land Claims II
tAe at.,e o. AlAbama

AN ACT supplementary to TIE several acts pro
viGlins far ,hc adjustment Of Land CLAIMS II
thc ot.,e d Alabama.
Bc L cractsd 5v the Srnctc and Htuse Of
Etfg.srltgfiurs ofMe Gsi.cH StatCS IF H.
,asi4ca i! tonrreSs Gssc94d'R, That the
claimants of lands, town lot, y. u.t.nts, Witi,u
that part of the limits Of III, ,oiuer lanl Dlatr,G
Of Jackson Court.housc, wrlga y embraced n
the STATE OF Alabama, whose claims have been
pre- +ctcl to the Commissioners appointed to
receive and examine claims and title, 10 iande,
IN said District Of lack son EoIt.hois', or to IN
Register and Receiver OF the Land Ohr'G at
Jackson Court-house, acting as Col@nisslontf
guacr the provisions of the art Il nc thlId ot
Mar h, one Thousand tght h..r.tfed .nd nne
tcc0, entitled .'An ACT ug aar,st,n,r lLa clair4
10 lalls, and establishing I.td cii.ccs, in thr
District Fast Of the Island Of New orleans" and
Wllilh have not been reported 70 tnngItis, ~
Who's claims have not herct@ioic Gctuprcsentri
to ii said commissioners, or Io,ne Register ur
Receiver, acting as Commissioners, or Nh"ae
Claims have been actetlufnA b~l additional ~
3eucc ad,luccl, be allowed unill the first ,ily oi
Scp;.,ub r, eighteen hundred and twenty seven,
rs HI, sent their titles anl claim ana tie cvencc
in support of the same 20 the Register and H.
ccivsr of the land Office 1T 81. stephens. in tive
State of Alabama whose powers ani duties, III
relation TO the saric, shall in al respects, 5e gov.
crae,l by the provisions Of the acts before rect
-l and cf The act Of lie eighth of MAY, eighteen
hundred! and twentv-two. entitled "tn net sup
plrtncttarv 20 the several acts Tor al lsting the
claims to land, and establishing Land Offices, iN
tie District Fast Of the Island ot New Orleans,
SEC. Q, ind be il fuyIher caGefed, Tha.
! tho said Register aud Receiver shRli havc power
90 -ccJiyc and examine such titles and claim,
and ioY that purpose, shall hold their sessions al
tho city of Mobile. they shall give suitable notice
ofthe time and place Of their sessions, but may
adjourn ron time to time, and meet at such
other places as may be necessary, or may best
suit the convenience ofthe claimants, on giving
proper motto. fthc time Of their adjournmens.
And tho said Register and Receiver shall have
p0Wcrtn arDoint clerk, who shall BE person
capable Of translatlng the French and Spanish
lnnruagcs, aud who shall perform the duty Of
Translator, !n! such other duty rs may be rcqnir-
cd by the s,;l Register and Receiver, and the
sad Register and Receiver shall each be allowed,
as compensation for their services, in relation
20 sad claim and ter the service to be perform
cd under lie provisions of the several acts tc
which this is Il supplement, at the rate Of one
thonsand df..la per annum; and the clerk a,
tho rate Of onc thousand dollars per aunum
which several sums Of money shall be paid out OF
ally moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise ap
4 !roprated: P50dtd, That no more than one
years compensation shall be thus allowed tc
either the Register and Receiver, or Clerk; ant
the payment Of the whole of the aforesaid com
TensatIon shall be withheld by the Secretary o
the Treasury, until report, to be approved b,
him. shall have been made to him, of the per
folmancc of the services for which the same i
allowed.
SEC. 8. md be u further enacted, Tha
the Register and Receiver of the Land Office a
augusta, in the State of Mississippi, be. ant
they are hereby, required TO separate, so far a
practicable, from the titles TO lands in A'ssissip
pi, all such papers, or claims, or evidence o
claims for any tract Of land or town lot, lying il
the State OF Alabama, and certify the same gen
orally to the Registe, of the Land Office at n
stephens, in the State of Alabama; and, o
proper application, to deliver them over to tn
said Register, whose, duty it shall be TO receiv
the same, and preserve them among the record
Of his Office.
, AppnovEn. March 3, 1927.