The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-08-26
PUBLIC-No. 67.

PUBLIC-No. 81.
AN ACT to confirm certain claims
to lands in the District of jackson
Court House, in the State of Mis-.
sissippj,
Bel enacted by the Senate and House
or Representatives. Of the United States
Of Amertca in Congress assembled. Thar
an the claims to lands reported by the
Register and Receiver of the Land
Office for the District of Jackson
Court House, in the State of Mississip-
pi' under the provisions of the act of
congress, approved on the twenty
fourth day of May, one thousand eigb,
hundred and twenty-eight, entitled
"An act supplementary to the several
acts providing for the adjustment of
land claims in the State of Mississ;n-
pi, as founded on any order of survey.
requette, permission to settle. or other
written evidence of claim derived from
the Spanish authorities, which opob,
IN the opinion ofthe said Register and
Receiver. To he confirmed, and which.
by the SAID reports, appear To- bo, de-
rived from the Spanish Government
prior to the twentieth of December
one thousand eight hundred and three.
and the land claimed to have been cuI.
tlvated and inhabited on or before that
day, shall be confirmed i'm the same
manner as If the title had been COM
pleted: Prouided, That, in all such
claims, where the plat and certificate
of survey. made prior to the fifteenth
day OF April, one thousand eight hum
dred and thirteen, under the authority
OF the Spanish Government, in pursu-
ance of such claim, has not been filed.
with the said Register aud Receiver.
such claim shall not be confirmed IN
any one person for more than twelve
hundred and eighty acres; and that for
all the other claims comprised i'm the
reports aforesaid, and which ought. in
the opinion of the Register and Re-
ceiver, to be confirmed, the claimant
to such and shall be entitled to a grant
thereof, as donation, not to exceed
twelve hundred and eighty acres to
any one person: And prorided, also.
lhat the claim Of the representatives
of Louis Bolsdore, numbered four. in
report numbered three, shall not be
confirmed to more than twelve hun
dred and eighty acres; and all tic con
hrmations or the said incomplete titles
and grants of donations, hereby pro-
vided to be made, shall amount only
to relinquishment forever, on the
part of the United States, of any claim
whatever to the tract of land so con-
tirmed or granted, without prjudice to
the interests of third persons.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That every person, or his or her legal
representatives, whose claim is en-
blaced by the said Register and Re.
celver III their reports numbers five,
SIX, and seven of actual settlers, or
their legal representatives not having
any written evidence Of claim, shall,
where 1t appears by the said reports
that the land claimed or settled or had
been actually inhabited and cultivated
" s"|n person or persons, In whose
right the same is claimed, on or before
the fifteenth day of April, one thou
sand eight hundred and thirteen, be
entitled to a grant for the land So
claimed or settled on, as donation:
froridcd, That not more than one
tract shall be granted to any one per-
son, and the same shall not exceed six
hundred and forty acres, to include his
or her Improvements, and to be bound
ed by sectional or divisional lines; and
that no lands shall be thus granted
which are claimed or recognized by
the preceding section.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That every person, or his or her legal
representatives, comprised in tie afore-
SAID reports Of actual settlers, not hay-