Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-03-02

or said tribes, shall, upon conviction be imprisoned fin the common jail of the proper county, not less than two, nor more than four months.
 tSEC l7. 1Rd be further eaacted that it shall at all times be lawful for the chiefs and head men of any Indian tribes within this State. to meet any a. gent or commissioner of the United States or this State, for any purpose whatever.
 SEC. 1S And be it.further enacted, that this act shall take effect from and after the first day of Au- gust next
 SEc. l9 And De a further enacted that it shall be the duty of the judges Ofthe circuit court to give this act in charge to the grand jurors of those counties to which any portion the Indian territory Is attached
 SEC. 20 And De it further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the Governor of this State to cause to be printed and distributed, two hundred copies of this act to each ofthe Indian tribes within the char tered limits ofthis State.
 SEC 21. And be a further enacted, that if any persons, shall confscate, or attempt to confscate, the property any person persons, in consequence of his enrolling for emigration, offering to enroll shall, upon conviction, be imprisoned in the common jail the proper county, not less than two than four months.
 shall not embrace the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation of Indians provided, the late treaties be- tween tile General Government and those nations of Indians be ratified
 FRENCH IANDS--ro the politeness of the Hon. wm R. King, of in Congress- we are indebted for the following b which introduced by that gentle It had passed boh houses of Congress, and only waited the signature of the President besome law will be of interest tse who concerned in the French Grant.
 Bill to alter and amend An Act to set apar and dis
 of certain public lands for the encouragement of
 cultivation of the vine and ohve."
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatires cf the Un,ted States of America in Congress assembled That all persons entitled to ands under contract entered into the eighth of January, egh- teen hundred and nineteen by the Secretary of the Treasury, on the part of the United States, and Charles Sellar, agent ofthe Tombsckbee association in pursuance of" An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and ove," approved on the third ofMarch eighteen and seventeen their heirs, devisees assigns who appear by the report of William L. Adams, special agent ofthe Treasury, appointed in compliance with resolution of the Se- nate, passed the twentieth May, eighteen hundred and twentyslx 10 have complied with the conditions of settlement and cultivation, stipulated for in said contract, or who shall hereafter make it appear tc the saslacon of the Secretary of the Treasury that they have so complied, shall, on paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents the acre. previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirtyAhree, receive patent for the same
 Sec. ?. And De t further enacted, That all persons who became entitled to an allotment of land under said coDtract, their heirs devsees, or assigns who have failed to comply with the conditions of settle ment and cultivation within the period required thereby who, at the time of the passage of this act shall be In the actual occupancy and cultivation of the same sha on paying into the Treasury one dol lar and twenty-five cents the acre, previous to the third of March eighteen hundred and thirty-three, receive patent for the same.
 Sec. 3. Ana be t further enacted, That the widow and children of any person who became entitled to an allotment of land under said contract and died without performing the conditions required, shall on paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-fv cents per acre, previous to the third of March egh teen hundred and thiry-three, receive patent for the same