Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-06-11
fPUBLIc-No. 75.1


 Ret1resentatfUes ofthe United States of .Ame- ricd in Congress assembled, That Survey or General for the State of Louisiana shall be appointed, who shall have the same author- ty, and perform the same duties, respecting the public lands and private land claims in the state Of Louisiana, as are now vested in, and required of the Surveyor of the Lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennes- see. or the principal Deputy Surveyors in the said State; and that from and after the first day ot May next, the office of principal De- puty Surveyors, as created by the ninth sec ton ot thcact of Congress of the twenty first day ot Aprl, eighteen hundred and six, en- titled " An act supplementary to an act enti- tied An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to lands within the Ter ritory of Orleans and district of Louisiana, >" be and the same arc hereby, abolished and it shall be the duty of sad principal Deputy Surveyors to surrender to the Surveyor Gene ral of Louisiain or to such person or persons as he may appoint to receive the same, all the maps, books, records, field notes, documents and articles of every description, appertain- ing or anywise belonging to their offices re- spectively.
 Sec. 3. .4nd De ft f1trther enacted, That the principal Deputy Surveyor for the dis trict east of the island of New Orleans be and he hereby is required to separate and ar rlnge the papers in his office; and all the maps, records, papers and documents of eve " description which refer to lands in the State of Louisiana, shall be delivered to the order of the Surveyor General for that State; and such of them as refer to lands in the State of Alabama shall be delivered to the Sur veyor for the State of Alabama; and such of them as refer to lands in the State of Mssis- sippi together with such maps, papers, re- cords and documents in the office of said prin- cipal Deputy Surveyor, as are not hereby re- quired to be delivered to the Surveyor Gene ral of the State of Louisiana, or to the Sur veyor for the State ot Alabama, shall be de- livered to the order of the Surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee; and the office of said principal Deputy shall be, and the same is hereby abolished from and after the first day of May next; and the powers and duties now exercised and performed by the said principal Deputy SuI veyor shall be vested in and performed by the aforesaid Surveyors, within their respective States.
 Sec. 3. find De it .further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Surveyor south of the State of Tennessee to deliver to the Sur veyor General of the State of Louisiana all the maps, papers, records, and documents re- lating to the public lands and private claims in Louisiana, which may be in his office; and in every case where it shall be impracticable to make a separation of such maps, papers, records and documents, without injury to the portion of them relating to lands in Missis- sippi, it shall be his duty to cause copies thereof certified by him to be furnished to the Surveyor General of Louisiana, and which copies shall be of the same validity as the originals.
 Sec. 4. find De 1t further enacted, That the Surveyor General of Louisiana shall ap- point sufficient number of skilful and expe- rienced Surveyors as his deputies who with one or more good and sufficient SUI cites to be approved by said Surveyor General shall en- ter into bond for the faithful performance of all surveying contracts conhded to them in the penalty of double the amount of money accruing under the said contracts at the rate per mile stipulated to be pad therein, and who, before entering on the performance of their duties shall take an oath, or make affir- nation, truly, .faith fully and imhartialy to the utmost of heir skill and ability to ere- cute the trust conJfded Co them; and in the event of the failure of deputy to comply with the terms of his contract, unless such failure shall be satisfactorily shown by him to have arisen from causes beyond his control he shall forfeit the penalty of his bond on due process of law, and ever afterwards be debarred from receiving contract for sur veying public lands in Louisiana or elsewhere.
 Sec. $. .And De It .further enacted, That the Surveyor General to be appointed in pur- suance of this act shall establish his office at such place as the President of the United States may deem most expedient for the pub lie service; and that he shall be allowed an annual salary of two thousand dollars, and that he be authorized to employ one skilful draughtsman and recording clerk whose az gregate compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and that the fees heretofore authorized by law for examining and recording surveys be and the same are hereby abolished; and any copy of plat of survey, or transcript from the re- cords of the office of the said Surveyor Gene ral Shall be admitted as evidence in anu of