The Arkansas advocate., 1831-06-22

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 i Sec. 2. .ind De it further enacfed, That 1 the principal Deputy Surveyor for the dis trict east of the Island of New Orleans be
 and he hereby is required to separate and arrange the papers in this office; and all the maps, records. papers and documents l of every description which refer to lands In the State of Louisiana, shall be deliver ed 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 de- fivered to the Surveyor for the State of 1 l. abama; and such Of them as refer to lands in the State of Mississippi together ,gith
 such maps, papers, records and documents
 in the office of said principal Deputy Sur
 veyor, as are not hereity required to be de-
 lwered to the Surveyor General of the
 state of Louisiana, or to the Surveyor for
 the State of Alabama, shall be delivered
 10 the order of the Surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the State ef
 Tennessee; and the office of said principal
 Deputy shall be, and the same is hereby abolished from and afterthe first day of May next; and the powers and duties now exercised and performed by the said prin- eipal Deputy Surveyor shall be vested in and performed " tie aforesaid Surveyors, within their respective States.
 Sec. 3. find 5e T fnq9hey enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Surveyor south of the State of Tennessee to deliver to the Surveyor General of the State of Lon isiana all the maps, papers, records, and documents relating to the public lands and private claimssin Louisiana, which may be in bis office; and in. every case where 1t shall he impracticable to make separa- tion of such maps, papers, records and doc- uments, without injury to the portion Of them relating to lands in Mississippi, it shall be his duty to#cause the copies there of 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. Ind De t ftrtae1, enacted, That the Surveyor General of Louisiana shall appoint a sufficient number of skiltiIl and experienced Surveyors as his deputies who with one or more good and sufficient sure- ties to be approved by said Surveyors Ge- neral shall enter into bond for the faith- ftI performance of all surveying contracts confided to them in the penalty of doible the amonnt Of money accruing under the said contracts at the rate per mile stipuiat- ed to he paid therein, and who, before en- tering on the performance of their duties shall take an oath, or make affirmation, hnly, taahf ,'}y and impartiaHy 10 Me utmost of Mci, sk'iH and abiiity 10 execute the t,'nst confded 10 them; and in the event of the faiiureo Q deputy to comply with the terms Of his contract, unless such failure shall be satisfactorily shownby him 10 have aris- en from causes beyond his control, ne shall forfeit the penalty Of his bond on dse pro- cess of law, and ever afterwards be de- barred from receiving a contract for sur eying public lands in Louisiana or else- where.
 Sec. ,. .1Rd De n .fa9ihe1 e0cted, That the Surveyor General to be appointed in pursuance of this act shall establish his of fee at such place the Prcsd ent of the United States may deem most expedient for the public service; and that he shall be allowed an annual salary of two thousand dollars. and that he be authorized to en- poy one slilful draughtsman and record
 ing clerk whose aggregate compensation shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; and that the fees llere- tofore authorized by law for examining and recording surveys be and the same are hereby abolished, and any copy of a plat of survey, or transcript from the records of the office of tie said Surveyor General shall be admitted as evidence in any of tue courts of the United States or Territories thereof and for every copy of plat of sar- vey, there shall be paid twenty-five cents, and for any transcript from the records of said office, there shall be paid at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words by the individuals requiring the same.
 Sec 6. And De it Gtrther enacted, That in relation to all such confirmed claims as may conflict or in any manner interfere .pitl. each other the Register of the land office and Receiver of public moneys for the proper land district, are hereby aH- thorized to decide between the parties, and shall in their decision be governed by such conditional lines or boundaries as have been or may by agreed upon between the parties inteFested, either verbally or in writing; and in case on lines or bonnda- ries be agreed upon between the parties interested, then the said Register and Re- ceiver are hereby authorized to decide be- tween the parties in such manner as may be consistent with the principles ofjustice; and 1t shall be the duty of the Surveyor General of the said State 10 have the claims surveyed and plated in accordance with the decisions of the Register and Re ceiver: Prouided, That the said decisions and surveys and the patents which may be issued in conformity threto, shall not in any wise be considered as preclnding le- cal investigation and decision by the pro-
 per judicial tribunal between ;he parties
 to any such interfering claims, but silaii
 only operate relinquishment on tite part
 of the United States of all little to the land
 in question.
 Sec. '. And be t further enacted, That
 all ssise lands to which the Indian title has been extinguished lying north of the north- e-n boundary of tine State of Illinois, west of Lake Michigan and east of the Missis-