Washington telegraph., 1850-11-06

Beamng and trembling-lke some bosom heaving.
With all it knows, yet would not have thee know.
would be with thee-fond, yet silent ever,
Nor break the spell in which my soul is bound;
Mirfor'd within thee, as within river;
A flower upon thy breast and thou the ground!
III at, when died and unto earth return'd,
Our nature never more might parted be;
Within thy being all mine own nuru'd--
Lille, bloom and beauty, all absoI bed in thee!
BY UTHORITY.
PUBLIC ACTS.
Passed during the first session Of the IAuty. first
Congress.
PUBLIC-NO 39
AN ACT providing Tor the examination and Set
tI.meut of claims log Iaud at the Sault Ste
Marie, in Michigan.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatiues of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That the register and
receiver of the land office at the Sault Ste Marie
be- aud they are hereby, authorized to examine
and report upon claims TO lots at the Sault Ste.
Marie, IN township forty seven north, OF ranges
one east aud one west, in Michigan, according to
the provisions hereinafter continued, aud pursuant
to such Instructions as may be given by the Com
missioner of The General Land Office.
SEC 2 And be 1t further enacted, That the
said commissioner shall cause the register and re-
cever TO b.; furnished with map, on large scale,
OF the lines uf the public Surveys at the Sault Ste
Marie and it shall ne the duty Of the Secretary
OF W ar TO direct the proper military ofhcer, on the
application o. the register and receiver, TO desig-
nate, or cause to be designated, upon the map
aforesaid, the position and the extent OF lots Ieces-
sary for military purposes, also the position and
The extent OF any other lot lots, which may be
required ior other public purposes, and also the
position and extent of the InGan agency tract,
and of the Indian reserve.
SEC 3. Iad be 1t further enacted, That in the
case Of any pe,sun or persons, or the legal repre-
sentatives of any person or persons who are the
present bona fide claimants. under the original
clauIs, which entered i'll book number seven
OF the report OF the Board OF Commissioners, under
the act of Congress approved twenty first Feb
ruiry, eiYlitr, hundred aud twenty three. entitled
"Au act revive and continue III force CERTAIN
acts lor the adjustment o. land claims IN The
Territory OF Michgau, ii shall and may be Nv
fu for such person, within one year from the
passage OF this act, TO present S1orn notice In
writing the register and receiver, setting forth
the nature of his claim, with the front and depth
Necessary 10 embrace Ills settlement ami improve
menls, lis position aud limits, as accurately as
practicable on the pubic surveys; also the length
Of time it has been settled by the present claimant,
and the estimated value at the time his right Orig
nated and the estimated value al the present
time, exclusive Of improvements; and 1t shall be
the duty OF the register and receiver To receive
and consider testimony which may be presented
in each case, and TO call for such further testimony
they may deem necessary, ia order 10 enable
them to Geteriniue the precise nature oil each
clam title, and ascertain under whom the same
originated, and to fix It's position and extent OH Tue
public surveys, and its present value, exclusive OF
Improvements; and also to ascertain the value oi
the improve emcnts "a nd further 10 ascertain whether
it intereres with any adverse CLAIM. aud the ex-
tent of, and nature OF, such interference; and, tor
the purposes aforesaid, the register and receiver
are hereby authorized each to administer oalhs, or
ailirmations, and il shall also be the duty OF those
officers tu record all notices and testimony IN sup
port of each claim; and for administering oaths
they shall be allowed fee oil twelve and nan
cents, and like sum for every hundred words oil
testimony which they may record, to be PAID by
the Claimants, and equally divided between the
officers aforesaid.
SEC t. And be ii further enacted, That, in the
case of any bona lide claimant who has no right
under an original claim, entered In the aforesaid
book number seven but who, on the hrSt day OF
January, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and forty -nine had reduced lot INTO possessioh'
and is an actual aud bona fide settler thereon, or
occupant thereof, 1T shall aud may he law-u iof
him to file ytuOrn notice, stating how long he mas
been in the actual possession OF lhe los, the nature
of his improvements the extent of front and depth
requisite to embI his actual settlement and I'M
proyements the estimated value oil the lot at tne
time of his settlement, and its present value, eX-
elusive of improvements, as also the value OF such
improvements and also designating. as ac ;utateiy
as prac:ic able its position upon the public surveys
and il shall and may be lawful for tile aforesaid
officers. also, to take all necessary testimony III
this class of cases in like manner, aud perform
similar duties as required in the foregoing sectlon'
and to receive any notice and evidence OF any
missionary claim from any party authorized 70 ac'
both as to the nature and extent OF the same, ana
the grounds which it may be entitled 10 equitaoie
consideration.
SEC. s. And be it further enacted, That 1t shall
also be the duty of the land officers to examine
and arrange the notices and testimony In all Gases
filed under this act; and The cases contemplated oy
the third section, which they may conhrm' shali
be placed in abstract A. first Glass; and those under
that section which may be rejected by them, shall
be placed i'm abstract A, second class; ana IN an
cases contemplated by the fourth section OF TINS
act, the confirmation of the commissioners sha De
placed in abstract B. first class, and their reJectohs
In abstract B. second class.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, Ihat In
the aforesaid abstracts, tine register ana receiver
shall design ate the number of each claim, name
of present and of original claimant area present
value of the lot exclusive of Improvements, ana
the amount which, in their opinion, It wouio Ds
Just to require a payment Tor the same 10 '"e
Government; and the said officers shall designate
on the aforesaid map of the public surveys 'he
location of each claim as near IT can be aScer-
tanned from the testimony, with the estnaleo
9ctual value, and the assessment ihereoh Vi '"o