Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-05

UBLlC-NO. 10.
AN ACT to provide for the quoting of Ger
tain land titles in the late disputed territory
in the state of Maine and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of Amer
lea in congress assembled that the secretary
of the treasury be and he is hereby author
lied and required to pay, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to
Laura a. Stebbins, of Bangor in the state of
Maine; Catherine c. Ward, of Roxbury, in
the state of Massachusetts; Rufus Mansur,
OF Houlton, in the state of Maine; and James
A. Drew, of Chelsea, in the state of Massa-
chusetts, the sum of thirty-three hundred and
fifty three dollars each, being in all the sum
Of thirteen thousand four hundred and TWEEN
ty-two dollars, in full compensation for three
thousand three hundred and fifty three acres
OF land including the timber previously taken
therefrom, in the half township in the state of
Maine, granted by the state of Massachusetts
TO the late General Eaton, and called the
'Eaton grant, to which said parties lost title
by the operation of the fourth article of the
treaty OF ninth August, eighteen hundred and
forty -two, ''to settle and define the bounda-
ry between the United States and the possess
sions of her Britannia Majesty in North
America :" Provided, that the said Laura A.
Stebbins, Catherine c. Ward, Rufus Mansur,
and James A. Drew shall execute deeds of
release to the parties holding ''possessory" or
equitable possessory claims" to the said
three thousand three hundred and fifty
acres of land, or any portion thereof, as des-
cribed in the reports made to the governor
and council Of Maine, by Ebenezer Hutchin-
son and others, commissioners under a reso-
luton passed by the legislature of said state
on the twelfth day of April, eighteen hundred
and ttty-tour, and the plans of surveys ac-
companylng said reports, and of record in the
land office Of said state And provided, also.
that 1t shall appear to the satisfaction of the
land agent of the said state of Maine that such
deeds OF release do effectually convey a rood
title to said lands, except so far as said titles
have been affected by the operation of the
treaty aforesaid: And provided, further that
it shall appear to the said land agent that the
aforesaid parties are incompetent to make
such deeds Of release to the whole of said
lands, then they shall be entitled to receive a
pro rata only Of the compensation provided in
this act for so much thereof as they shall con-
vey as aforesaid
Sect. 2 And be it further enacted that the
secretary of the treasury be and he is hereby
authorized and required to pay, out of any
unappropriated money in the treasury, to Ed
mund Monroe and Benjamin Sewall of Boston
IN the state Of Massachusetts, the sum of thir-
teen thousand five hundred and forty dollars
IN the proportion Of three tourths thereof to
tne former and one fourth TO the latter, in full
compensation for three thousand three huns
ured and eighty-fve acres of land, including
the TIMBER previously taken therefrom, in the
western half Of plymouth township" So
caled' IN the state of Maine, and the sum of
SIX thousand seven hundred and sixty-eigbt
collars to Rufus Mansur of Houlton. Maine
ana James A. Drew Of Chelsea. Massachn,
setts' III lull compensation for sixteen hun-
dred ana ninety-two acres of land, Including
the TIMBER previously taken therefrom. in the
eastern halfSf said township, to which the
said parties severally lost title by the onero-
ton Of the fourth article Of the aforesaid treo-
ty; Provided that the regulations. restric-
tons, and provisions contained in the provi-
SOS 20 the first section of this act shall he
made, to all intents and purposes, applicable
TO this section.
Sect. 3. And be il further enacted thai the
secretary Of the treasury be and he is hereby
directed to pay, out Of any money in the treas
airy not otherwise appropriated to Laura A.