Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-08-19
rpnnL1n-Nn. 1901

APpfoVeu, July ~ loOZ
1PuBLIC-No. 129.
AN ACT to provide for the quieting of certain
land titles in the late disputed territory in the
State Of Maine and for other purposes.
BE il enacted By tie Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatiDes ofthe United States Of America in Con.
arres fssmjled, That the Secretary of the Trea-
sury be and he is hereby authorized 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 G..
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
Massachusetts, the sum Of thirty-three hundred
and hfty-three dollars EACH being in all the sum
of thirteen thousand four hundred and twenty
two dollars in full compensation for three thou.
sand three hundred and fifty three acres of land,
including the timber previously taken theretrom,
in the half township in the State of Maine,
granted by the State of Massachusetts TO the late
General Eaton, and called the " Eaton gram" ?"
to which said parties lost title by the operation
of the fourth article of the treaty of ninth August
eighteen hundred and fortytwo, Z" to settle and
define the boundary between the United States
and the possessions of her Britannia Majesty in
North America:" Provided, That the said Laura
A. Stebbins, Catharne C. Ward, Rufus Mansur,
and James A. Drew shall execute deeds of re-
lease TO the parties holding "possessory" or
" equitable pOssessOry olaims' to the said three
thousand three hundred aud ffty-three acres of
land, or any portion thereof, as described in the
reports made to the governor and council of
Maine by Ebenezer Hutchinson and others, COM
mssiOners under a resolution passed by the legis-
ature of said State on the twelfth day of April,
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the plan of
surveys accompanying said reports, and of record
in the land Office of said State; And pr0vide3,
also, That it shall appear to the satisfaction of
the land agent Of said State of Maine that such
deeds of release do eifectually convey a good
title to said lands, except SO far as said titles
have been affected by the operation of the treaty
aforesaid And pr0pided, further, That if 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 O pro rata only of
the compensation provided in this act for so
much thereof as theshal convey as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. ARd be il further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be and he is hereby
authorized and required TO pay, out of any un-
appropriated money in the Treasury, to Edmund
Monroe aud Benjamin SeWall, oi Boston; in the
State of Massachusetts,, the sum of thirteen thou
sand five hundred and forty dollars, in the pro-
portion OF three-fourths thereof to the former
and one fourth to the latter, in full compensation
for three thousand three hundred and eghty-five
taken therefr0m, in the western half of Ply
mouth township" SO called, in the State of
Maine, and the sum of six thousand seven hun
drel and sixty eight dollars to Rufus Mansur, of
Houlton, Maine, and James A. Drew, Of Chelsea,
Massachusetts,, in full compensation for sixteen
hundred and ninety-two acres of land, including
the timber previously taken therefrOm, in the
eastern half Of said township, to which the said
parties severally lost title by the operation Of
II. 80 kba frno otNys
Uided, That the regulations, restrictions and
provisions contained in the provisos to the first
section of this act shall be made, to all intents
and purposes, applicable to this section.
Sec. g. And be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary OF the Treasury be and he is hereby
directed to pay out o. any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, TO Laura A, Steb-
bins Of Bangor, Maine, and Catherine @. Ward,
Of Dorchester Massachusetts,, the sum Of six
thousand six hundred and forty-segen EdOllarsl
aud to Edmund Monroe and Benjamin Sewall, of
the city of Boston, in Massachusetts, the sun of
seven thousand six hundred and thirty-ive
dollars, in the proportion Of threo-fourths Of the
same TO said Monroe and one-fourth TO said
Sewall; and to James 4. Drew, of Chelsea,
Massachusetts, and Rufus Mansur, of l1oultou,
Name, the sum of nine thousand three hundred
aud twenty eight dollars; the said several Sums
being in full compensation, at the rate Of one
dollar per acre, for timber taken from lands
owned by said parties, respectively, aud located
in the Eaton grantand Plymouth township (so-
called) in the State of Maine, and within the
district recognised as the disputed territory"
and which timber was taken off and lost to the
proprietUrs in consequence of the diplomatic ar
raugement entered into between the United
States and Great Britain in eighteen hundred
and thirty-twO, by which both parties agreed to
abstain from the exercise of jurisdiction in said
territory Provided That the payments author
lied and required by this act may be made. in
whole or iu part, at the option of the Secretary
of the Treasury, in any of the bonds of the
Uuited States, bearing interest at the rate Of
six per centum per anuum, which have been or
may hereafter be authorized by law to be issued.
Approved, July IL, 1862.