Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-08-28
NUMBER 35.

tIon for three thousand three hundred
and ftty-three acres of land, nclud:
ing the timber previously taken there:
from, in the half township in the State,
of Maine, granted by the State Of
Massachusetts, to the late General Ea-
ton, and called the "Rator grant" to
which said parties lost title by tho
operation Of the fourth article OF the
treaty of ninth August, eighteen hun:
dred and forty-two, "to settle and de-
fine the boundary between the United
States and the possessions of her
Britannia Majesty in North America :"
PrOrided, That the said Laura A. Steb:
bins, Catherine q. Ward; Rufus Man
sur, and James A. Drew shall execute
deeds OF release to the parties holding
possessory" or equitable possesso-
ry claims" to the said three thousand
three hundred and fiftylthree acres of
land, or any portion thereof, as desert
bed in the reports made to the COVER.
nor and council of Maine by Ebcnezcr
Hutchinson and others, commission
ers under resolution passed by the
Legislature Of said State on the twelfth
day of April, eighteen hundred and
fitty-four, and the plan of surveys ac-
companying said reports, and Of rec
ord in the land office of said State {:
And prOrided, also, That it shall appear
to the satisfaction Of the land agent
of said State of Maine that such deeds
of release do eflectually convey q
good title to said lands, except so far
as said titles have been affected by
the operation of the treaty aforesaid
Aad pr0riled, further, That it shall ap:
pear to the said land agent that the
aforesaid parties are incompetent to
make sucL deeds of release to the
whole ii said lands, then they shall
be eltitled to receive pro rata oily
- the compensation provided I'm this
act for so much thereof as they shall
convey as foresaid.
SEC. 2. Ind Be Il further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury lie and
he is hereby authorized and required
to pay, out of any unappropriated mo-
ney in the Treasury, to Edmund Mon
roe and Benjamin. Sewall, Of Boston,
in the State of Massachusetts, the
sum Of thirteen thousand five hundred
and forty dollars, i'll the proportion OF
threc-fourths thereof to the former and
onc-iourth to the latter, in full COM
pcnSaton for three thousand three
hundred and eighty-five acres Of land;
including the timber previously taken.
thereirom, in the western half OF
plymouth township" SO called, iH
the State of Maine, and the sum of six
thousand seven hundred and sixty.
eight dollars to Rufus Mansur, of
Houi:on, Maine, aud James A. Drew,
of Chelsea, Massachusetts, in full COM
pensation 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 severalIy
lost title by the operation of the fourth
article of the aforesaid treaty: Pro:
vided, That the regulations, restric;
tions, and provisions contained in the
provisos to the first section of this act
shall be made, to all intcnts and pur-
poses, applicable to this section.
SEC. B. And be IL FURTHER enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be and.
he is hereby directed to pay, out Of
any money in the Treasury not other
wise appropriated, to Laura A. Steb-
bins, of Bangor, Maine, and Catherine
Z. Ward, Of Dorchester, Massachu-
sets, the sum of six thousand six hun
dred and forty-seven dollars and
to Edmund Monroe and Benjamin Sc
wall, of the city of Boston, in Massa-;
six hundred and thirty-five dollars, in
the proportion of three-fourths of the
same TO said Monroe, and one-fourth
to said Sewall and to James A. Drew,
Of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and Rufus
Mansur, of Houlton. Maine, the sum Of
nine thousand three hundred and twen-
ty-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, and located
in the Eaton grant and Plymouth.
township (so-caIled) i'll the State OF
Maine, and within the district recog-
nized as the disputed territory" and
which timber was taken off and lost.
to the proprietors in consequence OF
the diplomatic arrangement 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 Pro-
vided, That the payments authorized
and required by this act may be made,
in whole or in part, at the option OF
the Secretary of the Treasury, in any
Of the bonds of the United States,
bearing interest at the rate OF six
per centum per annum, which have
been or may hereafter be authorized
by law to be issued
Approved, July IL. 1862.