The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-10-20


CHAPTER III.
The decision of claims exceeding
league square was reserved for Con-
gress alone. That decision is found
in the act of the 18th of April, 1914,
+" for the final adjustment of land
titles in the State of Louisiana and
Territory of Missouri. (IIT. U. S.
Statutes at Large, 1927 The first
section of the statute enacts, that
every person claiming lands in the
State of Louisiana under any
incomplete French or Spanish
grant OF concession, or any war
rant or order of survey" granted be-
fore the Goth of Dec. 1903, and whose
claims have been filed according to
lao, and are embraced in the report
of the Commissioners, or Register, or
Recorder, for the District within
which the lands claimed do lie, in
every case where it shall appear, by
the said reports of the Commissioners,
Register or Recorder, that the con-
cession, warrant, or order of survey
under which claim is made, contains
special location, or has been actual
~ located or surveyed within the late
Territory of Orleans, before tnestwen-
tieth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and three, or actually
located and surveyed, within the
Territory of Missouri, before the
tenth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and four, by surveyor
duly authorized by the Government
making such grant, such persons
shall be, and they are hereby con-
tirmed in their claims. Provided,
that no claim shall be confirmed by
this section which shall have been
.adjudged by either of the Boards of
Commissioners, or register or a re-
.ceiver of public moneys, or Recor
der acting as such, to be ante dated
or otherwise fraudulent nor any one
claim to a greater quantity Of land
that the number of acres contained in
one league square," dc.
If the Houmas claim be confirmed
by this act, it is only confirmed to
the extent of a league square. But,
is not continued by the act. The IL
legality and nullity of the plats and
surveys of the claim filed by the
claimants, forbid the assumption that
the claim was filed according to
law )" and waving this objection, the
fatal one still remains, that nc
special location" or actual location
or survey before the twentieth day
OF December, one thousand eight
hundred and three" appears by the
reports Of the Commissioners. Their
report in the claim of Donaldson and
Scott is this:
No. 133.-William Donaldson and John
w. Scott claim a tract of land in the county
OF Acadia, on tho left bank of the Misss-
slppl, about twenty-five leagues above the
.clty OF New Orleans. containing twenty
nine acres in front, with the depth to the
river Amite, bounded en- the upper side by
the land OF one Simonet, and on the lower
by land of Daniel Clark.
1t appearing to the Board, by an instru-
ment OF writing exhibited, that the said
land was sold at public aucti on, on the 18th
day OF August, 1898, before Evan Jones, al
that time commandment of Laf0urche, to
Louis Fanre; and it appearing, from sun
afy deeds of conveyance, likewise exhibited
that said land has become the property OF
the present claimant, the Board do hereby
confirm his claim. (AnericGn State Pa
Pcfs.-fHbtic Lands, III, 2S7--Green's edl
Their report in the claim of Daniel
Clark is thus:
No. l27.-Daniel Clark claims tract oil
land, situate in the county of Acadia, at q
place called the HOumaS, containing ten
acres in front, on the left bank of tue Mis-
slssippi, and running back to the river
Amlte, bounded on the upper side by lands
OF Donaldson and Scott and on the lower
by those of w. Conway.
1t appearing to The Board from a patent
or complete title exhibited, that said land
together with greater quantity, was
granted by the SpanisJ government to one
Maurice Conway, on the 2lst of June l777
and it appearing. from divers deeds of con.
veyanee also exhibited. that the land now
claimed by the present claimant has been
legally conveyed to him, the Board do
therefore confirm him in his said claim
lid. d.
Their report in the claim of Will
liam Conway is this
No. f2Js-WIIliafs CONWAY claims a tract
OF land, ssfaxtEd fn the eoHnty OF Acadia. al
the place called tie Haulnas, on the left
bank Of the Aisslssipyi, containing twenty
two and azsf zsT@ass IN font, with an
s4+4Se es+A3 Esss-E u 4hEEF HEZFFfss
forty-1Ye minutes. e2fseg Ilae running
north. nine degrees afteea minutes east,
three hundred AMI ffty-eBe afTyents; aud
on the lower line directed ss1rtas seventy de-
grees east, and measuring four hundred aud
tifty-tiye arpents ; bounded ON the upper
side by Daniel Clark's land and on the
lower by land of Simon Layeau.
1t appearing to the Board, from II patent
or complete title exhibited, that seventeen
arpents of front were together with a
greater quantity, granted by the Spanish
Government to Maurice Conway 2lst June,
III and it appearing that the FIVE and a
half arpents OF front remaining OF the land
aforesaid were purchased by Pierre Part ut
the public sale OF the estate of the late
Joachim Mere, alias Belony. ON the 18th day
of December 17SS; and it further appearing
TO the Board. from the several instruments
of conveyance offered in testimony, that the
two tracts of land aforesaid have been con-
veyed to the present claimant the Board
do hereby confirm his claim aforesaid III
To-
And waving the last objection, another
equally fatal, remains. The Houmas claims
were not reported at the date of the act OF
1914, and of course therefore Congress knew
nothing OF them. That act is inapplieable
according 10 its terms, unless the three
Is,ssxs.a riaiuaE are en- ispaeaH in, ff,a -.