f
(-I3-)
"obviate rkofe inenvenencTes, and
ilitate and cnfure the atuinmtnt of
advantages', which may arifefrem
ndcafuai cixeumfiances, fpringing
iroirj foreign and demeuic caufes,
: :r to be an object for which ade
..L" prt vifion fhouli be made in any
ylzw iat may be adopted. For this
ie Jwd from th ir.trinfic difficulty
dialing the detail f afpecific pro
"i for the various objects -which re-.
io be confultcd, Co neither to do
. rich nor top little for either, it is
afmlly fubraitted, whether it would
5 aeWifeable to vert a conticeraD'c
! ie of difcreiionin the cornmiflloncrs
'general Uan-cfjics fubjecl to feme
"T; : regulations and limitations as fol-
viz. j ,
. hat no land Shall be fold, eicept fuch
in refpe ft to which the tides of the Idi
an tribes (hall hate been previoufly cx-t:n-uiflied.
That a fufHcieat traft or tracts fhall
Tcferved aid fet apart for fatisfying
fubferibers to the propofed loan in
: - public debt, and that no location
M be for lefs than fire hundred
" ' - i
" r "- tf : ! !
That convenient tracts (hall from
.tirr,dt time be let apart for the pnrpofc
cf locations by actual fettlcrs, in quanti
ty i not exceeding to one perfcnoKC hun-.
i acres. I
That ether trafls (hall, from time to
r.:z be let apart for tales in towrfhips of 7
t';:. JBiles fquare, except where they ibali
r "oin upom a.bcundary of fame prior
: nt, or of a tract io fet apart ; it which
c it there fkall be no greater departure
ai fuch form cf location than may be
"olutely necefiary.
That any quantity may nevertheless be
r ' J by fpec al eottracr, comprehended
" her w ithin natural boundaiies or lines,
. both.
That the price fhall be thirty cents per
:;re,to be paid either in gold or filver,
in public fecurities, computing thofe
!iich fliall bear an immediate interefl of
flx'per cent, as at par with gold and fil
i ef, and thofe which ftall hear a future
crlefs interct if any there fti&U be, at a
proportional gallic.
'That certificates hired for land upon
:hVpropcfed ban, fliall operate ssvar
nts within :!ie tract or tra&s which flail
i fpfcially let apart for fatifyirg the
bfcribers thereto, and il-.tfil alio be re
;ivable in all pairer.ts whatfoever for
hd,bv way of difecunr, acre for acre.
h ht co ( itdit fliall Lc gitcn for zrjr
L-nlity Icis than atawr.flnf f t ei.xr.il es
funre,' r.or p ore than two ears ciedit
$r any greater quantity,
f That in ;cvtsy Varies cf crcr, at
rre onarter nart cf Ac CCnilcTerS-
iion fiiall be paid dowa, and fecurity,
other than the land itfelf, (hall be requir- V
cd for the refidue. And that no title;
fliall be given for any tract or part of a.'
purchafe beyond the quantity fcr -which
the confideraticn fhall be actually paid.
Tkat the refidueofthe trader tracts
fet apart for the fubferibers to the pro
pofed loan, which fhall not have been
located within two years after the iante
fhall have been fet apart, may then be!
! fold on the fame terms as any other'
land-
That the ecmmiflionexs of each fubor-j;
dimate office fliail have the management
of all fales, and the LGVmg of warrants;
for all locations in the tracts to be fet
apart for the acoirncodation cf indivi
dualettlers, fubjeA to the fupeimtend
ency of the ccmmiEoners cf the general
lani-cffiee, Vfho may alio commit to them
the management of any other fales r lo
cations which it may fee found expedient
to place under their directioH.
That there fhall be a furveyor general,
who iaall have power to appoint a deputy
jfuiveyor general ia each cf the weftern
governments, asd a competent number
of deputy fur reyors to execute in per
fon all warrants to them directed by the
rurveyor-gencwl or deputy furveyor-ge-nerals
within certain dilirifls to be
atTiKned to-them refpeaively. That the ,
furveyor-general lhaii auo nave in crSc ;
all the duties committed to the geojra-pker-general
by the feveral refoluticas
and ordinances ef.Congrefs.
That all warrants Ufued.at the general
Utid-of.ce fhall be'figned by the eoanmif
fioners, oruch one of them as they may
.nominate for that purpofe, and fliall be
directed to the deputy furveyor general
within the government. That ejP"'
ority f locations upon warrants fhall be
determined by the tines of the applica
tions to the deputy furveyors .: and m
cafe of two applications fcr the fame
land at one time,the priority may be .de
termined by lot. MJi
That the treafurer of the United
States fhall be the receiver of all pay
ments for fales made at the general
lanfroflice, and may alfo receive depcfits
money or fecurities for purchafes intend
ed to be made at the fubordir.ate oBces,
his receipts or certificates for which fkall
be received in payment at thefe offices.
That the fecretary of each of the weft
ern governments: fhall be the receiver of
sll payments arifing ficmialesat the ci
flces cf fuch government. U
The controverfies ccr.ccring rights to
patents er grants of land, fliall be deter
mined by thecemmiftoners of that cflice
i&ndsr vihofc immedikite dilution cf j-
ri'clton the Iccatijrss m refpeel to
which they may axfife: fliall have teen,
made. i
That the completion of all ccntrrcls
and fales heretofore made, thail Le imr
ci
der the direction of ithe ccn.mifficners
the general lanc-cfhce.
lhat the cemmifiichers cf the gene
ral lar.doffice, furveyor-genera!, deputy
furveyors-ger.eral, and the coairnifiicn
ers of the landcf5cein each of the we it
em governments fhajl not purchafe, nor
fliall others purchalV for them ia trufl,
any public kinds. i ;i t
That the lecretaries of the wfcflerri go
vernments fliall give fecurity fer the
faithful execution cf their duty as re
ceivers cf the land of&ce.
That all patents fliall be flgned by the
Prefident cf the United States, by tlie
vice-prefident, or other officer ct go
vernment acling as Pref.dent, and fhall
be recorded in the office ciiher of thelur-veycr-gencral;
or of the chrk cf thefupe
rior curt of the United States.
That all furveys of land fall be at
the eiptncecf thepnrchafersor grantc?.
That the fees fhall not exceed one cer
tain rate to be fpecif ed in the law,
fording equitable cersepenfations for the
fervices ef the fbrveyors, and euablifh-
patents and other office papers for the
benefit of the United States.
That the ccn.niiTloners of the gere-
rai lanu-uiiicc ir.au, a jv.-v " -
frcm time to tins e J caufe all: the rules
and regulations which may be enafellfhecl,
to be publiflicd in one gazette at leaft in
each ttate, and in each f the wef.ei n go
vernments where there is a gazette, i r
the information cf the inhabitants cf the
United States.
Regulations like thefe will defice and
fix the mo A riTential particulars- which
can regard the difpoial ef the weftern
lands, and where they leave: any thing
to difcretion, will indicate the geneial
principles Or policy r intended by the le
giflature to be obierved,.fbr a confer mi
ty to which the cemmifiicners will, of
ccurfe, be refponCble. They will, at
the fajne time,; leave rcqm for! acccii mo
dating to cirCcmftances which cannot be
forehand be accurately appreciated, and
for varying the codrie of proceeding as
experience fhall fuggtft to be pre per, land
will avoid the danger cf thofe obtl ructi
ons and embarrafiments in theexecuiion,
which would be to heppreherded from
an endeavour at greater precise andj
mere erael: detail. ;
fM rjjhkb is huz&lfjulmilUd,
Sicreixry ef its reafcry