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t. Tj 1 ' T . , ... y.. , -' U k Vl "il Ydr I neVei" tymld ehJiire; Oh I nojiever", A lover tho fich, when he's old. for 'ym?n lie newer intended ,'. ' Tnaiyoojth to old age fhould.be foldj ' Jtjune with December as blended, . ; -Alnne ttiaKi'iMiiid cold; 'fine's true democratical motion, , ""'K,'i'Equaluy iWfor in age-;"- r 'T was JUierty gave itie the notion,. 1 i: ;:rThereVoVA4nk'lie grfod I'll engage; 'A1? "g've tr?e thevoutVtba.r is clever-, "Tha'no wealthy polfeffhvn hf hoH y for i never.could emjure, oh 1 no never, A lover tho' rich, when he's old. LAW OFJTHE XJN11TED STATES. nCTrovltTnffor thrffilhTLJNDStf the TUmteJ Statu; tu.the territory uorthwejt of the riwr , Ohiof and above Ih; mouth oj 'Kentucky river v Se'c.'t. T3 a enoSid by (he Senate anlBoufe of'Ri. - XJ !'enntat:vtt of the United States of Amett. sarin Louirtfs alfembieJ,Viit -a Surveyor General rTreafifry, 7n'"trafts of one quarter of a townfhip, till J. . I ..Alt!' ' . I t " . I ! -I . ' (hall be appointed whole duty it fliall be to en ea re lulficWt-ifliber f lkiltuMtirvevor ahidepu 'ties, whom be mall cadfe, without delay, to furvey tnA mark the uiiafcertained'dut lines ot the lands jJy hit; north weft of the river Ohio, and above the tnoutli of the river Kentucky, in which the titles of the Indian tribe tiave been extinguilhed, and to divide the fame in the manner Ticreinafter directed ; )e fhill hav autho.ity io frame regula.lons and m .rudibnsforthegovernmentbf hUdeputiesjio admi iniier toe heceflirjroathSj upon their appointments, 'ind to remove them for negligence or uiifconituct in Nnffice. . . ; .. ''.. . ' ' , "v "Sec. a. Be itfurthet 'Entitled, That the part of the Ttaid Ian. Is, which has not been already conveyed by letters patent, or divided, in purfuance of an ordi "nance in Conarefs, palled on the twentieth ot May. ne thoufand fcven hondred and eighty-five, or whu.h has not been heretofore. 'and. durinz the nrefent feffion of Congrcfi, may not-be appropriated for (a4Jthai tinicahe fale4ilte--commente. tistyjng military land bounties, and tor other cur pofes, ihall be divided ay Oorih arid lonch' lines, run ; cco.dingtothft true meridioniand by ot hers xrolfing ..them, at right angles, fo as to firm townlhips of lix miles lijuate anlefs where the .line ol the late In dian purchali, or or tracts of land heretofore fur-" eyed or patenteil, or the courfc ot naViahie rivers 'may render it iinpracXicaHle I ahd.thefl this'fulemaU pigtiJjTfive uy 1 uc laiy. secretary 01 war, ana ano tnoie here -. tof'orc fold, but not paid for; the townlhips. which hythe faid ordinance, aiirefledjojw ITotd entire, be departed Irom, no further than fuch particular ,circuin!lances may require. The corners of the tqin.hip ffiiii Up mariwi with prn". rfiimhrn . " .frdnlThSbeglmlhgt r mile between mall be offeteJTor faTe, aFpiiblic venpernrTiTaT ii tbti; fiid corners ihall be alfo diltintly marked with j dclptiii, under the direction ot the Secretary of ihe juarks diilVrent from thofe the corners. ;OnehaIf of ' the laid tnwn.hi,-s, taking them alternately, fliall. be fudividrd into fections, containing, as nearly as "may be, "640 acre each,, ty ru lining through the "farneVeach Wy,; parnliel lines, at the end ot every "two milet t and by iarkmg a eornrj on each of the la ill J'nes, it the. end of. every mile j the lectioni. Ihtil .iWlriimbcred refatctivelv,: beiinninVwjth te ..... .. . .1 .. ' 1 1. .-i T . . Tiii naer one, in tnc noriii-ea;i.iecjion, ano proceeding .- wfii ana eaii alternately, it urougn tne townlhip, wun pioarciiive nuniners, v-iiu xne inirtynx 'co'iipleaied. "And it fliall beth'e duty of t he dep furv-yori,irefueclielv, to caufe to be marked. . a t ree .. near ea h cor nf "made;asfWe1aid;"Vridr . within the ,eaion, the, number ot uclv ltction, and 'over it, the n nnber of .the townlbipwithiri which Iiich leAiot may be and the faid deputies (lull carefully no'e in Vieir'refpeclive field books, the - namfs ot tne corner uees iiiatkea, ana mo nunTrjers " ; fo made: The fricittoiial par; of townlhips ffiali be 'divided into- lections, 'in manner aforefaid, and the TT irjcuonii or icciimij- iiiaii; uc anncxea. 10, anq lold .tthj'tbe ' adjacent eotirefeclions. . ' All lines thalj be 'plainly marked upon trees, and meafured with chain ; . cbntainTng t wo pr and one half "-IfcacTi, fuHdivided. int'o twenty Uve.eqQai links, and the - iiiaijiiaii dc aujuneq 10 iianuara ao oe Kept, tor "tfiaS porjpVe'veirYaeyort fhall note in his field rrfobk, the' true ;-fituaUons- oF all mines, (alt Jicks, falt (prinjr and mHl-!eatswhicb',fliaU come to his , 'knoilcdee t all waiter courfesrnver. which, the lin , lie runs ihall paft ; and alfo the quality of the lands r iic iicivwuu9i U1411 w iciui iicu iu iug ov.rve.yor l.eh lands thus fold fla1I be tgain dlfpofect pf,inthetam jginner as If fale had never been made Y'nvidti Neverthclefe, that fliould any purchaser make pay. ment of the whole purchaIeniot;cy, at the time when 'ntowrimip, cotrtainingach one mile ;tobart I the payinept of tliejftmoietj kgliijc(Ettdu.bemjie,, "flialfbe FeteVye5,1orthr'ttTuiTu deduction ot ten per centum on rii nari. inr wnicn. trcaic 19 crvnv mrerifji a 1 - ' - ... i l! . A.' 11 : f ... a ' ooiietbhil aVlhall he jna) t6 Movinth'p, and every other fait fpfing,. which that. oe difcoveted, together with the feaioo bf one mile fqoare which includes it, and all? lour lections at the center ot States: Put "there Ihall be nb rclcrvations, except for fait ,fprings, in fraftional townlhips, where the traction is lels than three tourtns ol a towniiiip. ' Se. 4. Be it further tnafled, TJat whenever feven raages oftOwnffilps fhall have been iur eyed below.ithe Gretilajni,orJbeweenthe Sciota river and the Ohio company "s"pu'rchafc7or between rhe fouthenr boundary of the Connecticut claims and the ranges already laid off, beginning apod the Ohio river -and" extending wrftvrardly, i and, the. plats thereof wade and tranfmit ted, in conformity to the j uviiiuiis 01 111 is aci, 111c taiu iccnons 01 nx iiunareo and 4orty acres (eaelading; thofe herebyreletyed) (hall be offered for lab, at public vendue, under the direction of the . Governor, f or Secretary of the wrfterij territory, and the Surveyor General ; fucb b them ss lie below the Great Miami Ihall be lold at Cincinnat i ; tho'e of t hem which lie belt ween the Sciora "and the- Ohio rompany't ourcbafe. at Vitti- hurg i nd thole between the Connecticut claim and the ltfven ranges, at Pittlbwrg. And the townlhips remaining undivided fhtf It be offered for tale, 1n the laiiie manner.it the (cat of eovernnient of the Linitrd States, under the dire Hon of 1he Secret arv ot the be piven and his oateut (ball be imn-.ei.ia.tlv illuia. - O " ' f Sec. 8. Be it further Euattcd, 1 hat the iecrctary of the Trealury , and the Goveriior ol the territory nortii.wett ot the river Ohio, fliall, rtfpectivciy, caul'i hooka to be kept, in wliich fliall be rrguUrly enieredan accoont olTiie datts ohe)a'r.adcr-- ihe fituat ion and uumbers ot tl-c lou told, ibe prue at which each was liiuck ofl, thc'iodiiey depoftted at the time of fale, a iid t he dates of t he cer t iticatet granted to the different purchafcia. . The Gov ei nor, of Secretary of the laid territory fLall at every - fufpf n(iim tmrljnnrnnif ni; inFrnLre than till te dav g, 'j"hg at the cotner thereof, eiteluding the tour cemtJ mf lectionsrand the other relertationa betore-meng tidned: trovtdtdaiwny' that no part of the lands di. reeled by this act to he offered tor tale, ihall be lold fur lels than two dollars per acre. yf Sec. s- B.- iijurth.r Enatftd, t'hit the Secretary of the Tteafury, after receiving the aforefaid plats, ihall forthwith give notice, in one new fpaprla each of the United States, and of the territories nor.h-weit and. fOtith bf the rjver Ohio,- of the tirhes pt fale j wnich ihall, In no. cate, lie lels than two months 1rpfn the date ohhe- noticet and -thefaleS at the ditfer-nt places fhall hot commence, within lefs than one niomh of each other t And when the Governor of the weltern territory, or Secretary of the I'reafury (hall find it neirflary tu a'tjiiurn, or fufptnd the fates under their dlrectionrefpetivelyf for more than three days, at anv one time, nonce fliall be avm In the public ,neWJpaperr of mch fufpenlion, and at Sec. ft,'-Be it r iuith-r EnaRxd I hat immerlintrlv after the piiffing of this aft; the Secretary of the JtMlury IhalLjirthma advertile fur fale, the lands remaining a ifoid iii thc feven ranges o't townlhips, which were iurvryedJn purfuance ot an'ordiSance of Congrcls, ;"' putted il.e tweiuictlrjof !V!ayonet4ioufand4eAen hundml snd of the fales under their .direction, tranl'niit to the Secretary o' the Trealury, a eoj y of t he laid books, terrified to havebeen duly exaiiiined and lompared with the original. " And all nacts fpid iiflder jhis " aft fhall be noted upon the gent ral plat, alter the ccrtificaie has been granted to thr pure hafer, " iver, wunin tne territory to oe uupoiea ot oy vir tue of this aft, fhall be deemed to le and remain public biithwavs: and that in alTcaTeliVlieretheon. poftte banks of ny ftream nppiaViable, (hall be long to different perfons, the flream and the Bed thereof Ihall become common to both. Sec JOrWW i6rthtvnitfrdffYsmTiirs Geiieral Ihall receive." for his commentation, two . thoufand dollars per annum j and that thefrelidenr of the United States may fix the coiiipenlation ot the allillant-turveyors, chain-carriers and axe-men : Pn vtJed, that the whole expenfeof furvey in a: and mark ing the lines", fhall not exceed three dollars per mile, fur every mile tlmt..lhalLbe aually ruuorlurveyed. 4 Sec. ii. And be it further Eutiicd, 1 Irat the follow. . mg fees. (hall be pa d for the ferviies to be done un der, this act, to the Treaujrejr of -the United Mates, or to Il.e receiver in the tflern territory, as tne cafe may be ; for each ecrtiheate for a tract containing a quarter of a iownllHi,tv,eiiiydollars f (ora certi licate for a traft containing fix hundred and tony acres, Ax dollais t nd lor each patent for a quarter v. m iowiiiiij iwrni v nil lari! rnr u irttt.n .i r. - r r j ' , , vi ii - , ucnerai, ,wno man .tnereirom cauie a aeicrption Ae y!1"''"?; furyeyed, " to be made but and -.-' ' '''anlmitteil'to the otGcers who may fuperinrend'the '7&'". " "s1es 'l1e'mairalto caufe a fair plat to be made of 15 "'-' 7 :' Sec; lthenwnfhip,and traetional partsprtownflilpson "taiiitfrt In he"a id lands, drier ihing the fub-divi;ion 4 - theredfvn4 .the "marks of the corners, -: This plat "jlhall be recorded in, boka lo4e kept for that pur- 4 miiey eopy-thered? AtaUbe keptoberlat the furvey'of -GcneralV office, -tor'miblic information t and other jl -j- i ' . v - - . . . ii m . . piijci,jo,iue places oi tnc iate, ana to tue &e-j man pe countenignedDy tne secretary ot State, and Kjerj pljneirrralury., :'r, :b V; j recorded "in- his office But if there fhould be a Be it Jrfic'Fw frfT$r m faltfbfint 2?tPmAicjk.yjhichmmTes into the Sciota fiver, oa'ibc cat, Od tqgeifacr Wilft.iy lSaftll- Trealury, in qiiarter tOwnfhipSjreferving the four eenicr icciions, accoramt to tne directions or this aft The townlhips, which, by the laid ordinance,. are directed to be lold. in kftions, (bill be offered for tale at public vendue, in Pitifburg, under the di rect ion of the Governor or Secretary of the weltern lerritOiyy and Tuch perfohpishe PrefidenTniay fpecially appoint for tha t purpofe, by leftions of one ' uiilefquare each, relerving the four center, feftions, as aforelaid ; and all fraftional townfhips fliall alfo be fold in feftions, at Pittfbarg, in the manner, and under the regulations provided by this aft," for the (ale Of fraftional townlhips: I rvoidtd always, That Tothjng-in-thisraft-mafatfrliorixe theta hmfjimfe lots, -which hav heeb heretofore teferved in the town fliips already fold'. " ' r Sec.' 7. Bt ifwther WW, That the higheft bid der' for any iraft of land, fold hv virtue nf fl Wit depoflf, at the trrfteffale-ro'neTweriTtetliaf of the amount of the purchafe money; to beJorieired,' U a maiety of the fum bid, including the laid twenti eth part, is not paid within thirty days, to the Trea furer of the United States, or to Curb perfon as fhall' be appointed by the Prefident pf the United States.to attend the places of falefor that purpofe ; and upon payment of a moiety thepgrchafe money, within thirty days, the purcRaGr fhall have one y ear'a cre dit for the refidue ; and fhall receive from the Secre tary Of the Treafury , or the Governor of the weftern rerntory. (ai the cafe may be) a cettificate defcrib-I mg the land told, the mm paid on accounr7the ba lance remaining due, the time when fuch balance be come payable i and that the whole land fold will be forfeited, if the faid balance is not then paid j but that if it fhall be duly difcharged, the purchafer.W his afGcneer or. other leeal reprefentative. fhall be enTiiled to a patent for the faid lands ; And on pay. ment of th faid balance to the Treafnt er, within the the fpecified timer aid producing to the Secretary of State a receipt for theiame, upon, thefbrelaid cer tificateh jpfefident of the United States ii hereby HthbrpfdA to '.aniLsfiiitf ntfor.ihe knds toithe it-id porchaier. his lie irs oraflignst And all patents hundred and forty jcre, fix doliars; And the laid fees Ihall be accounted ior hy the receivets, relprttively, Sec. 12. And be itfurthfr Euafied hat thefurvej of . General, affiftant lurvejors, and chain cart;ifis Ihall, before thi.enTerwi'We,yeral duties obe; Wformed .unltiertHiI aTevua'j.ake.aii oatlioiF aihrination, faithfully to perloim the fame; and "he p'erlon, to be apppintf d to receive thf mpney on lalefc in the we(letn territory, before he Ihtill receive yorieydcrTtlmacTnhal ficient fecurity, lor the faithful dilcharge ol liis truft 'J hat for receiv big, fafe keeping, and convejingto .the trealury the money he may receive, he hall be cntieatoTompenTOTrmoW1icfthertxei npprovea JVlay the ifcth, to6. - : :77 S r a t e j N or r 11 C a e o li -ha. ; ; ' IN purfuance of the aft ot the Gehcral Alii robiy, entitled, " An Aft to provide tor the Public Safety, by: granting encouragement certain mahuf aftorirs,' ! jfiueijhis my pTbclihiatifingiv ingnotice7thatJaTqB5ylor,-fenor, of IStfncombe county, Iri'the dillrift of Morgan, in the ()air afore. faid, did within three months after, tjie expiration of the year 1 79 j, produce to me, a fample of rifle., gunpowder, which he laid was a part of a la.rgsa -qtian.ity that is to fay 6631b, weight, made by him in the aforefaid diftricl, and for wliich bcclaimed t-the-bouniyji nde t7 the af or efaid aft aith e.fa me failure An any jiaymeht, the fale fhall be void.'all the money theretofore paid on account of the pnr . cbafcr ihall be forftiied to theUttUed Sutes, and the Time' be produced to me a certificate, under the hand Of William Brittaiti, James Alesander, Ga-i briel Ketch, .'William Tredway, and Edihond Sams, jurtices of the peace for faid county ; and alfo tinder thrhandVof Henry Wettjlbatrtkhfonrobert Harris, John Webb, junior, and John Ojiufh, free holders of faid county, certifying that they had feen the faid Jacob in the year, and at the place aforefaid 1' l-T-.:- ' i ' t . In ' J 1 , ' 1 mane -cinerenr parcels ot nae gunpowder, ana at different timet in t fee faid year the femal parcels were weighed,Jbefoie them, and ; amounted in the whole to 663 pounds weight, and that the whole was good and merchantable which faid certificate was accompanied by an afEdamit in writing,1; ;fworu . to by the faid Jacob Baylor, before WiHiam Tred way, ETfqulrei one of the jurtices above mentioned, and bearing date "ad March, i )SV- fetting forth that;the wholx df the 663 pounds weight of rifle. gunpowder for which he claimed the bounty, w .a made by him in the year 179?, at works within the dilfrift - of Morgad, whicji are, and were bis own property. - v ., V. ' ,7 ..;;.. ;, . . -Given under niy hand this 1 oth of April, 1 79. SAMUFX ASHE. 1 1 V ; , F R E S II "T E XS. : " " OYSON and Soufhong Teas, of quality? j uit received and Jor jaiejpy. JUL-.- WrtA tataitliii nnniPiiimtv a( tnfnmitifr the ptli licrtbat thev have removed from the .(lore lately oc cupied by them, to the two llory brick houfe, on the iheet leading from the Stafc-houte to lIay-Mount.! t'ayttteville. May .rr-s,. ;"-4.Lk.
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