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r-..p-J.,"".'"""'J 7" - .- ... 'i 1 AND v - f V"" MdrtKlGarolina Sfefee 51 4 . 1 ' ,Onr tti plan46( rJr4eUhtfur jiacr tJnwrpd by pattyJ5grto!i like bretbtfrt. m5a i v i J W -M -M. 5( ft A - a , tt s. LAWS or the ur STATES AN ACT For ascertaining atid adjusting the titles and dainre to laud, within the territory of Orleans, and tLe district of Louisiana. JSM i enacted by the Senate and House cf JZepresentaiives of t&c United States (f Amer ica, in Congress assemhled, That any per son or person v and the legal repre sentatives of any' person or persons, who on the first day of October, in the year one thbnsUnd ei ght hundred, were resident vithin the territories ceded by the French Republic lo the United Sts by the treaty ;of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred ondjbi-ce, and ;feo had nrior to the said'Brsi day of October, one thousand eight hundred, obtam--,ed:froni the French or Spanish go vernments respectively, during'the time either of thesaid governments had the actual possession of the said territories, and. duly registered war rant, br order cf snrvey for lands ly ing within the said territories, to rhtch the Indian title had been ex tinguished, and w hich were on that day actually inhabited and culti vated bv such person1 cr persons, or for his or thc-ir -jise, shall be oonftrnned m their cliims to such lands in the same manner as if ,v ir titles had been completed : Pro vided however, That no such incom plete title shall iic corifirmed, unleis the person in whose nme such war jant or order of survey had been granted, was at the tune of its date either the head "of a family or above the ae of .twenty-one years ; nor un less the . conditions and-" terras on which the Completion jof the,granr rnijrht depend, shall hjave been ful filled. Sec, 2. And be it further e)iacU3, That to every person, or to the legal representative or representatives of every person-, w no oe irg euner uic head of a family ortwejnty-one years of age, had prior to the twentieth day of:. December, " 6ne,. thousand eicht fiutred and thrpe, with the permission of .the proper Spanish of ficer, and in conformity with the laws, usages and customs of the Spanish government, made an (actual settle ment on a tract of land within the said territories, not claitnegjay virtue of the preceding section, or of any Spanish or French great tnade and tororfd before the first day of Oc tob r, on i thousand eiiht hundred, anr du ng the time the; government Which made such grantf had the ac tual possession of the said territories, and who did on the said twentieth t! a j cf December, one thousand eight hundred arid, three, actually inhabit land culiitateithe said trkct of land, the tract of land thu inhabited and cultivated, shall be granted :' P'roi drd however, that not more than 6)64 tract shall be-thus' granted "to - any one persoiii and llie same shall not contain more, than cne mile? square. together with euch oiher and further quantity ?s Heretofore has been al lowed for The wife and family of such Actua! setf.ei'j agreeably to the laws, usaEC3it)d customs of the Spanish government ; Provided also, That this donation shall not be made to any person who claims any other tract of land ( in the said terrh'me--by virtue of any French or Spanish '- grant " r-. 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S.kdnd be it further enacted, That . for. the purjioe of mere ccinvesr hienlly ascertaining. lhe title and claims. u land in the; territory ceded as 'aforesaid the teriitory of Orleans shall be laid off intojtwo districts Jp 5uch manner os'the' Piesident of the :United States' hall'direct 1 ineach of which he shall appoint, in the,re ees of the Senate but who sn',be no'minaied ct their next metting.for their fcdvice and, consent, a register : who shall ieceive the same, annual compensatTqn, give Security in - the same riianner and in ,Jhe sanie sums', and whose duties &nd authorities ihlj in every.respect be the same in rela- ; tion to the lands which shall hereafter be disposed of fit their offices, as are hy iaw provided with; respect to the registers in the severai'qfnces esfrb; lislied for ths disposal of he lands of tn. ;Cnittd States, north of the ttTct Ohio and, aboTe the mouth of Ken tucky river, The-Ptesident of the Vaited State shall likewise appoint a. keccitler of laud titles in the district of Louisiana, who shall give security in the same manner and in the same sums, and shall be entitled to the same annusl compensation as the re gisters of the several land offices; Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That every person claiming lands in the above-mentioned territories, by virtue of any legal French or Spanish: grant, made andcompleted befoc the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred, ana cruringtne. ume the government which made such" grant, h4d the actuallpossession of the territoriest may, and every per-, son clairuwigahds in the. said terri toriest bvirtue of the two J" sec" iionsof this act, or by .virtqp'pf any grant or incomplete iitle bearing date Subsequent to the first day of Octo ber, one thousand eight hundred, shall before the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and six. deliver to the register of the land of fice, or recorder of land titles, with in whose district the land may be, a notice in writing, stating the nature and extent of his claims, together with a plat of the tract or tracts claimed ; and shall also on or before that day, deliver to the Said register or recorder, for the purpose of being recorded, every grant, order of sur vey, deed, conveyance or other writ ten evidence of his claim ; and the same shall be recorded by the regis ter or recorder, or by the translator hereinafter mentioned, in books to be kept fur that purpose, on leceivmg from the parties Tat the rate of twelvi nd a ha'f cents for every hur.drtd words contained in such written evi dence cf their claim : Provided how ever, that where lands are claimed by virtue of a complete -.French or Spanish grant as aforesaid, it shall not be hecessarv for the claimant to have any other evidence of his claim recorded, except (he original grant or patent, together with the warrant or order of survey and the plat ; btrt all the other conveyances or deeds shall be deposited with the register or recorder, to be by them laid before he commissioners hereinafter di rected to be appointed, ,j hen they shall take the claim info considera tion. And if such person shall neg lect to deliver such hoticei in writing of his claim, together with a plat as aforesaid or cause to be recorded such 'Written evidence of the same, ail his right so. fur as, the same is derived from the two first sections cf this act, shall become Void, and for ever thereafter be barred ; nor iliuii any incomplete grant, warrant, order pf survey, deed of conveyance, or other written evidence . which shall not be recorded, s above directed, ever after beconsidered or admitted a evidence in any Court of the U. Statcsagai ist any gram t'fe-ived from the United States. The said register and recorder shall commence th; du ties'hertby enjoined on them, on or before the first day of Sep'.emher next, and continue to discharge the same at Such place in their respec tive distrrctS as the President of the United States shall direct. .. Sec. 5. And beM further enacted, 1 hat two persons to be appointed by thetlPresidsnt aione, for the district of Louisiana, and ttvb persons to ue in the 'S same manner appointed for each of the districts directed by this act to belaid off in the territory of Orleans; shallj togethe.rjwith :jUe,- re gister or Fecordef;pfthe distrcfor which t hey inybe appointedb missioneitpulscd tau)lit respectit di s tricthrights of'jctans claiming t-niier aFencl" orJamsh grant as1' orelaid, or ucderjElfc two first sections of this act. The said comi missionerstjshali,; previous to tbe. enterikg on the ' duties of their .ap and. mation before some person qualified oadmis;uV;'fKe'iaxne :' do soknlyjfswei(or affirm) that t will imP!yWrc'Sd charge thelim me byrt, aongresi, 'entiUed A.?, act. for ascertamilir: and adjusting, the titles and ntfcclaims to land within the temtbfry4 brOrleans and the; dis trict ct TlbuTsiarial': to the beitfcif mv'iliill and' Vuf&ment.' ' It shall bp tUe afftytJt lae ,saia cqrumnisiuiicra to meet- in their-respective districts, at sucbrpiace as tike President shall jj poinfments, respectively ..take slibscVibMhe fblldingr6awcriamr haA'e directed thereft; for the resi-t aence ot the register or recorder, on or before the first ?ay of ( December next, and they shal notftdjourn to any other place, f ipv for a longer time than threeja unl the .first day of March, ;nel thousand eight hundred and sixcj4 until they shall have completed the iisiness of their appointment. Each joanl, or a ma jority of ea-h boardshall in; their respective districts, pve' power to hdar and decide in auiumary man ner all matters respecting such claims, also to adrajister oaths to compel the attendahecjf and exa mine witnesses, and such e&r timony as maybe aduilr,ed;-to de mand and obtfr from the proper of ficer and outers, all public records in wliir.Vi: erant& of land, warrants, br orders ft survey, or other evidence . of claimi to land, derived from ei-' ther .theFrench and Spanish govern ments may have been recorded, to take transcripts of such record or re cords or any part thereof to have access to all other fecdrs.of a public nature, relative to the granting, sal, transferor ti lies to lands, within their respective districts ; and to decide, tin a summary way. according tc jus fme.and equity, on all claim s.uled with the register or recorder M cplf formity with the provisions of this act, and on all complete French or Spanish grants, the evidence f which ihough not thus filed, may le found of record on the public records of such grants ; which decisions, sba) be laid before Congress, inihe man ner hereinafter directed, aid be sub ject to their determination, ereon : Provided nowever, that homing in this act ccntsined, shall je construed so as to recognize ?ny tfnt or in-C-np'ete title beariugjdate subse quent to the first dawy&f October, one thousand eight hundred, cr to authorise the commissioners aforesaid tomake any decision thereon. The stiitj boards respectively iJshall have power to appoint q clerk,! whose du ty it shall be to eirter in a book-to be kept for that purpose, fuIlandcOr rect minutes of thee proceedings and dtcisions, toge'ihtr wivh the evi dence on which such decisions arc made, which books and papers, on the dissolution of the boards, shall be deposited in the respective offices of die registers of the land offices, or of the recorder of 1-nrf titles of the district ; and the said, e'erk shall pre pare two transcripts of all the Becir sior.s made by the comtnissioners' in favour of the claimants of land ; both of which shall be signed by a majority of the said commissioners arid one of which shall he transmitted to the offi cer exercising in the district tfee au thority of survcyor-g:eneral ; and the other to liie secretary bf he treasury It .shall likewise be thgdutyof the said commissioners to make to the Secretary of the Treasury a fuil re port of all the cluims filed with the register of the proper land office br recorder of land titles as aliovedi rected, which may havei teen reject ed, together with the substnce of the evidence adduced in supOft thereofj & such reimarks thereon as'tltey may think proper: which ret!Oftsv,'toge- fher with the transciipts of tfic-'.deqi-' sions of the commissioners in favour of the claimants, shall be laid by the Secretary of the Treasury before Cbngrcss at 'heir next ensuingmeet ing. When any Spanish-or 'French), grant, warrant, or order of survey as aforesaid, shall be produced to ei ther of the said boards, forelands which were not at the date bT;'such giant, warrant or a$deY of survey, or within one year thereafter, inhabited cultivated or. occupied by of for the ase of thegrantee; & 'whenever either f thesiid boards sHall not be satisfied I that ' such grant, warrant or ordeFof survey, tua issue at toe ume wnea the same bavrs date, bu- that , the 4"iae is antedated or olherVise frau dulent, the said commissioners shall not bebodd toidnsider such grant, ..arrt;r,.jpfrd;-of survey, s 50-n clueyidenJo1f he title 'f: mi maji tequire ' such oihe r , proof of its validity as theyinay; deemiv proper; lacnot tne comnvissioners ana aerss aforesaid shalf bVallowed a compen sation of two ihcHisand dollars in full for rserjices, as; eacKof tne saia c teres snaii, prcTiuus 10 nis entering" on'.rtheidutics of his office, takcnd subscribe tl ollog.ath i-' solemftlyiear (w affirm) that t vill truly and faithfwlJy discharge the du ties of a clerk to- the boai-d of corn niissionersjToT examining the claims to lahd, as enjoined by ah act cf Congrr ss, entitled An act ascer taining and adjusting Uie"titles hd claims to lands within tliSistrittof Oi leans, and tlie territory of Louisi ana 1" which oath or affirmation shall be entered on tae minutes of the board; ' Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall be, and he is hereby, authorised" - mtuov itmne for each. not : exceed one thousand five hundred dollar each , lor the purpose of ap pearing before the commissioners, in behalf of the United States, to inves tigate the claims for lands, and to op pose all such as said agents may deem fraudulent and unfounded. It shall also be the duty of the said agent for the district ot Louisiana, to exa mine into and investigate the titles and claims, if any there he, to the lead mineS within the said district, to collect all the evidence within his power with respect to the claims to, and value of the said mines, and to lay the same before the commissio ners, who7 shall make a special re port . thereof, with their opinions thereon to the Secretary ofthe Trea sury, to be . by him laid before Con gress at their next ensuing session The said board of commissioners shall each be allowed a translator of the Spanish and French languages to r.rslst them in the dispatch of the bu siness which may be brought before them, and for the purpose of recOrdr ing Spanish and French grants, deeds , or other evidence of claims on the re gi ter.'s books. The said translator shall receive, for the recording done by hint, the fees already provided by law, and may be allowed not exceed ing fift;- dollars for every month he shall be employed ; Provided that the whole compensationother than that arising from fees, shall not ex ceed six hundred dollars. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That the powers vested by law in the surveyor of the lands of the United Stages, south of the Stale of Ten- nessee, shall extend over all the pAiblic lands of he ' United States', to whith the Indian title lias been or shall hereal'ter-be,extingmsh-ed, within the said territory of Or- leahs; and it shall be the duty of the said surveyor tocause such oft! e : said lands as the President bf the U-1 ! nited States shall expressly. direct, to U De survey eu anaarvtaeu, as nearlv as the nature ot the country will admit, in the same matiner and under the same regulations as is 'provided h'y-1 law, iii iciuuuii 19 inc lanes ot- tnel United States iiorth-west t the rire1 Ohb, and above the moutli of Ken tucky river. ' .jA,.-'--'-- '' Scc8. ind Be it further cnicicly That the locatiqd or USctLlionsof lands which Major general- La '.Fayette is ! jr i auuiui ucuiu nid.c on-any lands, the pi'operty.' of tlie - United Statinjfithe territory, of Orleans, shall be made with theNregistefcr registers of the land office's establish ed by1 this actlft 'the said territory ; the riurvey thereof shall be executed underthe authority of the silrtdyor cf the lands of . the United States south of '.Tennessee ; and a patent 'dr patents therefor shall issue, on1 presenting such surveys td the Se cretary of . thei'eisuiy, together with a. ceiuficateorthe proper regis ter or registei,Stadogt the land is not rightfully claiirled by any other person: Provided, that no location orrvey jnadejby .virtue othtl -sec-tio"n shall cchtaUuui'oj.V6bu safid acres, iiorlriclude.anv; improved knds" or lottf, salt spring 6f lead nunc. . .; - 1 Sec. 9. And be itfurffier enacteJ, That a sum not exceeding fifty thou sand dollars, to be paid j-out of any unappropriated pftioifes irr theTrea sury, be, and thcsame is heruby ap propriated for the purpose of carry ing this act into effect ' t - 'it j KATt. MACOlf. Speller tj 'the dou.z of Repr&cntsttves . A. BURR, Vice President of the UnhedStates,' and President of the Senate. TH JFFERSON. or amrmation, to wit: I do insauion to mike Cellar i dry P vxiAKLES DONALDSON, "BX a procs makes Cellar J dry, without eiiheV-drahring or rarhmia; on the outside, an4thc expence is not more than 10. or 15 cfdilarfcr Several gentlemen or Kaleigb (whose telJars he has made dry) wfll testify the risefulness of his plan, whicK finds not only to convenience, but the pre seryation of health, Tie offers his services tilhe-citiaefls of Wake and th adjacent cptmties, a$ tvell in the above line, as iu th -dJggJ'ng of wells .and dr aining of wet laads. Matelgbi M'to'cb 25, 1805. Letters ( jHJsfpaiH) addressed to hii or the Post Master at this pJaca will be dary"av tended, to. . 4 '" . '". . ' , On the Vhb iia ijfVJiS ef, at JJupldCT following litmi a noiU be sufficient t phe the taxes and cxbences (yfsaid lards far ty years 1803 and 1804. , v; . 0v-, 320 acres of lahcli belonging to the heirs of James Spiller, adjoining the lines of James Kenan. 300 acres patented by William Ellis, gi ven in by Felix Frederick, joining .the line cf said Felix, on the driir.s of Nahunga. 88 acres on MuddyCreek, belonging to the heirs -of james Lockhart, joining Jime4 Pickett and Lincoln Sheffield's lilies, r" 100 acres, belonging to the heirs of John Meg?e, joining the lines oi Merit Maning and Abraham Andrews. 300 acres on Erder swamp, joining the lines of Lewis Hedgman, supposed to be ewned by - - Moy. - 612 acres on Persimmon swamp, joining the lines of Thomas Rutledge, given in by Williaf.i Higgins for the heirs of Nicholas Humer, and claimed by George Hooper granted to John Rutherford. t . 249 acres on both sides of Maxwell swamp. joining x achaaiel M'Canne and Isaac H un ter's lines, upjosed to be the property of George Hooper, gnuited to JohnThalley; . T 109 acres belonging to the heirs cf Joha 4 Megee, joining the heirs of Samuel Sandlin and Daniel Sutherland 63 1-3 acres, the property of Rebecca Harvel, joining the lines of John Alderman and Joshua Blanton. - 400 acres belonging to the heirs of John ston, on the east side the No. East, joining Williani Pickett's line. 100 acres belonging to the heirs of Archi bald, Pearce, Joining the lines of Arthur Murray and VViiliara Pickett. 2000 cres belonging to the heirs of Wil liam Jonesjoining the lines of Geo. Powell Jesse Gecrge and John Whitman. JAMES HALL, March 23, 1835. ( N. B. No letter or order taill Stop the sale i nothing but cast . EDUCATION. ryS the 5th day of June an Acade wmy in WiUfamsboro', GranviUe County, will commerce its Elxcrc.ses under the di rection of Mr, John Nicks, a Geiiileirao..of approved Scholarship and Morals. AU the braucheS of Academical Education, will ba taught on tr.e Uiuul terms Board may be oil ;a;ned in several resjectabie Families oa lovr terms. From the heu.'iiincss of the place and the KepataVion o ilie Teacher, ;the Trustees flatter themselves witii a res pectable School. i Stephen Sneetf. Sec. April, 1805. Fifty Dollars Reward. RANAWAYfrco the. Subscriber !n h. r., l' 1 -kj - oMan named Jerry, full 6 Feet high, .nd i.ut 21 Years old i land has a Gcp in his der ForeTeetlVVTie had five Fingers on ch Harid f the fittlei Signers were cttt off, nd wheie they were is a smalt. Knob about tho Size of Uurge Wart, He has been heard ofin, Nash. County, and ;asses for a free Man. v He has with him a short Great est of grey Beaip kin, his tinder Gloathing of Homespun j he had also with him a con siderabie Qiiantity .of $&oMy. I hate iold him srnee he rariawiy Mr. joseph Foh Any Person de:l vexing htm to said Joseph Fishf ia Johnston Cottnty, 18 Miles front j Raleigh and 16 from SmithSeld, .will re ceive tne aoove Kewaro. - r j . Starling Johnson. April 19thV 1805. e VALUABLE LAND. nIIC Subscriber offers for sale that I. y4uabU : Plamtalfion i containing about one t'ousandfAcres of River and Back Land lying on thiiprth-east side ,f the north west branea 'If -Gape Fear Rivct, about 2$ Miles below fayetteville, formerly occupied by Peter Robinson, dec. Ti ere are about one hundred teres of the paid Land cleared on the river, which has a convenient DweN ling House and ouuhouses; and xmthe back Lands are two MiH-Seat on different' Streams, on one of whichhas been a MilU The Lid is'well timbered wjldi Pmela4 OakJorTerms apply to p' -; ' " Thomas J? Eebeson Fayettevillc, April 19, Uw5. I, :.. I ,. " -r- !. . . - "I. J Vvi .4 4s . A- 4. --" -- - 'L 111 - iin. m ifiZj!lj am f!'irj2-Xj iM t - -v. ; -''-. " ' - (n li n -i- in ,ty . . ' - .
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