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7ifMiaroBia State Gazette
UnTyarp'rf by party rage.toliveiikebrothet .
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Monday, October 20, 1806.
Vol. VII
TENNESSEE LAND-LAW .
K The Editor of the Register received by. the
j last Wer.tera MaM,5,sone ccp'.es ot; the
tbove law, eittitieci ,.An acr cuiecHn
the division of the:.Sfa.into convesiicnt.
ai..:r'cfs for the'at'6&i'titmen.t 6.r'.prmci!iaL
u veyors tlredfMffaeriai-M
a Veable .to 'ah! ' aW Cqngress,: passed
tile IS i of AriV;i5ritltleti"An act
tu a"u"ivprUe-thc:S.a-.e. ot ' l ennessee to
issue gra.t'aad Jjer "ejttulas to , tenainj
laid tliereini.dtbcribcd, and tf .settle the
claims to tlie vdcant and ''wapprQn'ri'ated
lauds wthvn the 'mfe.:Th:s law con
tains sixty settioMS, a-id 18 pages of
a large, sizeil pamphlet. i it is -therefore too
long to be :iislrted; m a newspaper Tiie
EJir of the Register, ; conceiving that
mati'y f f rts details are not-interesting. to
the citizens of tins St afc,viUo'nipJ:es's all
ihe important provisions info a smaller
cnvpass,5 for the jratification "of .his
readers. If a-'y of theni shciafa-wjsh to
see the act itself, they may do so on ap
pacation to his office." . v..
THE Act provides that two re
gistcrs of;tUe -land olfice .stall lie
appointed"; by joint bailot bf both
bouses of1 the General Asembly
wh sliaU hbia tKi; JoffieduTh)g
g-od behaviour ; one of. whom
shall keep his office at the sear of
government; who is to be called
the register of tbe nd olFice of East
Tennessee, and oue shall keep his
ofike at Nashville, and shall' be
called the reg;ster of the land ofij.cft
of "West-Tennessee, '
Tiie S ate shall be divided into
iix districtot exclusive of the-dis
trict south of French Bread aud
Holston, in each of which one prin
C pal s arveyor shall be appointed by
join; ballot of both houses of the
legislature, whose duty it shall' be
to engage a number of skilful sur-
vtyors, as deputies, who sha I be
coniinc to the districts : in. which
tuevyare appointed, and for whose
conduct in ail points, touching his
office, the principal surveyor shall
!5?answcrable.j Surveyors to take
an oathvi&cp . . :,i'-.: ' ,
The boundaries of-the several
districts hrtnirected to be. laid
off, are desi:
secontl, th i rdpff 6u v thii f tri St sixth
districts. ' V -
That each surveyor shall, with
out delay ,cause the part of the lands
within his district to which the In
dian claim has been, extinguished
to be div ided by north and touh
lines, run according to the true me
ridian, and byothers'cros-ingthem
at right angles, so as to forra sec-
lions as near six miles square; as trie
case, jw ill admit, unless vThere the
line of the late I ndian purchase, or
an- other exterior boundary, mav
render it im pr act t cablejvand then
this rule shall be depdfr0m no
further than such pariua 'circam
stances may requireil'T -
That eaCh prihcip'al surveyor
shall cause to he connected with
some, line pl,a sect' on, every -survey-within,
lis distrLt upon which
a grant! has issued, as far .as 'it is
practicable ; he shall a!so cause to'
be surveved eacii 1 .cation made by
virtue of a bon ficle land warrant,'
' l;'g ihy issued, and which has been j
jocaiea;-to any particular spoti
ground so de'senbed as to be ascer
tained with certainty.
.;. That after asctrtainingthe claims
a aforesaid, the principal surveyor
shall cause to be laid off and stir-
4 Keyet with plain marked iinesi$i.x
lueSi(SIX 1
hundred and forty acres of land; In
one or more tracts, which sh,a!l be
fi t fo r ciil t i vat'ioh Sc i m p ro v e m e rt t J
and which shall be as near the cerr
terofeachsection as existing claims
and the quality of the land will ad
ihit, whichfshall be appropriated
Br the use of h school "tSttvcm
Z f tll.-ir Jtr'-L - "' r1'. i -
ifgiccaoiy.io inc provisions or tne
-before recited act of Congress.
That each principal surveyor
shall enterjhi; a book a list of all
warrants, or such other legal evi
dences of claims to lands, as shall
duly certified to be valid by the:
board of tern rrussioners hereafter
pointed by law to investigate the
same, with the name of the assig
nor, if any, expressing the number
i"&si--i&&Lnctt tVir owner's
hampliying :?a Wank cpmh for
liiatlbe drvnby lot. . t .:
fl (The residence of thurveyors
is'tedlfit SeyierviUe, Nashville,
r j:epilan-, AtexandeMs,.. Kingston,
vTne drawing for the numbers of
the locations shall commence at the
respective offices of the surveyors,
in a public manner, on the first
Monday in August next. And the
i . i . .. j :.
j suryevcr.snauproceeu juiiucuiaici)
after the priovity oi the locations
are determined by lot, to enter the
same in a book
I Thatse very person having a va
lid land warrant, and desirous ot
locating the same on any particu
lar waste or unappropriated land .
shall lodge sich warrant with the
principal surveyor of the district
wajsrem the lands lie, who shall list
ihF ine4; pro y i d e d the. & ai d war
rant ii lodged with hi m before the
opening of his cfuce for receiving
locations, or at t'.ie time of making
such location i andVae p -ir.:yshaU ;
direct the location Oereot so spe
cially 'and precisely, that the s sur
veyor mav be tibe to lay the samej
down vv'hprecibion beiore the sur
vey is made, S;:.
$ That evtrv principal surveyor
shall cause to be surveyed, without
cfclay, all lands entered for in his
o.lice, anci shall, w ithin Months
alter the survey is m idelV record
! ther plats an d ce r ti ft cates" 'ther e o ! ,
at juu lengin. ,t
Xlie Go vt rr.or, once in every
year, and oltcner if he shall see
cause, shalV appoint two or .more
capable persons to examine the
book of entries and surveys,5 for
the information of the legislature.
The register shall in no case is
sue a grant to any assignee of a piat
and certificate, of survey, unless
such assignment is, upon said plat
and certificate, ot survey, certified
by the principal sui vevor to be a
true copy, and recorded in his of
fice, which assignment shall ha
proven in open court of the counts
where the land lies, bv two credible
witnesses, with the ckrk's certifi
cate of probate annexed thereto
If any person shall obtain a sur
veyor land to whidh another hath a
claim, the'person havingsuch claim
may enter a caveat to prevent hiT
obtaining a grant, until the claim
can he determined. Such caveat
shall be entered within 3 months
after the receipt of the plat, . at
the principal biirveyor's office,
pressmg the nature of the right on
wjtilch the plaintiff claims the land,
and the quantity and part ot said
survey claimed.
: The caveat tovbe tried at the en
suing countyiqyrt.
The TeysterMfthe land office is
directed hof to eep his books,
Snd issue; grants, hcir form, &c.
X' Che' Governor msv appoint,
once iri every year, and oltener n
hVVeecause, twbbr more capable
persons to examine thetrecord
bpoks and,papers in the land oihee.
If it bSttiappearto any prin
cipal sllfWf y ; cr cTebuty, when
executing his duty in ascertain
in;
existing claims, ' or it they
uifnrmHil w nnv nthp, nprsnn
H lh;i:turP ;svrnnthined in anv sur-
. j
vey '.'.or grant heretofore issued,
more land than the iurvey or grant I
mentIon5,such surveyor is required
to re-survey such land, arid i.clo
not exceed 10 'acrin the 100, it
shall not be accounted an error":
and if there be a greater overplus,
the claimant may locate it, on pay
ing the surveyor double fees ; but
in all cases'w here the overplus ex
ceeds .one-fourth, '.'of the original
grant, such residue shall be ad
judged and declared vacant laM,
which, if not entered in 3 months,
trtay" beclisposei of by the legisla- j
ttire. And W.ieire;. any grant con
tains less than th's"wrjftnt calls for.
the commissioners snail issue a
warrant for the deficiency .
" Ev ery person, h's U gah repre
sentative or rightful assignee-, for
whom an entry was made for any
lands in this State, iriany office le
gally established in N. Carolina,
which wereXiot actually located
west and south of the line as de
scribed in the first section of the
act of Congress herein b: 'ore re
ferred to, ou or before the 25th of
February, 1790, and which said
entries by the laws of N. Carolina
re good and valid, and on which
Ittwanant -issued on said entry, or
which entry was founded on a good I j
.arid valid warrant, and on whuh ii
jjjrant ever i sued by N. Caro- j
lib a, shad be tr. itkd to receive aj
grant horn tnis o:ate lor such
quantity ''of land as is called lor .in.
such entry. And it the ca i ot bucri'j
entry is not designated iii such a '
manner that the sauie cu-. oe lden-
iified, ,su:h claimant, or l is k gal il
representative, U:ay be at liberty
c j remove and truer the same in
f any office by this a ;t established for
reviving entries. irTovidea such
ievidrnews ot unsatisfied claims
Shall, in all cases, be adjudged good
ixtd valid by the boara ui conunis-
'sioners htreinaiter appointecl
That every person, his. leg;d re-
nresentativ or rightial 'afssinec.l
Pitrlirt moi. ivre V trlV.I)'l'Un..,l
iruu iiic .-.. iiUlIl
the Secretary ci N. C3ioiini nnv
warrant for military servicCs.Yhich
by the la ws of that State was good
and valid, and on which warrant
no grant ever issued to such per
son, or his legal representative, or!!
rightful assignee, by said State,
shall be entitled to receive a grant
from tills S.L'.te lot the quantiry of i
land CAticci i'r m such warrant.
That any prison, his legal re
presentuve. or i ighdui assignee, :
who mav hve procured a warrant!:
for sc vices r!crf .rni; ri as n coih-'
nrtsion.r or gu rd, he. under an
a t of N. Carolina: for raisinr
trooper the protection- f Davidson '
( r.unfjr nr ij it n-n- li ! .. . Jit iinc1
warrants ior pre-emption rights,!
which warrants were good a cl va-
id by the laws of that State, and !
on which no grants have issued,)
.hull he entitled to a,orant from!
r
h'is State for the quantity of land
ail. cl f t in said warrants.
. E v ry personalis leg.d represen
atiyt or rightful asignree,to whom
a gra .t may have issued from N.
Carolina, on a warrant which, by j
the la'vs ot that State was good and
valid, and which is takt-n by the in-
tciicrencV of a erant of belter title ,
ssued by that State for the same
land, or for any part thereof, shall
be entitled to obtain a grant from
this State for the same quantity of
land called ior in such grant of,
younger title j but it only a part of
the laud be covered bv the better
title, he shall be entitled to a grant I
for the deficiency.
Any person, his legal rcpresen
tativr,or i ightful aigaee,to whom '!
i grant mav have issued from NJ
Carolina, on a rood and valid war- j
rante locality of which cann .t
bescertained. either from the M
vaguer-c s of the calls cf the sur-;
veyor, or from the calls and corrers
of said survey being lest or des
troyed, or fr m the surveyor'. and
c ha i n - c a r c i e r s b e i n g a e e a s e d , sh al I
be entid'rd to obtain a grant for the j
sa'nfie quantity of land. j
It shall bedawiui :or any person,
5 !egaltrej5-esentative, or rightful!
his !
assictfeeZ-who may haVe obtained 1
a grant koqi'4P Carolina, ior any
land south' 'of s French Broad and
Holston, and west of liig'Pigeon
river, on tny good and valid war
rant, for wddch a bona fide conside
ration was actually paid, and never
refunded, and on which no other
grant eer issued, to obtain a grant
from tbis State, for the quantity of
land called for in the warrant on
which said grant issued, many part; j.fcoinaSreut distance,
of this State, except within the d 0 August 22.
I tract of country south of French
Broad ct .Holstbn, or within the
military reservation ; and when any
person is desirous of procurTng ti
tle to; any vacant land in conse
quence of a grat having issued for
lands in the tract hereinbefore nam-
ed
I, he shall exhibit his grant within
eight months to the board of com
missioners for East-Tennessee, &1
shall therewith adduce such evi
dence as is required in sir.;ilar
cases, that said warrant is good and
valid, and the consideration thereof
was actually paid andnever;.re-
; funded, and that no other grant
j hath issued on the same warrant;
and if said commissioners adjudge
n!S claim to be va.ud, he shall be
entitled to a certificate in such form
as the commissioners deem proper.
llWheicas it appears that there is
deposited in the Secretary V office
ot Carolina, a rile oi rniutary
-warrants, &c. accompanied with
jiacs ana crtmcates or survey,
niatked No. 29, on which plats &
certificates, it is believed no grants
have issued, which said file was
examined and. copied by John O
vrton, Esq; late agent from this
State toL N. Carolina, it is made
lawful for each person for whom
any of said surveys were made, on
producing a transcript of the copy
taken from said fi'e by the agent
to N. Carolina,, or other copies of
said wrrrants, and plats and certi
ficates of surveys' to obtain a grant
from this Stator the land called
for in said-surveys, providecLsaid
; warrants be good and vahd;andno
! grant on them has beeti'issued.
1 here shall be appointed by joint
ballot of both houses of the Gene-
; ral Assembly, two persons, ?who
i with the register of the I and 'office
; for EastTennesee,shallbe..a board
I of commissioners in East Tennes-
see ancl there shall be appointed
in the-same manner two persons;
whoi v ith the register of the land
offirof wst Tennessee, shall be
a board of commissioners in. West'
Tennessee, for the purpose of judg-
ing and ascertaining the validity of
wavrants and other legal evidences
of unsatisfied claims to lands witfiin
this State, which, by this act, are
to be perfected into grants, under
the provisions of the cession act,
and of the act l itely passed by Con
gress authorising Tennessee to is
sue grants, Ike. The commission
ers lor East Tennessee to meet at
Knoxviile,. on the first Monday of
December next, and at Jonesboro'
on the first ISIonday of January :
inose lOT" vv cst T ennessee to meet j
at Nashville on the first Mcndaypf)
those lor West Tennessee to meet
December next. They shall each
appoint a clerk, and meet on their
own adjournments at the. above
places.
That when said commissioners
determine that the claim of anv
person, founded on an entry or a
warrant, which was nptpctedl
into a grant, is a bona hdetndva
jj lid claim, the clerk shall record im
and the warranted the evidences
j thereof, shall be filed m th? cleik's
, fficc aiid a duplicate furnished to
'tIle Pel?n ent!tltdt to th-nefiv
C01 SI'U auci aticsieu.
The President of the board shall
endorse on each warrant or evi
dence of c'aim which may be re
injected, that the same is invalid, oi
! whien a record shad be kept.j .
The remainder m our iiext.J A' f
Tiventy-jive DcUars Reward,
T AN A WAY, from Raleighi about
Aa fortnight after Eastrr, a NEGUO
MAN, tiamed Romulus,' hut who ingeie"
ral calls himself Robin. 'He is about 21
years old, weighs about 150 has a thin
visage and is tolerably black-is scmewhar
knock-kneed and has the appearance , of
! bem;: ruwured. He is supposed to have
made frr Halifax or Northampton fc-mntyl
in which pxrt of the country he was raised
Whoever will bring him to Mr. Charles
Parish in Kaleigh, or to Joshua Lee, his
owner, in Wake county, shall receive the
THOMAS EMOND,V
O Espect fully .iiifortns tfie Public,
A that he has tented a Ifotise. opposite to l
Mr Boylan& lVinhng-Oftce, and ;secoiSif
d.or bebw tn5 P ,st-Office ; Where he :caii-'';w
i-ied on the Watch and CIock-MakingJBiN
smess. in a'l its variems Branches. " V S
Those yho'' mi) te' pleasefefvcliff fiSm';:
with their custoni, may refy. on his Ut most y ; , (
eildeavuiirs to give satiefactionix ; '1 'if.:jf-X
Baleizb, Sep. 13, 1800. fc , x'j
t-t-0.-.e or two Lads, about" 14 years of ''V' "'':
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age, will oe taKen vppren"cesco me
Business. , . y-'-3 ?:
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NATIIANIEL.yONES
rN forms hns Friends and the hblic
that he rnears to keep a B O A r rj i N c
tlOUSE during the ensuing Session of the.v
General Assembly. ;:! .'
v Jtategb, Oct. 11.
WIDOW MITCHELL
Espectfully informs the Members ."
of rhe ensuing General Assembly, Uiat "
she continues her BOARDING HvTI&E.
as usual, and he pe to- be favoured With .,
the company . if, at least, her old friends, j
j Horses kept. . , i"
Continuation of Enter fathment,
HE. Subscriber humbly clTers his ,
sincere thanks to the Public, but more
especially to the Decerns, who have ho
iicui-eri him with their custom in hit- hue of
Business ; he makes a tender wf his usual
sei-yices fn the same capacity. His. House
and Stables are provided as heretofore, and
he will endeavour, by his strict attentions,
to merit a. cont nuance of their favours,
j He has provided several '. Rooms for the
reception ofiMcmbeisrof the General' As-.
Eemly .who may1 ;favour him with theij
company during the approaching session.
P. CASSO.
Ma'eigbi October 1 1 .
Indian nemRcdeigh.
2:'f
WM. SCOTT,
pEturns. his grateful Acknowledge
-L ments tp those who have favoured him
with their Countenance since his entrance
upon the above Inn and hopes, by conti
nued perseverance and attention to business,
to insure thea future support.
As Uie House :s commodious, and, every
endeavour will be used. to rev.der his Enter
tainment acceptable, he hopes to be fa
voured with the Company -of a good num;
ber of the Members ot the General Assem
bly, at their ensuing session. i-
Having added to his accommodations,
the House nearly opposite co the Indiaa
Queen, he can, even during the Session
.Assembly, provide Entertainment for
TV-'l'. a i 11 . -
la.u.cu aiiu uiners, wno may can on mm.
His Stables are excellent, and well pro
vided., Sep. 13.
CHARLES PARISH,
DEturns thanks to his Friends and
-the Public in general, fcr tnediberal
incouragerh'ein he has met with in his line
Since he commenced business in this City,
and still hopjlb meet with a fur'.her -onti
nuance of public favour. He w' he to in
form the Mernjbefs of the Generui Assem
bly, kind; those travehing Gentleman who
may please to make use of his House, that
every, necessary attention shalUie-paid, in.
order to renaer them comrortabie.
He has on hand, and wiuch w !1 be com
plete 1 by the meeting of tuc Geaeral,- s
embiy, one of the best fiin&hed Stal ks m
the place, and having a Farm -o support
it, he Hatters himself it will always be welt
provided for. HulthyStp.0. x
BQARDLYG. i
yUE Subscriber respectfully in
forms the Public, that he' r as -lately
made considerable Improvemen s to hi$
Buildings, snuate on the Corner Lot on
Hillsborough Street, within 90. steps ot ihe
State-House, with a view of accomodating
annually a few Members of Assembly, who
may prefer living in a private Family to
hoarding in a Tavern. As his Rooms are
good ad convenient, and he is determined
to pay every Atttntion to accommodate
those who favour him with their Company.
he trusts his House will be found an agtee-
JOSIAH BILLIARD.
f: uct.
"JjBv has attended at Mr. Casso's Ta
verilar four Sessions pasv during which
time he flatters himself Ids conduct was
such as gave sasisfacrion.
0'0'After the Session of Assemblv
clpses, r J. Di will teceive a few Students
ottheiAcadeniy as Boaracrs.
' MARlt COOKE,
TLTAving taken the large and conj
venient HOHre on H lUborougli-street,
or occupied by Mr, Joseph Ross, would
be glad to accommodate Members of th
ensuing GererAsscmbly as Boarders. '
1 From the knowUde which some of the
..Gentlemen have of the situation and con
niice of the Kcuse, he hopes for en-
coiirageraent; . ; . .
' Gentlemen wisbagrcxtra Accommoda
tion5, may have vh$n at a "fair Tare,
CCj Students n the Acudeuty will b
boai'usd the ensuing year.
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