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. Br-Av-- -few ' Usrp'4 hf fttf r4f.to lUt like Brotlcrr . ; ' ' u 1 ' r " ,-7 . :U -j L-.U - ..-A'---' . Vol. ' 1 ' ' " :'' ' , ' ' ' - (p9utf;oritpO OF THE UNITED STATES. .-Act making further prtnriiion for Kttlln ' IktcUhnsio Undin the tm.torj of Mi Hfi rcm bj ttt Senate dJl fi tTwfrf 5w America w Sms to town or f .liagc lots, out lots, common field bis and commons, id, td; Sning nd bclongirg to lhe wveral Un. or tillages of Port,gc des S:oux, St. Chirles, St. Louts, St. Fetdmind, Villago a Robert, Carondclct, S'. Gene- m .AAA. Nw Rnurhan. Ut Tietc, ew - r - - . - tic Prairie and Arkansas, in in: icrrno rr of Missouri, which lota hate been in habited, cultiTted orposswsea pnorio the twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, shall b and the same are hereby confirmed to the inhabitants of the respeclue towns or Tillages aforesaid, according to their several right or rights in common thereto: Provided, That nothing here in contained shall be construen 10 aueci the rights of any persons claiming the ume lands, or any part thereof, whose cliimshaTe been confirmed by the board cf commissioners for adjusting and set tling claims to lands in the said terriio rr. And it shall be the du'y of the principal deputy surveyor lor the said tsnitorTi as soon as may oe, 10 survey, orcauscto be surveyed and maiked, (here the same has not already been d:oe according to law) the out b unda n tines of the said several towns or til , so as to include the out lots, com mon field lots and commons, thereto re ipecmely belonging. And he shall cuke out plats of the surveys, which he shall transmit to the surveyor-general, who shall forward copies of the said p!itt to the commissioner of the gene ral rind cffice,and to the recorder of land titles ; the expence of surveying the said out boundary lines aha'l be paid by . the United States, out of any monies appropriated for surveying the public kadi: Provided, Thet the whole ex pence shall not exceed three dollars for every mile that shall be actually sur veyed and marked. Sc2. AjUU it further enacted. That all town or village lots, out lots or common field lots, included in such surveys, which are not rightfully owned ct claim ed bj any private individuals, or held as commons belonging to such towrrs or villages, or that the President of the United Stales ma not think proper to reitpre for military purposes, shall be, ir.d the same are hereby reserved for the support of schools in the respective towns or villages as aforesaid : Provi iti That the whole quantity of land contained in the lots reserved for the support of schools in any one town or tniage, shall not exrecd one-twentieth pan of the whole Lnds included in the general survry of such town or village. Sec 3. Jmi U it further enacted, That every claim to a donation of lands in the said territory, in virtue of settlement and cul tivation, which is embraced by the re port of the commissioners, transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, and which, by the said report, aball appear cot to have been confirmed, merely be cause permission, by the proper Spanish c&cer, to settle has not been duly pro ven ; or because the. tract claimed, al though inhabited, was not cultivated on tbe twentieth of December, one thou sand eight hundred arid three, or not to lave been confirmed on account of boih said causes ;. the same shall be confirro din case it shall appear that the tract Claimed was inhabited by the claim ant or some one lor his use prior to the twen'ieth day of December, one thou sand tight hundred and three, as afore v.id, and cultivated in eight months hereafter, subject, however, "to every w&er limitation and restriction prescri d by former lawa in respect to such claims; and in all cases where-r shall FPtarhy tne sa-tj rrDort or other re cords of the board ifcat claims to land hate not been confirmed merely on the Kround that the cUimwaT.for a greater puntiiy inan cight hundred arpcos, irench measure, every such claim' to trc extent of . eight hundred arpens, aall be confirmed. . See- 4. j.-j Utt farther enacted. That the recorder of land titles for the said tern, lory shall, without delay, make an ex' iract from the books of the said board J commissioners of all the claims to andhich arrf,by the preceding see ("hi, directed to be confirmed, a copy "t which he shalt transmit to the com ttiMoccr of the general" land office; A I and he shall furnish the principal depu ty auryeyor.vith a proper description of tlje tracts so to be confirmed, where in the quantity, locality, boundaries and connexion, when practicable with'each c4br, and those tracta that have been "confirmed by the board of commission ers shall be. stated. And whenever plats of the surveys as hereinafter di rected, shall have been .returned to the said recorder's i.fhVe, it lhall be his du ty to issue for each tract to be confirm ed, as aforesaid, to the person entitled thereto, a certificate in favor of the par ty which shall be transmitted to the commissioner of the general land office ; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the said commisaioner that such cer tificate has been fairly obtained, accord ing to the true intent and meaning of this act, then in that case patents shall be granted in like manner as is provi ded hv taw for the other Unas ol tne United S'atea. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the principal deputy surveyor ah-ill survey, or cause to be surveyed, under the di rection of the urveyor general, so much of the lands In the said territory, 10 which the Indian title has been extin guished, as the President of the United S-ates may direct, into townships of six miles square,by lines running due nor h and south, and others crossing mesa at rightangles;andalsotheland,theclaims to which aie directed to be connrmed by the third section of this act ; and the lands, the claims 10 which have been confirmed by the board of commission crs, where the sime tus not already hren mrvrv rd under the authority of - - the United States. And the said prin cipal deputy survryor shall nvke out a general and connected plat of all the suiveys directed by this act to be made, or which hare already been made under the'authority of the United States,which he shall transmit to the surveyor gene ral, who shall transmit copies of the said pi it or plats to the recorder of land ti tles, and the commissioner ot the gene ral land office. The expence of sur- .... 1 .1 lt! I veying shall oe paia oy me unneu States : Provided, The same shali not in the whole exceed three dollars a mile for every mile that shall be actually sur veyed and maked. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in all cas a where,.by reason of the indefini-e description of the local situation and boundaries of any tract, the claim to which has been confirmed by the com missioners, the same cannot be ascer tained by the principal deputy survey or, it shall be the duty of the recorder of the land titlesr-on the application of the said principal deputy, to furnish such precise description thereof, as can be obtained from the records in his of fice, and the books of the sid board of commissioners : and lor tne purpose 01 the more correctly ascertaining the lo cality and boundaries of any such tracts, the said principal deputy shall have tree access at all seasonable hours to the books and papers in the recorder's office, relating to land claims, and be permit ted to take copies or such extracts therefrom, or any of them, as he may think proper and necessary for the dis charge of his duty in executing such surveys. And the said recorder shall be allowed twenty-five cents for the de scription of each tract which he shall furnish to the principal deputy surveyor us aforesaid. Sec 7. And be it fur thet enacted. That every person or persons claiming lands in the territory of Missouri, who are actual settlers on the lands which the claim, and wnose claims have not been here tofore filed with the recorder of land titles for the said territory, shall be al lowed until the first day of December next, to deliver notices in writing, and the written evidences of their clairus to the said recorder ; and the notices and evidences so delivered within the time limited by this act, shall be recorded in the same manner, and on payment of the same fees as if the same had been delivered before the fit st day of July, one thousand eight hundted and eight ;K but the rights of such persons as shall neg lect so doing within the time limited by this act,' shall, so far as they are derived from, or founded on any act of Ccn gress,'ever after be barred and become void, and the evidences of their claims never after admitted as evidence in any court of the United States, against any grant derived from the United Stages. Ti'Sec. 8. And he it further enaem,-That the said recorder of land titles shall have the same powers and perform the same du ties in relation to the claims thus filedt before, the first day of December next, and the claims which have been heretofore- filed, but not " decided ort by the commissioners, as the board of commis sioners had "by former laws respecting j claims' filed prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eight, except' that all of his decibions shall be subject to the revision of Congress. Arid it shall be the duty of the said re' corder to make to the commissioner of the general land office a report of all the claims which shall be thus filed before the first dav of December nex', and of he claims which havebren already filed, but not decided on by the said commis .doners ; together with the substance of the evidence in support thereof, with his; opinion and such remarks as he may thinly proper, which report, together with a list of the claims which, in the opinion of the said recorder, ought tor be confirmed, shall be laid by the com missioner of the general land office be fore Congress, at their next session, for their determination thereon. The. said recorder, in addition to his salary as fixed by law, shall be allowed fifty cents for each claim which has been filed, but not decided on by the commissioners ; or which shall be filed according to this act, and on which he shall make.'a de cision, whether such decision be in fa vor of or against the claim, and a fur ther allowance of five hundred dollars, which shall b; paid after he shall have made his report to the commissioner of the general land office ; which allowance of fifty cents for each claim decided on, and five hundred dollars on the comple tion of the business, shall be in full com pensation for his services, including clerk hire, respecting the claims to be decided on according to this act, . HLNRY CLAY, Speaker of the Huute vf Representative. Wh. H. CRAWFORD, President of the Senate, pro tempore. June 13. 1812. Approved, JAMES MADISON. An Act repealing the tenth section of the act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States. BE it enactal by the Senate and House of ke Presentatives -cf the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the tenth section of the act, entitled, An act to incorpo rate the subscribers to the bank of the United States," shall be ard the same is hereby repealed. H. CLAY, Sfakr of the Hoate f Representatives. GEO. CLIN I ON, Vke President of the U. Stated and President of h Senate, March 19, 1812 (approved, JAMES MADISON. An Act for the relief of Clement B. Penrose. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Be- presentaftves ofthe United Slates, of America, in Congres assembled, That the proper officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby authorised and required, to allow and pay unto Clement B. Penrose, one of the commissioners for ascertaining the rights of persons claiming lands in the territory of Louisiana, the sum f five hundred dollars, as a full compensation for having brought to the seat of gov ernment the report of the said commis sioners. H. CLAY, " Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wm- R CRAWFORD. President of the Senate pro tempore. June 17, 1811. Appro vbd JAMES MADISON. Resolution requesting the state of Ceorgia to assent to the formation of two states in the Mississippi territory. . RESOLVED, by the Semate and Htmsc of Representatives of the United States qf. Ameri ca, in Congiess assembled. That the Legisla ture of the state of Georgia be, and they are he'reby requested, to give their assent bylaw, to the formation of two states of the Mississippi territory : Provided, in the opinion of Congress a division of said territory for that purpose should hereafter be expedient. H.CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wm. H. CRAWFORD, ? President of the Senate pro tempore. June 17, 1812 Approved, JAMES MADISON An Act aotbominsr the remission of forfeited recognizances in the district of Columbia. Beit enacted by thiSendleand House of Representatives ofthYUnUd taies of America. Congress vjm$iy That the President of the United States shall have the power to" grant remission of the forfeitures of all recognizances vac? knowledged and taken, or to be acknow ledged, aLd Uken, before any court, judge, justice ofthe peace, or other ma- gisirate witnin tncxjisinti ui yoiumuia, either in the course of any criminal pro secution, or for surety of the peace. June 17, 1812 APFROvr, . . . - - - iiiipo if iMcnv ? polftftal iltferellanjp;. CONDITION OF ENGLAND. extract or a letter irom an Amerre, grnuc. - mn n tnaon, oa u..c o, The departure of bur friend R. for Philadelphia, will render; any de- tails of polittcaTaffairs here unneces-' aary -muccu wiui tuwu a aay iu yuu u it nation tnat ior myuui pan nas been without any goveinment save that of the military,- whilst she is at thesame time aasUming the sovereign- ty ofthe ocean, and wherever her au- thority reaches, dictating to the whole worm ; out mis ts near a cr ner treasure is exhausted, and her in- trigUes with foreign nations to make them cut each other's throats, are at an end. The made , an experiment resources of th a small subsidy, not more than one- third of the Austrian loan, and this was accompanied by a small assurance that if supplied with funds of war Sweden would fight against r ranee r rut would have made them a present by thie return of the post of a sum double the amount, but the pilot who " weathered the storm1 is na more, & the money is no longer in the treasu ry ! Bank paper was offered to the Swedish agent, but, rejected and when the sinews have failed, what , is to become of the muscle 7 . 44 The policy of this unhappy nation has been the true source of its ruin, and the misfortunes of all Europe for years past; the harvest of sorrow which they have sown is now turning upon them, and the evil which 'they have sought to render permanent e;ye ry where, in order to enjoy more than their natural share at home, has ended in promoting the interest and happi ness of other nations. Foreign na tions have been taught to cultivate their resources and to appreciate their own industry ; the orders' in council have established manufactures in eve ry part of Europe and the commerci al monopoly .-with the political great ness ot England, are at an end. vaNo thing could have been a. more com plete and effective retaliation of the orders in council than the non-impor-tation system, The manufacturers are thrown almost entirely out of em ploy by it, and about half of the whole population oj England are some way or other paupers. That this was ef fected by the nan importation law, and not by the embargo, is sufficiently at tested by the ict, that since the latter has been adopted by America,' no ad vance has been experienced in A me rican produce, either! here or in Ire land. Even grain, scarce as it is, has not risen; but this is attributed to the manufacturers and laborers not having the means to purchase their ordinary subsistence, j There is al ways an alternative here for the want of bread, and that a very simple one ttatvation 44 As to the Spanish peninsula, the poor devils there are dying of famine ; but I can assure you, this makes not the least impression on the good folks here--.4 charity begins at homef&h& 1 must do the people of England and Ireland the justice to say, that I con ceive it to be wholly impossible for a ny nation' ever to exist who can be more completely endowed with the virtue ofthe most liberal charity, than they are : no one can imagine who has not witnessed the. charities here, the enormous sums contributed by private individuals to public and private char-: ides, besides the national institutions for paupers 4 this great metropolis, in every. street, has an establishirient for the poorj I from the infant lip to the oldest decrepitude, supported by in dividual donations ; and this extends all over the empire Whent 1 see on a Sunday the thousands of children supported in this way parading to the places of worship, my heart melts with in me It js impossiblaiiot toac ; knowledge tnat tnere are,vgooaand virtuous; people in abundance, in this nation,: ana as you kdow oruiy other dav, the Swedes self and have had many opportunities e country, by soliciting nencc oi an parties, during tne discus- parents gave me at least a wh0iowc.J Ji J-t u- . . -- duration, I can iffc&yMtipljin that, lixe. Sodom and , Gbmbrfah the nation has h.been soared For the virtue 1 bf these men V and I am not without a hone: that when a re vnldt ion takes placc m government! which I COD CeiVC tO be at hand, it will be COoduO ted in a less sanguinary - way than it j was in a neighboringrnation, because j oeonle cfene rail v seem to he nrenared i ror uic ; evenu in tne mean time. nowever tne men in power witnnOia ir, as long as they cat, and they are so committed with respect" to the general policy of the country , tht they willbe contidued to the last, and it therefore (behoves other nations to take care of i themselves' , Kv?: I have been here about eleven months) and have had ample dpportu nities to see and hear andiudge for roy- sions of the orders in council .4 the par tial course; pursued here will produce only a temporary illusion, but no oiher effect , and. if some of our friends had ; their property at liome, I should wsbj because! Ij beHeyei:; it ;WoiiId'- wellj'fo ' America, that this government shojjd persevere, in its blind; policy ; fur sd long as the Prince .Regent holds the hione it; will be pert ctly foolish-Tor anyone in the" U.S. to expect that "A; merican commerce w ll be toleratfed or American rights respected ; and w"ere the orders in coiincir repealed to-Triior ; row, some other equally oppressive re- striction would bV rmmediately" substl tilted, fur them 5 and if the government ofthe U. States be' wise, thev will foster , A . 7.9 ' ' their own internal industry and manu- fuctures particularly, 'they - will have handf enough by every opportunity that occurs as it. has now become generally1 known what advantages are possessed, and the vast field that America offers to honest industry ; butthe U. States will never cease to be tormented and dis tracted bv the artifices of this o-nverfi. ment, and by iU emissaries, while thisf government possesses a single, foot ' of r land on he American continent.' Cana da and Nova-Scotia should therefore be taken in remuneration for the iniurips suffered, and to protect us from the in-; juries which 're meditated ; but above all things, it behoves the U.S to pur sue a consistent and, uniform system of i policy. That vacillating policy which distracted and dismayed the friends: of the government, and gave so much en- couragement to the'agents "of Eugland, sun continues to persuade tne govern ment here that all the rumofsTth y hearj and all the debates in Congress, are no more than menaces Intended ro be kept up to a certain extentr and abandoned af er a short time. This government; like ajl othen, Is'composed of men, and men as much governed by expedients as weak men always are; , it is not unnatu ral j hat they should judge of all. the world by themselves. I trust tht y find themselves as much mistaken Jn America as tht'y were forty years ago' Let anv honest avowed' and manly sys? , tern be adopt e'd, and firmly followed up, it cannot fail. The .embrgoj, in my o pinion, was unnecess jry, because , the non-imporUtion would in a few months have produced the Very same effects ; at mose who could not draw bills nor get back their property must have , ceased f exporting , but the embargo beiQg laid it ought to be contioued and enforced far twelve i months, because the -British' government will. bye and bye issue a pro clamationjo. protect all vessels bound to. (heir colonies, &c. with provisions ; and even If a war takes place they wi I I p-rt ample supplies from those worthy mer chants whd write Tetters toi h s country ridiculing and depreciating tle pbwer.of their own government and whose? Der- fidious conduct baseenoftniinitetnlsO chi f here, and constantlr frustra red the endeavors of thbse who have been Work ing night! and day to Induce nf cbantte of conduct in this irovernmeot, and to' ayertthecsequen tnese Unprincipled men and yieprinu ctpled newspapers supported' by thc; men, who have ehcouraged,this govern- roeni to persevere in its outrages and the; loftg- cbntinued course of injurtousriiea- bUres which itNhas pursued 'towards the u. btatcs ; and iney may be justlv ac- - cused, shoald avwar take placet of being; the authors1 of it. 'ThtneasBond is of: course about the court and at the royal exchange he ist ab.rve al rhtngthe V on the tmancial u couvcraing wiiomen oi ine.nrsLmi- IriountryHow the USwto ever camb ' '" ' f ..- ' - luerest enemy inai can o f rund ir ihs . ? " -. :x I. - i' lit . it iff, fr. i-fi i' r . t i t t m Mi H m m I ir I i IS. M ! 1 iff T 1 5. ?
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