Persons whose claims to lands in tory are confirmed, obtained patents, ter of Kaskaskia, SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That every person, the Illinois Terri and the legal representative of every person, whose claim and who have not to a tract of land within the Illinois Territory is confirmed to receive a certifi by this or any former act, and who has not previously obcate from the regis, tained a patent for the same from the Governor either of the whenever, etc. Territory northwest of the Ohio or of the Indiana Territory, shall, whenever his claim shall have been located and surveyed, be entitled to receive, from the register of the land office at Kaskaskia, a certificate, stating that the claimant is entitled to receive a patent for such tract of land by virtue A dollar to the re- of this act; for which certificate the register shall receive one dollar, and which certificate shall entitle the party to a Certificate to enti- patent for the said tract, which shall issue in like manner as is provided by law for lands purchased of the United States. Approved, April 26, 1816. gister for the certi ficate. tle the party to a patent, etc. tract of land of two of Sandusky, Indian tribes at the ville, of 3d Aug. into town lots, streets, etc. [See Part II, Nos. 15, 42, 56, 57, 58, 60, 64, 72, 77, 88, 93, 233, 244, 245, 783.] CHAP. 189.-An act providing for the sale of the tract of land at the Lower SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as So much of the sembled, That so much of the tract of land of two miles miles square, at square at the Lower Rapids of Sandusky river, ceded by the the Lower Rapids Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, was ceded by the Patawatamies, Miamies, Eel river, Weas, Kickapoos, Pitreaty of Green- ankeshaws, and Kaskaskias, tribes of Indians, to the United 1795, to be laid off States, by the treaty of Greenville of the third of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall, under the direction of the surveyor general, be laid off into town lots, streets, and avenues, and into out-lots, in such manner and of such dimensions as he may judge proper: Provided, Proviso; the tract The tract so to be laid off shall not exceed the quantity of to exceed a sec- land contained in one entire section, nor the town lots one When the survey quarter of an acre each. When the survey of the lots shall has been complet. be completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the surreturned to the surveyor general, on which the town lots and out-lots shall reis to transmit cop spectively be designated by progressive numbers, who shall cause two copies to be made, one to be transmitted, with a copy of the field notes, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the other to the register of the land office at Wooster. to be laid off not tion, etc. ed a plat is to be veyor general, who ies, with a copy of field notes, etc. Previously to the disposal of the the surveyor gene. mark the exterior lines, and SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That previously to the tract at public sale disposal at public sale of the before-mentioned tract of land, ral to resurvey and the surveyor general shall, and he is hereby directed to, rexterior survey and mark the exterior lines of the said tract, condivisional lines to formably to the survey made in [the] year one thousand eight hundred and seven, by virtue of the act of the third *See the act, ch. of March, one thousand eight hundred and five,* and also to cause divisional lines to be run through each fractional sec be run, etc. 76. in the west of sec surveyed, etc. ference in running îonal lines not to tion, and of the adjoining quarter section, so that each subdivision, having one front on the river, may contain, as nearly as may be, eighty acres each. And in like manner to cause The large island, the large island lying in the west half of section number one to tion No. 1, to be be surveyed, and the same to be divided into two equal parts: Provided, That in running the subdivisional lines no inter- Proviso; no interference shall be made affecting the selection or location here- subdivisional lines. after to be made under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, also, That in no case shall the subdivisional Proviso; subdivislines be so run as to extend to or embrace the bed of the embrace the bed of river, which shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be, a public highway: And provided, also, That the whole expense Proviso; the whole of resurveying and marking the exterior lines of the said veying, surveying, cession, and running and marking the subdivisional lines of king, not to ex the fractional and quarter sections lying adjacent to the river, every mile, etc. shall not exceed three dollars for every mile actually surveyed, resurveyed, and marked, by virtue of this and the preceding section. the river, etc. expense of resur running, and marceed 3 dollars for in the cession of 2 lots necessary for of schools, salt offered for sale at proclamation of divided remain open seven less than the pri on the same terms SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the land con- All the land withtained within the aforesaid cession of two miles square shall, miles square, with with the exception of as many town lots and out-lots as, in the exception of the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, may be ne- the support cessary to reserve for the support of schools within the same, springs, etc. to be and with exception, also, of the salt springs and land re- Wooster, on days served for the use of the same, be offered for sale to the to be designated by highest bidder at Wooster, in the State of Ohio, under the the President. direction of the register and receiver of the land office, and on such day or days as shall, by a public proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose. The sale for the divided quarter sections, fractional Sale of quarter sections, sections, and of the town lots and out-lots, shall remain open town lots, etc. to at Wooster for seven days, and no longer. The divided days. quarter sections and fractional sections shall not be sold for Not to be sold for less than two dollars an acre, the in-lots for less than twenty ces specified, and dollars each, nor any out-lot for less than at the rate of five and conditions as dollars per acre; and shall, in every other respect, be sold provided by law, on the same terms and conditions as have been or may be provided by law for the lands sold north of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river. All the land, other Lands remaining than what is excepted as above mentioned, remaining unsold unsold at public at the closing of the public sales, may be disposed of at pri- vate sale, etc. vate sale by the register of the land office at Wooster, agreeably to the provisions of this act, and in the same manner, under the same regulations and conditions, as are or may be provided by law for the sale of the public lands of the United States north of the river Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky river; and patents shall be obtained for all lands Patents as for land granted or sold within the said cession, in the same manner and on the same terms as are or may be provided by law for land sold in the State of Ohio. The superintendents Four dollars a day of the public sales directed by this section shall receive tendent of sales. etc. may be sold at pri sold in Ohio. for each superin four dollars each for each day's attendance on the said sales. Approved, April 26, 1816. [See Part II, Nos. 13, 234, 272, 331, 782.] chased land in CHAP. 190.-An act confirming the titles of certain purchasers of land who purchased from the board of trustees of the Vincennes University. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asPersons who pur- sembled, That the several persons who purchased land in township No. 2 township number two south, of range numbered eleven west, of trustees for the in the district of Vincennes, from the board of trustees for versity, confirmed the Vincennes University, which was incorporated by an act etc. from the board Vincennes Uni in their titles. of the Legislature of the Indiana Territory entitled "An The register and fersonville district CHAP. 191.-An act to authorize the sale of lands forfeited to the United States in the district of Jeffersonville, at the land office in said district. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asreceiver of the sembled, That the register and receiver of the land office land office for Jef for the district of Jeffersonville be, and they are hereby, auauthorized to ex thorized to expose to public sale to the highest bidder, at pose at public sale forfeited tracts, etc. the land office aforesaid, any tract or tracts of land which may hereafter become forfeited to the United States for nonpayment, under such terms and conditions as are or may be prescribed by law. So much of any former act as re and receiver in Jef SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of any quires the register former act of Congress as requires the register and receiver fersonville district of the district aforesaid to expose to public sale, at the courtto expose forfeited house of the county in which the said land office is estabat the court-house, lished, any tract or tracts of land which may become forfeited to the United States for non-payment, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. land to public sale repealed. Approved, April 27, 1816. [See Part II, No. 13.] CHAP. 192.-An act providing for cases of lost military land warrants and discharges for faithful services. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as ular army, having upon satisfactory sembled, That when any soldier of the regular army, having Soldiers of the regobtained a military land warrant, shall have lost or shall obtained warrants hereafter lose the same, or the said warrant shall have been and lost them, etc. or may be by accident destroyed, every such soldier shall, proof of the fact to upon proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, are entitled War, be entitled to a patent, in like manner as if the said warrant was produced. the Secretary of to patents. to the satisfaction cates of faithful of discharge from have been omitted construct'n, or cas is not to prevent SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of When it appears, discharges from the military service of the United States of of the Secretary of any soldier of the regular army, when it shall appear to the War, that certifi satisfaction of the Secretary of War that a certificate of faith- services, in cases ful services has been omitted by the neglect of the discharg- military service, ing officer, by misconstruction of the law, or by any other by neglect, misneglect or casualty, such omission shall not prevent the is- ualty, the omission And the issuing of warsuing of the warrant and patent as in other cases. when it shall be proved, as aforesaid, that any soldier of the rants and patents. regular army has lost his discharge and certificate of faithful Upon proof of the service, the Secretary of War shall cause such papers to be and certificate, the Secretary of War furnished such soldier of the regular army as will entitle is to furnish papers, him to his land warrant and patent: Provided, Such measure be justified by the time of his enlistment, the period of measure be justiservice, and the report of some officer of the corps to which enlistment, etc. he was attached. Approved, April 27, 1816. [See Part II, Nos. 2, 43, 108, 113, 114, 115, 116, 121, 236, 237.] loss of a discharge etc. Proviso; if the fied by the time of CHAP. 193.-An act providing for the sale of the tract of land at the British fort of the Miami of the Lake, at the foot of the Rapids, and for other purposes. tract of land, 12 at the British fort of ded by the Indian of Greenville, of laid off into town lots, etc. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the tract of land of twelve miles So much of the square at the "British fort of the Miami of the Lake, at the miles square, foot of the Rapids," ceded by the Wyandots, Delawares, the Miami of the Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Lake, as was ceEel River, Weeas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias, tribes at the treaty tribes of Indians, to the United States, by the treaty of Green- 3d Aug. 1795, to be ville, of the third of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall, under the direction of the surveyor general, be laid off into town lots, streets, and avenues, and into out-lots, in such manner and of such dimensions as he may judge proper: Provided, The tract so to be laid off shall Proviso; as to the not exceed the quantity of land contained in two entire sec- off. tions, nor the town lots one quarter of an acre each. When When the survey the survey of the lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall completed, a plat be returned to the surveyor general, on which the town lots etc., a copy of field and out-lots shall, respectively, be designated by progressive notes, etc. numbers, who shall cause two copies to be made, one to be transmitted, with a copy of the field notes, to the Commis quantity to be laid of the lots has been is to be returned, disposal of the tract at vey and mark the al lines to be run, subdivision may *Chapter 76. surveyed, and di- sioner of the General Land Office, and the other to the register of the land office at Wooster. : Previously to the SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That previously to the public disposal at public sale of the before-mentioned tract of land, general is to resur the surveyor general shall, and he is hereby directed to, reexterior lines, etc. Survey and mark the exterior lines of the said tract, conand cause division- formably to the survey made in December, one thousand etc. so that each eight hundred and five, by virtue of the act of the third of contain 150 acres. March, one thousand eight hundred and five,* and also to cause divisional lines to be run through each section and fractional section binding on the said river, so that each subdivision may contain, as nearly as may be, one hundred and sixty acres each. And in like manner to cause the "Great Great island to be island," lying at the foot of the Rapids, in the said river, to six be surveyed, and, by lines running north and south, to divide the same, as nearly as may be, into six equal parts, that is to say that part of the said island described in the survey of the said cession as lying in township number three, in four parts; and that part of the said island lying in township Proviso; no inter number four, into two parts: Provided, That in running the ference in running subdivisional lines no interference shall be made affecting or impairing the rights of persons to whom letters patent have been granted for land lying within the limits of the said twelve miles square, nor affecting the selection or location hereafter to be made under the direction of the Secretary of Proviso; subdivis- War for military purposes: Provided, also, That in no case embrace the bed of shall the subdivisional lines be so run as to extend to or embrace the bed of the river, which shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be, a public highway: And provided, Proviso; the whole also, That the whole expense of resurveying and marking ing resurveying, the exterior lines of the said cession, and of the subdivito exceed 3 dolls, & sional lines of the sections lying adjacent to the river, shall not exceed three dollars for every mile actually surveyed, resurveyed, and marked, by virtue of this and the preceding section. etc. ional lines not to the river. expense of survey and marking, not mile. All the land within miles square, not be offered for sale SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the land conthe cession of 12 tained within the aforesaid cession of twelve miles square, excepted, etc. to not excepted by virtue of any section of this act, shall, with at Wooster, on days the exception of number sixteen, which shall be reserved by proclamation of in each township for the support of schools within the same, the President. and with the exception, also, of the salt springs and land to be designated reserved for the use of the same, be offered for sale to the highest bidder at Wooster, in the State of Ohio, under the direction of the register and receiver of the land office, and on such day or days as shall, by a public proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purThe sale for quar- pose. The sale for the quarter sections, fractional quarter ter sections, etc. to sections, and of the town lots and out-lots, shall remain open at Wooster for seven days, and no longer. The quarter secsold for less than tions and fractional quarter sections shall not be sold for less the prices speci- than two dollars an acre, the in-lots for less than twenty dollars each, nor any out-lot for less than at the rate of five remain open seven days. fied. |