CHAP. 267.-An act authorizing the location of certain school lands in the at Brookville author school lands equiv alent to the 1-36th tion called Clark's grant, for the use part of the reserva of schools. The register at SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the register of the land office at Brookville The register be, and he is hereby, authorized to select school lands with- ized to select in the said district, equivalent to the one thirty-sixth part of the reservation commonly called Clark's grant, for the use of schools within the same; and the register of the land of fice at Terre Haute is hereby, in like manner, authorized to select within his district school lands, which, together with Terre Haute like the eleven sections already selected, shall be equivalent to to select school the one thirty-sixth part of the Vincennes donation tract, for the use of schools within said tract. It shall be the duty of The registers, in the registers aforesaid, in making such selections, to be con- be confined to secfined to section numbered twenty in each township, and the tion No. 20, &c. selection so made shall be reserved from sale. Approved, May 7, 1822. wise authorized lands. their selections, to CHAP. 268.-An act vesting in the commissioners of the counties of Wood and Sandusky the right to certain lots in the towns of Perrysburg and Croghansville, in the State of Ohio, for county purposes. sold town lots, &c. mission'rs of Wood The right to unsold Croghansville, SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the right to all the unsold town lots and out- The right to unlots in the town of Perrysburgh be, and the same is hereby, in Perrysburgh, vested in the commissioners of Wood county, in the State of vested in the comOhio; and the right to all the unsold town lots and out-lots county, &c. in the town of Croghansville be, and the same is hereby, town lots, &c. in vested in the commissioners of Sandusky county, in said State; vested in the comon condition that said commissioners shall permanently lo- missioners of Sancate the seat of justice for their respective counties at said The seat of justice towns; and that the nett proceeds of the sales of so many to bed at of said lots as are necessary to be retained for the purpose towns, and the nett of erecting public buildings thereon be applied to the erec- of lots, &c. to be tion and improvement of the public buildings and squares in tion and improvesaid towns, respectively. Approved, May 7, 1822. [See Part II, No. 389.] dusky county, &c. to be permanently those proceeds of sales applied to the erecment of the public buildings, &c. in the towns, &c. CHAP. 269.-An act requiring surveyors general to give bond and security for the faithful disbursement of public money, and to limit their term of office. Every surveyor general to give bond, with securi. ty, in the penal sum of $30,000, for the faithful dis SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sum sentatives of the United States of America in Congress as-bursement of pubsembled, That, from and after the passing of this act, every performance of his surveyor general, commissioned by the authority of the Uni- official duties. and The commissions of surveyors gen &c., to cease on 1st surveyors general ed, to expire in four ted States, shall, before entering on the duties of his office, and every surveyor general now in commission shall, on or before the thirtieth day of September next, execute and deliver, to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, a bond, with good and sufficient security, for the penal sum of thirty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful disbursement, according to law, of all public money placed in his hands for disbursement, and for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the commission eral now in office; of every surveyor general now in office shall, unless sooner Feb. 1823. vacated, by death, resignation, or removal from office, cease Commissions of and expire on the first day of February next; and the comhereafter appoint mission of every surveyor general, hereafter commissioned yearsfromthe dates. by the authority of the United States, shall cease and expire, unless sooner vacated, by death, resignation, or removal from office, in four years from the date of the commission. The President may SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of veyor general to the United States shall, and he is hereby authorized, whenadditional securi ever he may deem it expedient, require any surveyor general of the United States to give new bond and additional security, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the faithful disbursement, according to law, of all money placed in his hands for disbursement. Approved, May 7, 1822. require any sur give new bond and ty, &c. CHAP. 270.-An act confirming claims to lots in the town of Mobile, and to land in the former province of West Florida, which claims have been reported favorably on by the commissioners appointed by the United States. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the claims to lots in the town of Mobile, Claims to lots in founded on complete grants derived from either the French, complete grants British, or Spanish authorities, reported to the Secretary of British, or Spanish the Treasury by the commissioner for the district east of ed, &c., recognised Pearl river, appointed under the authority of "An act for Mobile, founded on from the French, authorities, report as valid. *Chapter 135. +Chapter 236. All claims to lots in Mobile, contain ascertaining the titles and claims to land in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the island of New Orleans," or which were so reported by the register and receiver, acting as commissioners, under the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled, "An act for adjusting claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Orleans," which are contained in the reports of the commissioner, or of the register and receiver, acting as commissioners, and which are, in their opinion, valid, agreeably to the laws, usages, and customs, of the said Governments, be, and the same are hereby, recognised as valid. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims to ed in the reports of lots in the town aforesaid, reported as aforesaid, and containthe commissioner, ed in the reports of the commissioner, or of the register and &c., founded on or derived from the Spanish authori &c., confirm receiver, acting as commissioners, founded on orders of sur- ders of survey, &c. vey, requettes, permissions to settle, or other written evi- French, British, or dences of claims, derived from either the French, British, or ues, bearing date Spanish authorities, and bearing date prior to the twentieth prior to 20th Dec. of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, and ed, &c. which ought, in the opinion of the commissioner, to be confirmed, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the title had been completed. in Mobile, contain &c., founded on ces, &c., confirm SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the claims to All claims to lots lots in the town aforesaid, reported as aforesaid, and contain- ed in the reports of ed in the reports of the commissioner, or of the register and the commissioner, receiver, acting as commissioners, founded on private con- private conveyan veyances which have passed through the office of the com- ed, &c. mandant, or other evidence, but founded, as the claimants allege, on grants lost by time and accident, and which ought, in the opinion of the con.missioner, to be confirmed, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the titles were in existence: Provided, That, in all such claims where the quantity Proviso; where the claimed is not ascertained, no one claim shall be confirmed certained, no one for a quantity exceeding seven thousand two hundred square firmed for feet. quantity is not as claim to be con morg than 7,200 square feet. contained ter and receiver, or before April 15, SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That for all the other For all other claims claims to lots in the town aforesaid, reported as aforesaid, to lots in Mobile, which are contained in the report of the register and re- report of the regis ceiver, and which, by the said report, appear to have been built upon, &c. ou built upon, or improved and occupied, on or before the 1813, grants to is fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thir- sue as donations. teen, the claimant shall be entitled to grants therefor as donations Provided, That in all such claims, where the quan- Provisoes; where tity claimed is not ascertained, no one claim shall be con- ascertained, no firmed for a quantity exceeding seven thousand two hundred claim to be consquare feet: And provided, also, That all the confirmations than 7,200 square and grants provided to be made by this act shall amount firmations and only to a relinquishment forever, on the part of the United to amount only to States, of all right and title whatever to the lots of land so con- forever, &c. a relinquishment firmed or granted. the quantity is not firmed for more feet; and the con grants by this act, offices at St. Hele Court-houses, to powers, &c. as are SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the registers Registers and re and receivers of the land offices at St. Helena Court house ceivers of the land and at Jackson Court-house, respectively, shall have the na and Jackson same powers to direct the manner in which all lands con- have the same firmed by this act shall be located and surveyed, and also to given by the act decide between the parties in all conflicting and interfering &c. claims, as are given by the act entitled "An act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the island of New Orleans."* Approved, May 8, 1822. [See Part II, Nos. 19, 296, 819, 824.] supplementary, *Chapter 273. public lands with scribed, in Illinois, trict, &c. CHAP. 271.-An act to establish an additional land office in the State of SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asSo much of the sembled, That so much of the public lands of the United in the bounds de- States as lies east of the Mississippi river, north of the line to form a land dis' separating the thirteenth and fourteenth tiers of townships north of the base line, and west of the third principal meridian, in the State of Illinois, shall form a land district, for A land office, as the disposal of the said lands, and for which purpose a land the President may office shall be established at such place therein as the President of the United States shall designate, until the same shall be permanently fixed by law. designate. A register and receiver for the land security, &c. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be office, &c., to re- a register and receiver appointed to the said land office, to established, give superintend the sales of the public lands in the said district, who shall reside at the place where the said office shall be established as aforesaid, give security in the same manner, in the same sums, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authorities, shall, in every respect, be the same, in relation to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be by law provided in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several offices established for the sale of the public lands: Provided, Proviso; the ap. That the said appointments shall not be made until a suffibe made until a cient quantity of public lands shall have been surveyed withof public lands has in the said district to authorize, in the opinion of the Presibeen surveyed, &c. dent, a public sale of lands within the same. pointments not to sufficient quantity The provisions of sections of the arts and of 24th April,, cable to the dis far, &c. *Chapter 233. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the 2d, 3d, and 5th the second, third, and fifth sections of the act entitled "An of 3d March, 1819, act to designate the boundaries of districts, and establish 1820, made appli- land offices, for the disposal of the public lands not heretotrict and office, so fore offered for sale, in the States of Ohio and Indiana,"* approved March third, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and the act entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of the public lands," approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty, be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the said district and office, so far as they are not changed by subsequent laws of the United States. Approved, May 8, 1822. +Chapter 240. [See Part II, Nos. 64, 317, 328.] CHAP. 272.—An act to designate the boundaries of a land district, and for the establishment of a land office, in the State of Indiana. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepA district and land resentatives of the United States of America in Congress of unappropriated assembled, That, for the sale of the unappropriated public public lands in In- lands in the State of Indiana, to which the Indian title is exdiana, &c. office for the sale tinguished, the following district shall be formed, and a land office established: all the public lands, as aforesaid, to which Boundaries of the the Indian title was extinguished by the treaties concluded district. Fort Wayne. at appoint a register and receiver when a sufficient quantity of public land shall have been at St. Mary's, in the month of October, eighteen hundred and eighteen, lying east of the range line separating the first and second ranges east of the second principal meridian extended north to the present Indian boundary, and north of a line to be run separating the tiers of townships numbered twenty and twenty-one, commencing on the old Indian boundary, in range thirteen east of the said principal meridian, in Randolph county, and the said district to be bounded on the east by the line dividing the States of Ohio and Indi- A land offic ana, shall form a district, for which a land office shall be established at Fort Wayne. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President is The President to hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the aforesaid district, a register of the land office and a receiver of public moneys; which appointments shall not be made for the aforesaid land district until a sufficient quantity of public lands shall have been surveyed within the said district as to authorize, in the opinion of the President, a public sale of land within the same: which register of the land office and receiver of public mo- Register and reneys, when appointed, shall each, respectively, give security ceiver to give sein the same sums, and in the same manner, and whose compensation, emoluments, and duties, and authority, shall, in every respect, be the same, in respect to the lands which shall be disposed of at their offices, as are or may be provided by law in relation to the registers and receivers of public moneys in the several land offices established for the disposal of the public lands of the United States in the States of Ohio and Indiana. surveyed, &c. curity, &c. trict, not granted, except section No. ed for sale to the der direction of the the President may clamation. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the public An the public lands within the aforesaid district, to which the Indian title lands in the dis has been extinguished, and which have not been granted to or reserved, &c., or secured for the use of any individual or individuals, or 16, &c., to be offer appropriated and reserved for any other purpose by any ex- highest bidder, unisting treaties or laws, and with the exception of section register and receiv numbered sixteen in each township, which shall be re- er, such day as served for the support of schools therein, shall be offered designate by profor sale to the highest bidder, at the land office for the said district, under the direction of the register of the land office and receiver of public moneys, on such day or days as shall, by proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose: the land shall be The lands to be sold in tracts of the same size, on the same terms and con- as provided by act ditions, and in every respect, as provided by the act entitled of 24th April, 1820. "An act making further provision for the sale of the public lands,"* approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and twenty. sold in tracts, &c., *Chapter 240. The President may remove the land office to a suitable SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the President of place, whenever the United States shall have power, and he is hereby au- a judges it expe |