appointed by the Treasury. such parts of said lands as may be forfeited by the tenants by reason of non-performance of the covenants in their leases; to ascertain the actual cash value of each of the lots and town lots, with the improvements thereon, and, also, the value of each, subject to the conditions of the lease outAppraisers to be standing on it, by the aid of two disinterested appraisers, to Secretary of the be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, to ascertain the award to be made to Isaac Simners, Jesse Walton, Barzilia Walton, Jesse Hill, and Boaz Walton, according to their leases; to receive a surrender of such of the leases outstanding on such lands as the holders thereof may be disposed to make, who have or shall first comply with the conditions of their leases up to the time of the surrender; to superintend the sale of said lands and lots, and to transfer to the purchasers who shall buy any of said land or lots, subject to the leases thereon, the lease of the lot or land so bought; and to do whatever else may be necessary to effect a speedy and advantageous disposition of said lands and lots. A right of pre-emp. tion to be allowed and others. Proviso; persons SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That a right of preto John Andreas, emption shall be allowed to John Andreas, John Neigaman, Jacob Winsh, and Catharine Tschudy, at the real cash value of the lots occupied by them, according to the stipulations of the said agreement for retrocession, and to any of the lessees, for any lot embracing their lease; and, also, to the said Society of United Brethren, for any of the remaining lots or town lots, to an amount not exceeding the amount stipulated to be paid to them by the United States: Provided, That any of the persons entitled to pre-emption, who entitled to pre shall be desirous to avail themselves of such right, shall give emption, to give notice, &c. notice to the said agent of such their intention before the cash value of the lots is ascertained; and, in the case of the lessees, shall, at or before the time of giving such notice, pay all arrears of rent and surrender their leases, and shall, immediately after the said cash value is ascertained, be entitled to a patent for the lot or land to which they are entitled, as aforesaid, on paying the amount of such cash value; or, in the case of the society, on their executing and delivering to said agent a discharge to the United States for so much as said lot or land whereto a pre-emption is claimed shall amount to, on account of any sum to become due them by reason of the stipulations in said retrocession; and no right to such pre-emption shall be considered as extending beyond the time of commencing the sale of said lands, as hereinafter directed. The usual ground leys in the town, public use. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of for streets and al; the Treasury may cause to be designated and allowed for pubto be allowed for lic use the usual ground for streets and alleys in said town, for public ground, and for schools; and may, moreover, cause to be designated and set apart one lot in each of said tracts, not exceeding one thirty-sixth part of each, the title whereof shall be vested in the Legislature of the State of Ohio, and held in trust for the use of schools, in the same manner as other lands granted by the United States for the use of schools are held in that State. are made, value as nated, the agent to certain newspa sale, &c. to pay, forfeits, &c. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That immediately after After the surveys the said surveys shall be completed, the cash value ascer certained, and the tained, and the school lands designated, the said agent shall school lands desig. give notice, by advertisement in one newspaper in Washing- give notice through ton city, and one in Steubenville, one in Zanesville, and pers of the time of one in New Philadelphia, Ohio, of the time, not less than sixty days from the first publication, when he will offer the said lands and lots for sale at public vendue at the court-house in New Philadelphia aforesaid; and shall, at such time and place, proceed to offer for sale, to the highest bidder, any of said lands or lots remaining undisposed of, in the manner hereinbefore provided for; and none of said lots or land At cash value, &c. shall be put up at a less sum than the actual cash value ascertained as aforesaid; and in case any of said lessees shall have failed or refused to surrender their leases, the sale shall be made subject to those leases; and each purchaser who may purchase at such sale shall immediately pay to the said agent the amount of his purchase, and take his receipt for the amount, specifying the lot or land purchased; upon which the purchaser shall be entitled to a patent as other purchasers of public land are; but in case any purchaser Purchaser failing shall fail to make his payment, as aforesaid, at or before the close of the sale, he shall be considered as having forfeited his purchase, and the land struck off to him shall be again offered for sale, in the same manner as if it had never been struck off; and the said agent, immediately. after the close Agent to pay over, of such sale, shall pay over the money received at such sale and for rent to the United States, and report all his proceedings to the General Land Office; and the President shall President to issue be, and he is hereby, authorized, whenever the boundaries of the several lots stipulated to be conveyed to the said society shall be ascertained, to issue patents therefor to said society. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That the agent herein Said agent to take provided for shall take an oath of office, and give bond and security. security, in such sum and form as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and be allowed and paid for his services a salary at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum: To receive $600per Provided, That said office shall not continue longer than is necessary to perform the duties herein required, and not to longer than one year; and said salary, together with the incidental expenses attending the said survey and sale, shall be charged to the fund to be raised by the sale of said lots and land. The said appraisers shall be allowed the sum of two Appraisers allowed dollars for each day actually employed in the appraisement aforesaid, and neither the said agent nor appraisers shall be at liberty to purchase any of the said lands or lots. and report. patents. an oath, and give annum. Proviso; office not continue longer than a year, &c. g2 a day, &c. maining unsold at shall be subject to SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That if any such land Any land or lots reor lots remain unsold at public auction, as aforesaid, the same public auction, shall be subject to entry and sale at the land office in Zanes- entry and sale, at ville, in Ohio, at the actual cash price, ascertained as afore- and office in Zanesville. of proceeds, &c. said, in the same manner that other lands of the United States are authorized to be entered; and it shall be the duty Separate account of the accounting officers of the Treasury Department to keep a separate account of the proceeds of the lots and lands aforesaid, and of all inoneys received and disbursed on account thereof; and after the expenses of survey and sale of said lots and land shall be reimbursed, it shall be the duty Secretary of the of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the said society Treasury to pay the sums stipulated to be paid them, and for which they shall President to desig nate a reservation tian Indians feel a residence on the river Thames. not have taken lands and lots as hereinbefore provided for; to pay to the said Simners, Hill, and Waltons, the sums awarded to them, and then to credit the residue of the proceeds of said lots and lands, as they shall be received, to the fund for raising the annuity for the Christian Indians, so called, in the manner stipulated in the agreement entered into with them on the eighth of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That whenever the in case the Chris said Christian Indians shall notify the President of the United disposition to re- States that they wish to remove from their present residence move from their on the river Thames, into the territory of the United States, it shall be lawful for the President to designate a reservation of not less than twenty-four thousand acres of land, to be held by the said Indians in the usual manner of Indian reservations, so long as they shall live thereon; and from the time said Indians shall remove on to said reservation, the said annuity shall cease. Approved, May 26, 1824. [See Part II, Nos. 305, 821.] within the limits of CHAP. 307.-An act supplementary to the several acts providing for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land in the St. Helena and Jackson Court-house land districts. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asClaimants of lands sembled, That the claimants of lands within the limits of the the land district of land district of St. Helena, as established by the act of the allowed until the twenty-fifth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, 1st of Jan. next to entitled "An aet for ascertaining the titles and claims to St. Helena, to be present them. *Chapter 133. +Chapter 236. lands in that part of Louisiana which lies east of the river Mississippi and island of New Orleans," whose claims have been presented to the commissioner appointed to receive and examine claims and titles to lands in said district, or to the register and receiver, acting as commissioners, under the provisions of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to lands and establishing land offices in the districts east of the island of New Orleans," and which have not been reported to Congress, or whose claims have not been *Chapter 273. receiver to appoint a clerk. of heretofore presented to the said commissioner, or to the register and receiver, acting as commissioners, be allowed until the first day of January next to present their titles and claims, and the evidence in support of the same, to the register and receiver of the said district, whose powers and duties in relation to the same shall, in all respects, be governed by the provisions of the acts before recited and of the act of the eighth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, 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." SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said register The register and and receiver shall have power to appoint a clerk, who shall be a person capable of translating the French and Spanish languages, and who shall perform the duty of translator and such other duty as may be required by said register and receiver and the said register and receiver shall each be al- Compensation lowed, as a compensation for their services in relation to the ceiver. said claims, and for the services to be performed under the provisions of the several acts to which this is a supplement, at the rate of one thousand dollars a year; and the clerk at Compensation the rate of twelve hundred and fifty dollars a year; and the clerk employed by the said register and receiver, last year, shall be allowed, for the services then rendered by him, nine months' salary, at the same rate; which several sums of money shall be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That not more than two Proviso; not more years' compensation be thus allowed to either the register compensation." and receiver, or their clerk; and the payment of the whole Payment may be or any portion of the aforesaid compensation may be with- withheld, unul, held by the Secretary of the Treasury until a report shall have been made to him of the performance of the services for which the same is allowed. the register and re the clerk. of than two years' &c. to be surveyed at claimants. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all donation claims All donat'n claims which may be presented to the said register and receiver the expense of the under this act, and all claims founded on complete or incomplete titles, which may be so presented, not heretofore surveyed, shall be surveyed at the expense of the claimants. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the principal Depy surveyor to deputy surveyor of the United States for the St. Helena President district shall reside at such place in the said district as shall be designated by the President of the United States. Approved, May 26, 1824. [See Part II, Nos. 19, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 676, 697, 699, 700, 702, 706, 707, 714.] reside the think proper. may CHAP. 308.-An act explanatory of "An act entitled An act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of public lands," "t approved on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight Original act, ch. hundred and twenty-four. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress as 295. of the act of May obtained certifi dit for any quantity of land. The benefits, &c. sembled, That the benefits and privileges of the act of Con18, 1824, extended gress entitled "An act to provide for the extinguishment of to those who have the debt due to the United States by the purchasers of pubcates of further cre- lic lands," approved on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, of which this act is explanatory, be extended to those persons who have obtained certificates of further credit for any half-quarter section, or for any fractional section of land, under the provisions of any of the several laws for the relief of purchasers of public lands referred to in the said act, of which this is explanatory. All relinquishm'ts of land executed be filed with the office where pur chased. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all relinquishunder said act, to ments of land which shall be executed under the provisions register of the land of the said act of the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, or under the provisions of this act, shall be filed with the register of the land office at which the land was purchased, any thing in the said act of the eighteenth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, of which this is explanatory, to the contrary notwithstanding. +Further extend. ed. Chap. 376. warrants revived, Approved, May 26, 1824. [See Part II, Nos. 13, 301, 306, 307, 308, 310, 312, 313, 321, 324, 344, 396.] CHAP. 309.-An act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of military land warrants.† SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asThe issuing of land sembled, That the authority granted to the Secretary of the and continued in Department of War, by an act, approved the twenty-fourth force for five years. day of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen,‡ to issue warrants for the military land bounties to persons entitled thereto, shall be revived and continued in force for the term of five years. *Chapter 226. Approved, May 26, 1824. [See Part II, Nos. 2, 43, 108, 113, 114, 115, 116, 121, 236, 237.] $Original act, ch. 282. to, &c. the register CHAP. 310.-An act supplementary to "An act providing for the examination of titles to land in that part of the State of Louisiana situated between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine river."§ SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asThe powers given sembled, That the powers given to, and duties required of, and receiver of the the register and receiver of the land office south of Red Red river, Louisi- river, in the State of Louisiana, by the act of the third of ana, by the act of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, entitled "An act providing for the examination of the titles to land in land office south of 3d March, 1823, extended. |