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For a road from the lower rapids of Miami to the western boundary

of the Connecticut reserve

To the city of New Orleans for a street

To Florida for a seat of Government

To the corporation of Tuscaloosa

To the corporation of St. Ann, and the Governor and Judges of
Michigan

To the parish of West Baton Rouge

To Detroit, for the use of the city

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To Florida, for a canal, and ninety feet on each side

To Missouri, of salt-springs and lands adjacent, for education

To Arkansas, for public buildings

Of hospital lot to the city of St. Augustine

To Peoria county, Illinois, for seat of justice

To Ohio, for schools

To Arkansas, for schools and seminary of learning

To Michigan, for schools and seminary of learning

Of lands in Alabama and Mississippi for schools

To Wisconsin Territory, for a canal

To Cherokee county, Alabama, for seat of justice

Donations of land TO INDIVIDUALS—

To actual settlers, adjoining the villages of Kaskaskia, Prairie-du-

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Donations of land TO INDIVIDUALS—

To claimants in Louisiana and Missouri, confirmed

To sufferers by earthquakes in New Madrid, Missouri
To inhabitants and cultivators in Louisiana

To holders or occupiers of lots in Mobile

To occupants and cultivators in Green Bay, Prairie du Chien, and
Michilimackinaw

To inhabitants of Peoria

To actual settlers in Florida

To inhabitants of Mobile

To those who lost improvements by reason of a Cherokee treaty
To actual settlers in Mississippi

To claimants in Arkansas, time for presenting extended

To Polish exiles

To railroad companies, for right of way and other purposes

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533

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To Henry Perrine and associates, of a township for the cultivation of

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Their locations sanctioned

Education in northwestern territory

Entries for lands authorized to be withdrawn

Errors in making, may be corrected

Authorized after payment, under certain regulations
For the State of Indiana, authorized to be changed
Errors in making, may be corrected

Evidences of public debt receivable in payment for public lands

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519

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458

255, 299, 300, 488

425

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316

463

530

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Evidence, the authenticated copies of certain papers to serve instead of the ori-

ginals

Exchange of lands west of the Mississippi for lands lying east, authorized to be

Imade with the Indians

Between the university of Michigan and Martin Baum authorized

Exiles from Poland, lands granted to

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Florida, the Territorial Government of, restrained in the exercise of legislative

Seat of Government for

Donations to settlers in

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Proceeds of certain lands in, appropriated to the erection of public
buildings

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357

115

457

533

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power over the public lands

341

Commissioners appointed to ascertain land titles in

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436, 466

437

485

510

548

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Confirmation of certain land claims in

Claimants in, not embraced in other laws, to institute legal proceed-
ings

Authorized to open a canal through the public lands

The school-lands of, to be sold, and the proceeds invested
Seminary lands in, to be sold

Floats authorized for unlocated confirmed claims

Foreigners invited into the army of the Revolution
Forfeiture of lands for non-payment of purchase-money
Fort Washington, the site of, to be sold

Fort Wayne, pre-emption right to, granted to the county of Allen, in Indiana
France, treaty-stipulation with

Frauds at public sales, to depress the price, punishable

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Directed to ascertain the latitude of certain points

Georgia, State of, and the United States, interfering claims of, to territory, to be

settled

Further powers to the respective commissioners

Indemnity allowed to certain claimants of land deriving title from

State of, nett proceeds of certain lands payable to

Cession by

Act of

Gervais, Gabriel, grant of land to

Gold-mines on public lands:

One-third of, reserved for the United States (repealed)

Grants. (See Donations.)

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British or Spanish, in Mississippi Territory; board to examine their
validity, and provisions touching them

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The State of Tennessee authorized to make certain

French or Spanish, &c., the validity of, in Missouri and Arkansas, to

be tried -

Great Britain, treaty of peace with

Green Bay, commissioners appointed to ascertain and settle titles to land at
Gnadenhutten, disposition of lots in

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Heard, Stephen, and others, grant to them

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Highways, public, navigable streams declared to be 54, 56, 98, 185, 195, 216, 273, 276, 286,

Hospital department of continental army, grants of land provided for
House-keepers, settlers who were, entitled to pre-emptions

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Indian reservations, the reversionary interest of the United States in certain, re-

linquished

In Ohio, to be sold

Interest for securities for public lands not computed

When chargeable, and when not

Indiana, lands in, to be surveyed and sold

Provisions for claims to land in

Seat of Government for, to be located and disposed of
Compact of, with the United States

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510

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109

104, 128

143

188, 312

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Authorized to open a canal through the public lands

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Authorized to locate a road from lake Michigan to the Ohio river
Lands granted to, for a canal from the Wabash to lake Erie -
Authorized to sell school lands

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Land granted in lieu of 16th section in Monroe county, for schools

547

Indians: President authorized to exchange lands lying west of Mississippi for

lands east of the same, with them

Alabama, President authorized to lease certain lands to

Wyandot, two tracts of land granted to

Involuntary servitude in the Northwestern Territory prohibited

Iowa, Territorial Government of

Restrictions upon the legislative power of

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Lafayette, General, land warrant and patent granted to
Lands, grants and donations of. (See Donations.)

Reservations of. (See Reservations.)

Pre-emption right to. (See Pre-emptions.)
Settlers on. (See Settlers.)

100, 118, 127, 143, 183

Lands of the United States: GENERAL REGULATIONS RESPECTING THEIR OCCU-

PATION, SURVEY, SALE, AND DISPOSITION-

Ceded by the States, to be chargeable with the advances for their acqui-

sition

Purchases from Indians to be void

Settlements upon, prohibited

8, 17, 18

The primary disposal of, to remain inviolate in the United States 23, 187, 216, 285,
310, 341, 542, 543, 569
To be exempt from State taxation 23, 187, 216, 285, 286, 310, 341, 542, 543, 569
How to be divided and formed into States

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To be formed into townships six miles square, and into sections and
subdivisions

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50, 283, 323, 498

In what way to be surveyed 11, 12, 17, 50, 51, 104, 109, 119, 190, 254, 323, 493
Mode of disposing of
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Sale-books to be kept by the Secretary of the Treasury and Governor
of the Territory

Regulations for keeping books, to be prescribed by the Secretary of the

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Patents to be issued in the name of the United States, and counter-
signed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and re-
corded

To whom patents may be issued

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Patents to have legal effect, although the persons to whom issued may
have died

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Streams and their beds to be common to the conterminous pur-

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Scrip of officers and soldiers of Virginia line receivable in payment for
Treasury notes receivable in payment for

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13, 33, 52, 104, 128

476

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Lands of the United States: GENERAL REGULATIONS RESPECTING THEIR OCCU-

PATION, SURVEY, SALE, AND DISPOSITION—

Interest only chargeable when instalments are not duly paid

To be sold for cash only

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Price reduced to $1 25 per acre

To be paid for in the same currency as duties on imports

Persons employed in the General Land Office debarred from making

purchases, or receiving fees

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Registers of land offices appointed. (See Registers.)
Receivers of public moneys. (See Receivers.)

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Compensation of registers and receivers limited and fixed
Deputy surveyors appointed, and their duties prescribed

Registers and receivers of certain districts to act as superintendents of sales
Registers and receivers to decide on conflicting claims in Louisiana
Surveyors General to return plats to the registers

Duties of Surveyors General prescribed

To be offered for sale in sections, half sections, and other subdivisions

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Purchasers at private sale to make application in writing, and the de-
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May be publicly resold when the prescribed payments are not made
Forfeited, may be sold

Reverted to the United States for non-payment, shall not be sold at
private sale for less than they brought at public sale
Reverted, to be first offered at public sale

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Public sales to be advertised from three to six months

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Public sales to be continued

When offered at private sale

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Register to determine by lot when two apply at the same time
Fraudulent combinations and contracts to depress the price, prohibited
When two or more apply at the same time, the land to be offered to
the highest bid -

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Errors in making entries, occasioned by the officers of the United States,
may be corrected

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Returns relative to public lands to be made to the Commissioner of the
General Land Office

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East of the Mississippi may be exchanged with the Indians for lands
west of the same

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Adjacent to any river, lake, &c., to be surveyed in tracts of fifty-
eight by four hundred and sixty-five poles

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Warrants for military service to be granted by the Secretary of War,
and recorded in land office

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Taxes upon, of non-resident proprietors, to be not greater than those
of resident

216

Surveys of, made, and patents issued agreeably to certificates of con-
firmed claims

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School lands may be leased

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Surrendered under relief laws, withheld from sale two years
The President to fix the compensation of deputy surveyors and others
Their survey commenced and prosecuted 17, 50, 180, 183, 190, 193, 218, 232,
244, 248, 256, 273, 275, 276, 305, 332, 359, 372, 472, 520, 614
Sales ordered 18, 52, 53, 100, 109, 128, 130, 131, 142, 161, 168, 176, 192, 254,
297, 304, 305, 306, 307, 314, 331, 332, 345, 351,
364, 370, 403, 501, 510, 511, 513, 578, 579

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