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THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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[Published by Authority.]
Seventh Congress of the United
States.
At the First Selflon, begun and held at
the City of Washington, in the Ter
ritory of Columbia, ‘on Monday the
ieventh of December, one thoafaad
eight'hundred and one.
AN ACT to empower fohn juries Du.
four and hn f ajfocicites) to pur chafe cer
tain lands.
BE it euaSed by tire Senate cud llavfe
of Rtfprefeu'taitves of the UnitedStates'
of America , m Cong refs afemhied, That
to encourage -the introduction, and to pro
mote die-culture of the vine within the
territbty of the United States, north weft <
of the rim Ohio, it shall be lawful for
John James-Difour, and his aflociates, to
purchal’e any quantity not exceeding four
fedions or the lands of the United States,
lying between the Great Miami river and
the Indian boundary line, at the rate of
. briars per acre, payable without in
"tcreft, on or before the firft day of Janu
ary, one thousand eight hundred and four
teen. ■> *
Sec. 2. And he it further enacted)
That it shall be tire duty of the register
ot the land-office, cftabliihed at Cincinha*.
ti, to receive and to enter on his entry
book, the applications of the said Ddfour,
and his aflociates, far any unappropriat
ed fedions with the adjoining fradions,
if any, not to exceed in the whole four
fed tons and lying within the dirt rid a
forefaid; Hating in each entry, the date
of the application and the number of the
i'cdion or fra d ion, townfhtp and range
applied for ; and it shall aifo be the duty
of the said register to deliver to the said
Dafoe rand his aflociates, a copy of each
entry thus made ; also a copy of the de
feription or field notes, and of the plat
o! each trail, with a certificate dating
that the fame has betn piirchafed under the
authority of this act, at the race of two
dollars per acre, payable without intcreft,
on or before the firft day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and fourteen.
Sec. 3, And be it further enaSledy
That payment for said land may be made
at the treasury of the United States, or
to the receiver of the land office at Cin
cinnati, eiiher in fpecis, or in the evi
dences of the public debt of the United
States, at the rates preferihed by an ad
entitled “ an ad to authorife the re
cipe of evidences of the public debt, in
.payment fur the lands of the United
dates,” and a difeount at the rate of flu
per cent, a year shall be allowed on any
payments which shall be made before the
fame (hail become clue.
f bee. 4. And be it further enafted,
That on producing to the fee ret ary of the
treamry copies of the entries afotefajd,
and of the plats of the trads applied for,
also the certificate} of the regifler of
*he land office established at Cincinnati, I
that tho fame have been purchafcd in con- 1
formily to the provifuns of this ad, the
iVefuLot-of the- United States shall be and
hereby is authorifed and empowered" to
tftue letters patent in the ulual form, un
*o the fold Dolour, his affociares and their
heirs, for th» said lands ; with condition
[xpreifed: in the said letters patent, that on
nulure. ta pay the pure hale money when- !
,T %»« fo:di become due, the Ends there- 1
ib dcfchbcd, with the improvements j
4ft
thereon, shall be deemed forfeited, and
lhall reveft in the United States.
NATHANIEL MACON, Speaker
of the Iloufe of Reprcfenlatives.
ABRAHAM BALDWIN, Preft.
dent of the Senate pro tempore .
Approved, Mav i, 1802.
Til. JEFFERSON, P rest dent of
the United States,
AN ACT to extend and continue in forte
the provisions of an ad entitled 4 ‘ An
act giving a right of pre-emption to
certain persons who have contracted
with 'John Cleves Symmes or his ajfo
ciatcs, for lands lying between the .
Miami rivers, in the territory North
h'eji of the Ohio; and for other pur-
P-J\sd'
BE it enacted by the Senate and Honfe
of Repre/entatives of the United
States of America, in Congress ajfembled t
That tlte several providers of an att en
titled “ An atf giving a right of pre-emp
tion to certain persons who have contract
ed with John Cleves Symmes, or his
aflbeiates, for lands lying between the
Miami rivers in the territory North-Weft
of the Ohio” (hall be, and the fame are
hereby continued in iorce until the firft
day of March next, fubjert to the modi
fications contained in this aft.
Sec. 2, And be it further enabled,
That the provisions of the said art shall,
and the fame are hereby extended to all
persons claiming land, lying between the
Miami rivers, and without the limits of
Ludlow's survey, by purchase orcontrart
made prior to the firft day of January,
one thousand eight hundred, with John .
Cleves Symmes or his aflbeiates;
Sec. 3. And be it further enabled,
That every person claiming lands as a-/
forefaid, either within or without the
limits of Ludlow’s and who have
not obtained a certificate of the right of
pre-emption therefor, (hall, on or before
the firft day of November next, give
notice of the nature and extent of his
claim, in manner preferibed by the fe.
cond fertion of the said art. And the re
ceiver of public monies, and commiflion
ers appointed under the fourth fertion of
tjte said art, shall meet at Cincinnati, on
the second Monday of November next,
they having given four weeks previous
notice of fach meeting, in a public news
paper printed at Cincinnati, and lhall
then and there proceed to hear and finally
decide upon all claims, of which notice
13y have been given as aforefaid, and
jihall, in all matters relative thereto, go
vern themselves by the provisions of the
said art. Vacancies in the said board of
commiflioners may be filled by the Presi
dent of the United States alone. And the
duties, powers and emoluments of the
said commiflioners, receiver of public mo
nies, and register of the lartd office at Cin- i
cinnati, and surveyor general, as preferr
ed by the said art, lhai), and the fame are
hereby continued.
Sec. 4. And be it further evaded,
That every person who may have obtain
ed, or who shall hereafter obtain, as a
forefaid, a certificate of a right of pre
emption from the laid commiflioners, shall
be allowed until the firft day of January
next, to make the firft payment required
for the lands deferihed in fetch certificate,
and shall, in all other refperts relative
thereto, conform to the several provisions
of the said art,
■ Sec. 5. And be it further enabled,
That it shall and may be lawful for the
fee ret Ary of the treasury to cause to be
viewed, marked, and opened, fitch roads
within the territory North Weft of the
Ohio, as in his opinion will belt serve to
promote the Tales of the public lands in
future : Provided , that the whole Turn
to be expended on such roads lhall not
exceed fix thousand dollars, and that the
fame shall be paid out of the monies paid
by purehafors of public lands on account
of surveying expenccs.
Sec. 6. And be it further evaded,
Thai aii the l;;a& around Vincennes on
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the Wabaflij in the Indiana territory,
the Indian title to which hath been ex
tinguished, (hall be furveycd and laid off
in the manner prescribed by the third
feftion of an aft entitled “ An act to a
mend an adt entitled An ait providing
lor the Talcs of the lands of the United
Stares in the territory North Weft of the
Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky
river,” under directions from the secre
tary of the treasury, and by fitch person
or per Tons as the Prcftdenr of the United
States alone ihall appoint for that purpose;
Provided, that the whole expence of fur*
v eying and marking the-lines (hall not
. exceed four dollars for every mile that
Ihall be ailualiy run, surveyed and mark
ed. And two plats of the lands afore
faid, ihall be prepared by the person or
per To ns who may survey the fame, who
Ihall also delignate thereon the bounds of
the lands of individuals held under reser
vations of the state of Virginia, or under
the laws of the United States: one of the
said plats ihall be returned to the office ®f
the feeretary of the treasury, and the o
ther Ihall be deposited with the feeretary
oi the Indiana territory.
Sec. 7. And be it further entitled,
That in all cases where any feCtion or
fractional feCVion of land lying wdthin the
seven ranges of townships, has been fold
prior to the tenth day of May, one thou,
fund eight hundred, under the authority
of the United States, the lines of such
fed!ion or fractional lefiion, Ihall be run
under the direction of live feeretary of the
treasury, in the manner molt confident
with the supposed boundaries of the fame,
•►at the time of the Tale, any thing in the
aCt of the tenth of May, one thousand
eight hundred, to the contrary notwirh
ftanding. And it Ihall be lawful for the
feeretary of the treasury, whenever lines
thus ran (hall interfere with the claim of
a purchaser of public lands under the bit
mentioned aCt to permit such purchaser,
if he Stall desire it, at any time within
fix months, after such lines, thus inter
feting with his claim, Ihall have been
run, to withdraw his former application,
and to apply in lieu thereof for any other
vacant fedion.
NATHANIEL MACON, S'peahr
of the Ho life of Rebrefcniativti.
AbRAHAM BALDWIN, Pnf.
dent if the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, May i, 1802.
Th ; JEFFERSON, P ref dent of
the United States,
AN ACT further to alter and cftahVjh
' certain Prf .Roads, and for the more Je.
cure carriage of the mad of the United
States.
BE it enacted by the Senate and Hwfe
of Repnfentatives of the United
States of America in Cbngreft Affemblvd,
That the following post-roads be difeenti
nued:
From Pelham to Nottingham Weft, in
New.Hampfhire ;
From Hanover to Scituate, in Maffa*
chufetts;
Fron Bridgewater to Taunton ;
from New-Nork to Saggharbour, in
the Bate of Yew-York ;
From SJieneflady to Sandy-Hlll;
from Salem to Bridgetown, in New-
Jcrfey ;
From Lomberton by Elizabethtown,
to Anderfville, in North-Carolina j
From Rockford by Scuil Camp, to
Grayson court.houft;
From Amelia court-house by Pridcf.
ville, to Paynefville, in Virginia;
From Washington to Cincinnati;
From Franklin coiirt-houfc tojackfon
coort-houfe, in Georgia;
from Gholdfons by Get (bridge, St.
Tammany’s, Mecklenburg court.houfc,
MarfhalPs (lore, Christian's ftorc, Lunen
burg court-house and Edmund’s liorc, to
Gnoidfons.
Sec. 2. And he it further enabled.
That the following pcft-irqttub be cilab
lifhcd ;
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In Maine.
From Denny fvillc to Eaftport;
From Machias, by Dcnnyfville, to
Scothtc]
In Nc w- Ha mpjk ire.
From Pelham, by Windham, to Lon ?
donderry;
From Haverhill, by Bath and
to Lancaster;
In Mojfachvfetts.
From Bolton by Eaftoh, to Taunton;
From Hingham by Cuba He t, to Scitu
ate;
From Springfield by Sotith-Hadlev, to
Northampton;
From Salem bv Topsfield, to Haver
hill.
In Vcrmerit •
Frorh Middlebury by New-HavCn,
Monfton, Hinelburg, V/illitton, Jericho,
Efifcx, Weft ford, Fairfax and Sheldon, to
Huntlhurg ; to return from HTintflfurg by
Bcrklhirc, Enoiburg, Bakersfield, Cam
bridge, Underhill, Jericho, Richmond,
Huntington, Starklboro’ and Bristol, to
Middlebury;
From Danville, by St. Johnlbary,
through Berner, to return to Rycgafe.
In Connecticut.
From Hartford by Coventry, Wind
ham and Canterbury, to Plainfield;
From Middletown by Haddam, to
Saybrook;
From New-Hatcn by Woodl)ridgc,
Waterbary and Watertown, to Litch
field;
From Norwich by Lilhon, Canterbury*
and Brooklyn, to Pomfret.
In Ne<w- York.
From Nevv-York by Brooklyn, Ja
maica, Hamftcad, Merrick, Oylterbay
South, Huntington South/ Iflip, Pat
change, Fireplace, Moriches, Westhamp
ton, Southampton and Bridgehampton, to
Saggharboun
From Ham dead by Huntington, Smith
town, Brookhavcn and Rivcrhcad to
Southhold; V
From Newtown, In the county of Tio
ga, by Catharirtctowu to Geneva;
I* rom Shenertady, to Ballftown Springs,
Milton, Saratoga Springs, Greenfield,
Hadley, Galloway, Charlcton, and again
to Shenetiladyj
From Sandy. Hill to Fort George, and
through the towns ol Thcrmon and Jay
to Plarfburg, and thence to the northern
line of said state.
In Nenxl.Jer/ey.
t From Woodbury by Bridgetown, Mil
ville, Port Elizabeth and Cape May court
house, to Cape Eland;
From Somcrfct court-boufe, bv Bal
kenridge, to Morristown;
From New. Germantown, by David
Miller’s, in Waftiington tovvr.lhip, and
New-Hampton, to Pittftown,
In Ptnnfylvania.
From Lancaster, by Reading, Allen
town, Bethlehem and Stroud’s, to Mifi
ford;
From Lebanon to Jorcftown;
From Jenkintown by the Cross Roads,
and New-Hope, to Flcmmimnon, New-
Jcrfeyj
From Chamberlburg by Me.Terfburv
to Bedford; 6
From D iwningtown by West-Chester,.
Kennet’b square and New. London cross.
roads, to the brick meetinij-houfe in Ma
ryland.
In Maryland,
From Rciftcr/town by M'AUHerftovvn.,
Abbotltown and to Carlisle, Penrtl,
fyl vania;
From Elk ton, by the brick meetings
house, to the Riling Sun, black horse and
f irrci horse taverns, to Lancidler, Pen*-
fylvania;
From Weftxinftcr, in Maryland, by
Union Mills, Petcrfburg and Getticflurg,
to Chamber (burg, in Pennsylvania;
1 rom Boondburo’ by Sharplburg and
Hage.tftown to Mdferfo irg, Penrifylvania;
l ire mail from Ellicott's m'ils to Mont
gomery court-house, snail pass by 8.-Jok
.die.
(See fcnrlh pc l *",J