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BY AUTHORITY.
Sixth Congress of the United States .
At the First Seflion, begun and held
at the City of Philadelphia, in the
• State of Pennsylvania, on Mon
day, the fccond of December,
one thousand seven hundred
and ninety.nine.
»
.I,n ACT in addition to an aft intituled
“ An aft regulating the grants of land
appropriated for military services, and
for the Society of the United Brethren
for propagating the Gospel among the
Heathen
See. I. T) E it enafted by the Senate
JLJ and House of Representa
tives of the United States of America , in
Congress ajfembled, That the refpeftive
points of interfeftion of the lines aftually
run, as the boundaries of the several town,
(hips surveyed by virtue of the aft intitu
led “ an aft regulating the grants of land
appropriated for military services and for
the society of the United Brethren for pro
pagating the gospel among the Heathen,"
accordingly as the said lines have been
marked and afeertained at the time when
►the fame were run, notwithstanding the
fime are not in conformity to the aft a-.
forefaid, or (hall not appear to correspond
with the plat of the survey which has been
returned by the surveyor-general, (hall be
considered, and they are hereby declared
to be the corners of the said town(hips;—
That in regard to every such townlhip as
by the plat and survey returned by the
lurveyor-general is dated to contain four
thousand acres in each quarter thereof, the
points on each of the boundary lines of
such townlhip, which are at an equal di- 1
stance from those two corners of the fame
townfhip r which (land on the fame boun.
darv line, (hall be considered and they
are hereby declared to be comers of the re
fpeftive quartet? of such township; that
the other boundary lines of the said quar
ter town(hips (hall be straight lines run
from each of the lad mentioned comers of
quarter town (hips to the comer of quarter
town(hips on the opposite boundary line of
the fame township; and that in regard to
every such townlhip as by the said return
is dated to contain in any of the quarters
thereof more or less than the quantity of
four thousand acres, the corners marked in
the boundary lines of such townlhip to
designate the quarters thereof, (hall be
considered and they are hereby declared to
be the corners of the quarter townships
thereof, although the fame may be found
at unequal didances from the refpeftive
corners of such townships: And such
townlhips (hall be divided by running lines,
through the fame from the corners of the
quarter townlhips aftuatly marked, whe
ther the interior lines thus extended (hall
be parallel to the exterior lines of the said
townlhip or not; and that each of the said
quarter townships thus bounded, (hall in
every proceeding to be had under the a
bovementioned or this aft, be considered
as containing the exaft quantity expressed
in the plat and survey thereof returned by
the surveyor-general.
Sec. 2- And he it further enafted,
That it (hall be lawful for the proprietors
or holders of warrants for military ser
vices, which have been, or (hall be re
gidered at the ereafury in pursuance of the
aft intituled “ an aft regulating the grants
of land appropriated for military services,
and for the society of the United Bre
thren, for propagating the gospel among
the Heathen," during the time, in the
manner, and according to the rights of
priority, which may be acquired in pur
suance of said aft, to locate the quantities
of land mentioned in the warrants by them
refpeftively rtgiftered, as aforefaid, on any
quarter rowtfthip, or fraftional part of a
quarter townlhip, in the general traft
mentioned and deferibed in said aft: Pro.
'•aided always, That the fraftional quarter
townlhips upon the river Sciota, and those
upon the river Mu(kingum adjoining the
grant made to Ebenezer Zane, or the towns
Salem, Gnadenhutten or Shoenbrun, or
the Indian boundary line, (hall in every
case be accepted and taken in full fatisfac.
tion for four thousand acres. .
Sec. 3, And he it further enafted, I
That whenever locations (hall be made on
any quarrer townlhip, which, according
1 to the aftual survey and plat thereof re
turned by the surveyor-general, is dated
to contain less than the quantity of four
thousand acres, except in the case of frac
tions provided for in the preceding feftion,
it (hall be lawful for the secretary of the
treasury to issue, or cause to be issued,
certificates, exprefling the number of a
cres remaining unfatisfied of any registry
of warrants for the quantity of four thous
and acres, made in pursuance of the aft
before recited, which certificates (hall
have the fame validity and effeft, and be
liable to be barred in like war
rants granted for military services, but no
certificate (hall be granted, nor any claim
allowed for less than fifty acres, nor for
the navigable water contained within the
limits of any quarter townlhip or fraftional
quarter townlhip.
Sec. 4. And be it further enafted, That
whenever a location (hall be made on any
quarter townlhip, which, according to
the aftual survey and plat thereof, return
ed by the surveyor-general, is dated to ex
ceed the quantity of four thousand acres,
no patent (hall be issued in pursuance there
of, until the person making such location,
(hall deposit at the treasury, warrants for
military services or certificates issued by
virtue of the preceding feftion, equal to
the excess above four thousand acres, con
tained in such quarter townlhip, or (hall
pay into the treasury of the United dates
two dollars per acre, in the certificates
of the fix per cent funded debt o( the U
nited States, or money, for each acre of
the excess above four thousand acres as a
forefaid.
Sec. 5. And he it further enafted, That
after the priority of location (hall have
been determined, and after the proprietors
or holders of warrants for military services
(hall have designated the trafts by them
refpeftively elefted; it (hall be the duty
of the Secretary of the treasury to desig
nate by lot, in the presence of the Secre
tary of War, fifty quarter townlhips, of
the lands remaining unlocated, which
quarter townlhips together with the frac
tional parts of townlhips remaining unlo
cated, (hall be referyed for fatisfying
warrants granted to individuals for their
military services, in the manner hereafter
provided.
Sec. 6. And he it further enafted,
That the land in each of the quarter town
(hips designated as aforefaid, and in such
of the fraftional parts of quarter townlhips,
as may then remain unlocated, (hall be di.
vided by the secretary of the treasury, up
on the refpeftive plots thereof, as returned
by the surveyor-general, into as many
lots, of one hundred acres each, as (hall
be equal, as nearly as may be, to the
quantity such quarter townlhip or fraftion
is dated to contain; each of which lots
(hall be included, where prafticable, be
tween parallel lines, one hundred and six
ty peren es in length, and one hundred
perches in width, and (hall be designated
by progreflive numbers upon the plat, or
survey of every such quarter townlhip and
fraftion refpeftively.
Sec. 7. And be it further enafted,
That from and after the sixteenth day of
March next, it (hall be lawful for the hold
er of any warrant granted for military
services, to locate at any time before the
fir ft day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and two, the number of hundred
acres expressed in such warrant, on any lot
or lots from time to time remaining unlo.
cated within the trafts reserved as afore
faid, and upon surrendering such warrant
to the treasury, the holder thereof (hall be
entitled to receive a patent in the manner,
and upon the conditions heretofore pre
ferred by law ; which patent (hall in eve
ry case express the range, townlhip, quar
ter townlhip or fraftion, and number of
the lot located as aforefaid: But no loca
tion (hall be allowed, nor (hall any patent
be issued for any lot or lots of one hun
dred acres, except, in the name of the per
son originally entitled to such warrant, or
the heir or heirs of the person so entitled;
nor (hall any land, so located and patented,
to a person originally entitled to such war
rant, be considered as in trust for any pur.
chafer, or be fubjeft to any contrast made
before the date of such patent, and the ti
tle to lands acquired, in consequence of
patents issued as aforefaid, (hall and may
be alienated in pursuance of the laws,
which have been, or (hall be pafied in the
territory of the United States, north-weft
of the river Ohio, for regulating the
transfer of real property, and not other
wise.
Sec. 8. And he it further enafted,
That in all cases after the sixteenth of
March next, where more than one appli
cation is made for the fame traft, at the
fame time, under this aft, or under the aft
•
✓ £
to which this is in addition, the freretary
of the treasury (hall determine the priority
of location by lot.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted >
That it (hall be the duty of the secretary
of the treasury to advertise the trails
which may be reserved for location, in lots
of one hundred acres, in one newspaper in
each of the states, and in the territory a
forefaid, for and during the term of three
months.
Sec. 10. And he it further ena£led t
That the adual plat and furvey> returned
by the surveyor-general of quarter town
ftjips, and fractional parts of quarteY
townlhips, contained in the traCl mention
ed and described in the aft to which this
is a supplement, {hall be considered as final
and conclusive, so far as relates to the
quantity of land, supposed to be contained
in the quarter townlhips, and fractions,
so that no claim shall hereafter be set up a
gainst the United Stares, by any proprie
tor, or holder of warrants for military
services, on account of any deficiency in
the quantity of land contained in the quar
ter townihip or fractional part of a quar
ter townlhip, which {hall have been loca
ted by such proprietor or holder, nor shall
any claim be hereafter set up by the
United States, against such proprietor or
holder, on account of any excess in the
quantity of land contained therein.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Vice-Pre
sident of the United States , and
President of the Senate.
THEODORE SEDGWICK, Speaker
of the House of Reprefentatwes .
Approved March 1, 1800.
JOHN ADAMS, President
of the Unittd States.
LONDON, February 3.
The profpeCt of a rupture between Swe
den and Denmark and France, increases.
Citizen Grouville has left Copenhagen,
and Mr. Dreyer is recalled from Paris.
Switzerland is to be treated in future
as a neutral country.
Accounts from Egypt are extremely
contradictory. Some assert that the grand
vizier had been defeated by gen. Kleber,
on the confines of Syria, and fiad loft his
camp, part of his baggage, and several
thousand prisoners. This news comes
from Constantinople, but late Vienna ac
counts appear to doubt the intelligence.
Mr. Charles Lind arrived in town ye
sterday morning from Guernsey, with of
ficial information to government of a des
perate battle having taken place in Brit
tany between the Chouans and the repub
lican forces, in which the latter were re
pulsed with the loss of cooo men in kil
led, wounded and prifontrs. * Such was
the report of yesterday in confequcnce of
Mr. Lind’s arrival. Other rumours di
minish the loss of the republicans to three,
and even to two thousand. Such intelli
gence was certainly brought to Guernsey
from France, but we doubt its truth. It
appears however, that the republicans
have renewed hostilities; and the account
of this viCfory may be circulated with the
design of inducing the Britifli govern
ment to forward fuccours to the Chouans.
It is the brother of D‘Autichamp, who
arrived on Friday.—He brought an as
surance that the Chouans are in great
numbers, and good spirits ; and their
force amounts to between sixty and an
hundred thousand men ; but he comes to
solicit fuccours, and will not represent
his cause as desperate.
NEW-YORK, April 4.
Another instance of American Gallantry.
By the schooner Eliza, capt. Fair
child, arrived here yesterday from the
Havannah, we are informed that the {hip
Nancy, capt. Joy, of Boston, had just
arrived at that port. The Nancy, on
the 15th February, inlat. 22, long. 58,
fell in with a French privateer of 14 guns,
and full of men. The Nancy mounts 10
fixes, and had 27 men. An engagement
was immediately commenced, which con
tinued off and on for 24 hours, during
which time the privateer made three molt
desperate attempts to board the lhip, and
was actually foul of her for three hours at
one time ; and though every exertion
was made to board her, yet such was the
aClive bravery of the American tars, that
they kept off the enemy with pikes, cut
lasses, &c. great numbers of whom fell
lifelefs from the lhrouds and bowsprit on
deck and into the ocean. While ope part
of the Nancy's crew were thus defending
themselves, the others were employed in
planting {hot into the privateer, and from
their Ihattered condition, there is'little
doubt of her having gone down, 4s Ihe
was not to be seen in the morning. As
their separation was in the night, and as
the privateer's fails and rigging, as .well
as those of the lhip, were almost all cat
a«j', it Widen rf , I
etcaue more ftrone. 't in* ' *- ff
have loft mao 7 . V
man killed and four wounded. > a ***
This news may be depended on i
mate of the Eliza, noted it from
ot captain Joy. Ju ‘
When such instance. of bravery
very frequently exhibited on board of,
merchantmen, as well as fcip* 0 f
what have we not to expect , I()In ,■ "•
trepidity of American seamen > The,
derwriters, no doubt, will be ever real*
to answer this query i„ feh a wa, as Z
enfnre a ftimnlons to those who have °
honest ardour for their country's r '
and for the profperky of its commerc-H
the Itie oi every country.
The First Consul has taken care to fe_
cure his power from any hidden eftkt of
party, by having 3) -, 0 00 foldier*
paid, in and about Paris.
PHILADELPHIA, April r.
Extratl of a letter from one of the mojl re.
/peaable houses in Liverpool , to a gen.
tletnan in Baltimore , dated Feb. c
“ We have just time by this wnvey'
ance to inform you, that wheat has thij
day been fold at 945. per 7 olbs. A car»o
of flour is arrived from New. York lor
which 80 a 84s per bbl. is expefted—Neiy
rice is 35 a 365. perewt. and all in great
demand.’* 6
Os the 1 2 Indiamen which we yefler.
day mentioned as being (horrly expefted
to enrich our port, one has already arm.
ed, viz. ship Jane, MTherfon, f rom
Canton. The continuance of frelh souther.
ly winds will doubtless soon waft into our
river, those of whose failing we have had
information. We rejoice, in common
with the community, in the ihcrealing
prosperity of our commerce, whose bene,
fits, like the vital fluid of the human hoi
dy, are difFufed throughout the whole
country. Enriched by the enterprize and
industry of merchants, whose general cha.
rafter is that of probity and intelligence
in tranfafting bufinefs—ftrengrhened by
the reciprocal labors of the various mecha.
nical profeffions—fcience and the arts,
blended with found religion, improving
these blessings, under a government libe*
ral and enlightened—the American peo.
pic are surrounded with the means for eve.
ry domestic and political happiness.
Where they are not enjoyed, it may ge.
nerally be attributed toperfonal remissness
—but never to the incompetency of the
social compaft.
Mr. Murray had been at Paris, some.
time before the date of the dispatches from
our envoys. The fecretarics of the Em.
baffy, who went by land from Lilbon, had
also arrived there.
April 8.
Extras of a letter dated NevJ~Torh t A .
prtl 4.
I have it from undoubted authority,
that the port of Havannah will remain
open to Americans during the war.
You may likewise men cion, if you think
proper, that the Sampson bound to Can
ton, and which had not arrived, had been
out 7 months; that fears are entertained
of her having been captured by the
French : and that when she failed frotfl
this port, (he had on board 125,000 dol
lars in specie, besides individual ventures
of the officers, &c.
Her property was nearly all insured ia
our two cities.
The United States schooner Expert*
ment, Maley, has lately taken five pnx*
es—among which are three Baltimore
schooners, two of which the name un
known—they were trading from St. Jagfl
de Cuba, to the ports in pofleffion ot Rt«
gaud!—One the schooner Anna, ot Balti
more ; also bound to Rigaud, and a br-g
under French colours, said tobe Spannh-
Last evening arrived the (hip Richmond)
Glen, from Batavia.
. April 9.
The non-arrival of the two last packet
due from England, has excited in o i!l
merchants and others, considerable a PP r £
henfions for their fafety. Latterly I ■■
winds have been extremely propitious—
we know of no French vetfels crutfmg 1
their track, whose force would be com
petent to their capture; and yet by oft
an event alone, or stress of weather, <*•
we account for their*3clay.
CHARLESTON, April 14* .
On Saturday evening arrived the
Mary, capt.'Meffroon, in 55 days iron
Liverpool. ’ ,
The Mary left Liverpool the U 1 .
February, and brings advice o tie _
val at Paris, of the American Comma
fioners, and of their favourable re P
—American produce was S e *j e * ' r ; L <
except flour, which is quoted m P j
current of Feb. i*j at 9^ 5 ' To-
Sea Island Cotton at a * s * t
baccoata i-*i. to 4 d. per lb
-33 * 37 s *