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[BY AUTHORITY.]
Eighth Congrefi of the United States,
At the First Session begun and held at the
City of Washington, in the Territory of
Columbia, on Monday the seventeenth
of Oftobcr, one thousand eight, hundred
and three.
AN ACT
An aR making prtrvifiou for the disposal ts
the public lands in the Indiana Territo
ry, and for other purposes,
BE it enaSlid by the Senate and lloufe
of Representatives of the United Stales
of America in Cong rtf; ajfemhled , That
the powers veiled by haw in the surveyor
genera!, (hall extend over all the- public
lands of the United States to which the
Indian title has been or (hall hereafter be
exringuiftied, north of the river Ohio, and
east of the river Mississippi; and it (hall be
the duty of the said surveyor general, to
cause the said lands to be surveyed into
townships fix miles fquarc, and divided in
the fame manner, and under the fame regu
lations, and to do and perform ail such o
ther afts in relation to the said lands, as is
provided by law in relation to the lands of
>• the United States, fituatc north weft of the
river Ohio, and above the mouth of Ken
tucky rivet; Proa;: Jed, That the whole
expenfc ofjfarveying and marking the lines
shall not exceed three dollar* for every mile
that (hall be actually run, surveyed and
marked: And provided also , That such
trads of land as are lawfully claimed by
individuals within the said boundaries, and
the title whereto has been or (hall be recog
nized by the United States, (hall be laid
out and surveyed at the expense of the par
ties refpedively, in conformity with the
boundaries of fiich tracts. Audit shall al
so be the duty of the said furveycr general
to cause to be run, surveyed and marked,
such of the Indian boundary lines of the
said lands as have not yet been surveyed ;
and wiih the approbation of the President
of the United States, to afeertain, by as
tronomical obfervattons, the portions of
such places north bf the river Ohio, and
east of the river Mississippi, as may be deem
ed necclTary for the corredlnefs of the sur
veys, and to be the mod important points
of the geography of the country.
Sec. z. And be it further enaflcd, That
for the disposal of the lands of tho-United
States oorth of the river Ohio, and east: of
the river Mississippi, in the Indiana terri
tory, three land offices (hall be established
in the fame, one at Detroit, for the lands
lying north of the (late of Ohio, to which
the Indian title has been extinguished ; one
at Vincennes, for the lands to which the
Indian title has been extinguished, and
djp;ich are included within the boundaries
fixed by the treaty lately held with the In
dian tribes of the Vv'abaQi ; and one at Kaf
kalkia, lor so much of the lands included
within the boundaries fixed by the treaty
of the thirteenth of August, one thousand
eight hundred and three, with the Kalkaf
kia tribe of Indians, as is not claimed by
any other Indian tribe : and for each of the
said offices a register and a receiver of pub
lic monies (hall be appointed, who (hall
give security in the fame manner, in the
fame Anns, and whose compensation, cmo.
laments and duties, and authority, (hall,
in every refpcfl, he the fame in relation to
the lands which shall be disposed of at their
offices, as arc or may be by law provided,
in relation to the registers and receivers of
public monies irTlhe feveral’offices cflablifn
cd tor the disposal of the lands of the United
States noith of the river Ohio, and above
the mouth of Kentucky river.
Sec. 3. And be it further enafied, That
every person claiming lands within any of
the three tnfts of land deferibed in the pre
ceding fedion, by virtue of any legal grant
made by the French government, prior to
the treaty of Paris, of the tenth of Febrsia-
ry, one thousand seven hundred and si xty
three, or of any legal grant made by the
British government, subsequent to the said
treaty, and prior to the treaty of peace be
tween the United States and Great-Btitain,
of the third of September, one thousand se
ven hundred and eighty-three, or of any
resolution, or aft of Congress, subsequent
to the said treaty of peace, (hall, on or be.
fore the firft day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and five, deliver to the regi
ster of the land office, within whose diftrift
the land may He, a notice in writing, dat
ing the nature and extent of his claims, to
gether with a plot of the traft or trafts
claimed, and may also, on or before that
day, deliver to the said regiiler, for the
purpose of being recorded, every grant, or
der of survey, deed, conveyance, or other
written evidence of tKc»i vlalm ; and the
fame shall be recorded By the said
in boohs to be kept for that purpose, on
receiving from the parties at the rate of
twelve and a half cents, for every hundred
words contained in Arch writen evidence of
their claim ; and if Arch person (hall negleft
to deliver such notice, in writing, of liis
claim, or to cause to be recorded such writ
ten evidence of the fame, all hii right, so
x far as’ the fame is derived from any resolu
tion cr aft of Congress, (hall become void,
and forever be barred.
Sec. 4. And be it further enafled, That
the regiiler, and receiver of public monies,
of the three above mentioned land offices,
(hall, for the lands refpeftively lying with
in their diftrifts, be eommiffioners for the
purpose of examining the claims of persons
claiming lands by virtue ot the preceding
feftions. Each of the said eommiffioners
(hall, previous to entering on the duties of
his appointment, take and,
fubferibe the following oaih or affirmation, •
before fomc person qualified to adromifteir *
the fame, “I, r do solemn- f
ly fwtar, (or affirm) that I will impartially j
cxcrcife and difeharge the duties imposed $
upon me, as coramiffioner for examining the j
claims to land, by an aft of Congress, en- t
titled, “An aft making provision for the )
difpofai of the public lands in the Indiana i
territory, and for other purpnfes.” *
It shall be the duty of the said commif. |
fioners to meet at the places where the said t
land offices arc by this aft eftabliffied, re- !
fpeftively, on or before the firfi: day of Ja- i
nuary, one thousand eight hundred and
five ; and each board shall, in their tefpeft- .
ive difirifts, have power to hear in alum- i
mary manner, all matters refpefting such
claims ; also to compel the attendance of
witnefics, to administer oaths, and examine
witnefles, and such other teflimony as may
be adduced, and to decide thereon accord- j
ino- to jufiice and equity, which dccifion j.
ffiall be laid before Congress in the manner
herein after direfted, and be fubjeft to
• their decision thereon. The said boards,
refpeftively, (hall have power to! appoint
a clerk, whose duty ij: (hall be to enter in a ?
book to be kept for that purpose, full and ,
coneft minutes of their proceedings and de
ctfhins, together with the evidence on which
fach dcclftons are m ule ; which books and
papers, on the diflbluiion of tha boards,
(hall be depofued in (he refpeftive offices of
the registers of the land offices ; and the
said c’.crk Aral! prepare two tranferipts of all
the decisions made by the said commission
ers in favor of the claimants to land, both
of which (kali be signed by the said com
missioners, and one of which (hall be trans.
mitted to the surveyor general, and the o
ther to the secretary of the treasury ; and
the land, the claims to which (hall have
been thus affirmed by the eommiffioners,
(hall not be otherwise disposed of until the
dccifion of Congress thereupon (hall have
been made. It lhall liketvife be the duty
of the said eommiffioners to make to the
secretary of the treasury a full report cf all
the claims filed with the regiiler of the pro
per land office, as above direfted, which
, they may have rejefted, together with the
substance of the evidence adduced in sup
port thereof, and such remarks thereon as
they may think proper, which reports,
together with the tranferipts of the deci-
Aons of the eommiffioners in favor of daim
lants, (hall be laid by the secretary cf the
treasury before Congress at their next en
suing session. Each of the eommiffioners
and clerks aferefaid, (hall be allowed a com.
penfation of five hundred dollars in full for
his fervtces as such; and each of the said
clerks (hail, previous to his entering cm the
\ duties of bis cS;c, take and fttbfcr'bt the i
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following oath or affirmation, ta wit:
“k do fciemnly swear for af
fiin) that I will truly and faithfully daf
clj fgc the duties of a tlerk to the board of
ccjjh.raiflioners for examining the claims to
lajid, as enjoined by an aft of Congrcfs,
ituled, “An aft making provision for
ili disposal of the public lands in the Indi
ana territory, and for other purposes.”
lilec, 5. 4nd bt it further enaiied, That
ail the lands aforctaid, not excepted by vir-
Wof preceding IV (ion, (hall/ with
tfe exception of the feftion *< number fix
tefV which ftjall be reserved iq each
tdvnlhip for the support of schools within
til; fame, with the exception alia of an
eii : re townlhip in each of the three
aft we deferibed trafts of country or di
ftr ftr, to be located by the secretary of the
tft c ' m'iPll »r m I— C 1.-- .
and with the exception aUb of the fait
fprirtgs aitd lands reserved for the ufc of the
fame as herein after direfted, be offered for
faje to the highest bidder, under the direc
tion of the farveyor general or governor of
tljc Indiana territory, of the fegiftcr of the
land office, and of the receiver of public
monies, at the places refpeftively, where
the land offices are kept, and on such day
of days as (hall, by a public proclamation
of the President of the United States, be
defigntfted for that purpofc, The Tales (hall
remain open at each place for three weeks
and no longer ; the lands (hall not be fold
for left than two dollars an acre, and (hall
ip every other refpeft, be fold in trafts of
the fame.Xizc and on the fame terms and
editions, as have been or may be by law
provided tor the lands fold north of the ri
ver Ohio, and above the mouth of Ken
tucky liver* All lands, other than the
refcrvtd factions and those excepted as a
t ■_ iriOi . a vi^id
ill on Id not be difeharged, in terms oft;
aft of afle.qbly in such cases made and pr,
vided,
; . -• Token from the minutes,
r Jjly Term, 1 £O4.
A. TATOM, Clerk,
. Augufi n. ' 41
1 L O S T,
About the middle of last April
a NOTE OF HAND, given by Jofapl
Stubbs and Jeremiah Burkh,alter to join
Compton, lor two hundred dollars, datet
29th of Jar.caty, 1803, enr.lofed in a let
V rto the fubfcrj!)er. This is to forwarn a!
persons from trading for said note, and fait!
Stubbs and Eurkhalter from paying the
fame to any other perfoh. If any person
) hath found the said note, and will lodge it
at the cfficc of the Augufla Chronicle,
he (hall be paid far his trouble by
CAMM THOMAS.
dupufl 7.
CAUTION!
The fubferibers having purrhaf
:. cd a negro man on the 9th iutt. ‘rorr Gufa
lives Howard of Augusta, and having paf
our not? to said Howard to the amount «f
one hundred ?nd fifty dollars, payable est
the 25th of Dicembrr next---Now, find
ing that the said negro Is admitted to fits,
I ana not equal to what wc expefted, wc
forewarn all prrfortt from trading far said
note, as w: arc determined not to o*y it.
HENRY PJPE,
For fclf and Brother.
A’i*u!i to. Tf*
\V 1 LITE SOLD,
To the hi'heft bidder, at the of \
may wish to proceed with due rofpeft to the
senate, and give dignity and weight to our
own opinion so far as contradifts their’s, by
thedeliberare and decent manner in which v/c
decide. For my part, Mr. Speaker, Ido
not conceive titles so pregnant with danger
as fame gentlemen apprehended : 1 bclive a
President of the United State?, ftoathed
with all the powers given in the coriftitu
tuiion, would not he a dangerous person to
the liberties of America, if you were to
load him with ail the titles of Europe or
Alia. We have seen superb and august ti
tles given without conferring power and in
fluence, or without even obtaining refpeft ;
one of the mod impotent sovereigns in
Europe, I ,has a (Turned a tide asjhigh as human
• invention can devise; for example, what
words can imply a greater magnitude of
power and farength than that of high migh.
tint's; this title seems to border almost up.
on impieyv ; it is aflfuming the pre-eminence 1
andomniporency of the deity'; y.t this u
-1 tie and many-others cast in the fame mould
fVOL. No. 012 1
Mkft.. -iCUA* ■-tti.f. r-- > ■-■Pi ' mm
hvre obtained a long time in Europe, ball
luVe they conferred power i Doc* experi
ence fanCtify such opinion, look at the re
public I hare alluded to and fay if their pre
fect late warrants the idea.
M i am not a afraid of tides becaofe I
foir ihc danger of any power they could con
fer, but 1 am againlt them bccaufc they are
not very rcconcileable with the nature of our
government, or the genius of the people ;
even if they were proper fin thcmfelves,
they are not so at (his juncture of time.—
But my strongest obje&fon i* founded in prin
ciple, inflcad of cncreafing they diminifo
the mtc dignity and importance of a repub.
■ and would in particular, on thtscccafi,
eat, diminlfh the true dignity of the chief
magistrate himfelf. If we give titles we
mull either borrow or invent them—if we
J«W» cf laxuii-_.
our own creation, it is a great chance but its
fan taftic properties render the empty fantom
ridiculous and absurd. If we borrow', the
fertile imitation will be odious, not to fay
ridiculous alio —we mud copy f rom the pom
pous sovereigns of the call, or follow the
inferior potentates of Europe j in cither
case, the splendid tinsel or gorgeous lobe
wonld disgrace the manly (boulders of our
chief. The more truly honorable (ball we
be by (hewing a total negledi and disregard
to things of this nature; the more
the more republican we are incur manners,
the more rational dignity we acquire ; there
fore I am better plealed with report adopted
by thchoufe, than I (hould have been with
any other whatsoever.
The Senate, no doubt, entertained diffe
rent sentiments on the fubjeft. I could with
therefore to treat their opinion %itL rcfj>c/t
and attention, 1 would desire to jjftify the
reasonable and republican decision of thi*
honfe to the other branch of congrcfs, in or
der to prevent a trufunderftanding. But that
the motion of my worthy -colleague {Mr-
Parker) has pofleffion of the honfe, I would
move a more temperafc proposition, and I
thinlc it deserves some pains to bring about
that good will and urbanity, which for the
dispatch of the public business, .ought to be
kept up between the twohoufes.. 1 da not
think it would be a facrifice of dignity to
appoint a committee of conference, butim*
agine it would tend to cement that harmo
ny which has hitherto been preferred be
tween the senate and the lioufc—therefore,
while I concur with thi gentlemen whoex
prefs in such decided terms, their disappro
bation of bellowing titles, I concur also,
with those who arc for the appointment of a
committee of conference, not apprehending
they wi;l depart from the principles adopted
and aflcd upon by the houfe.'’
“ Mr. White did not approve of a com
mittee of conference, because the house had
already determined the qutflion, by imam*
raoufly adopting the report of the joint com
mitte, he did not think that it was worth
while having the fubjeft longer contended ;
he was finished both the spirit of thb condi
tion and the spirit of the people disapproved
of titles.”
(i Mr. Parker, wanted to know what
was the ohjedt of gentlemen in the appoint
ment of a committee of conference ; the
committee could only fay, that the house had
refufed their con lent to annexing any titles
whatever to the Prefidcnt and Vice-Piefi
dent, for a certainty the committee would
nor defeend into the merits of a quedion al
ready eUablifhcd by the house j (or his part
he could not fee what pnrpcde was to be an
swered by the appointment of (uch a conn,
mittcc—he widled to have done with the
fuhjedt, because white it remained a qucfticvi
in the house, the people’s mind would be
much agitated j it was impossible that a true
republican spirit could remain unconcerned
when a principle was under cor.ftderation,
so repugnant to the principles of equal liber
ty."
Mr. Jackson wondered what title ths
senate had in contemplation, to add digni
ty or luftre to the person that (died the pr -
(idcniial chair, for Hs part he could con
ceive none. Would it *dd to his fame to
be called after the petty and indgnicant
princes of Europe ? Would ftylirg him Hi»
Serene I lighncA, His Grace cr Mightiness,
add one tittle to the solid properties he pe*-
foil’ed ? He thought it would not, and there
fore conceived the propofirion to be trifling,
with the dignity of the government. As a
i difference had taken place between the two
i ho-ffes,. h*v had no objection tw a conicrencu
j taking pk:c, he hoped it might be p'cdu;-