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7/v folding is the firm cf a Bill, ncvj I fire the Legifattire,
io he entitled an A St , to make aijirthution cf the late Cejfim of
U::ds, fi)tained frem the Creek Nation by the United States
Ccr.MiiiJfoners, in a Treaty entered in‘o ai or near Tort IVilkin
fitiy on the 16th day of June, iBoi.
-bo. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ucuf of Reprefen *a~
% lives cf the State cf Georgia, in General Affenddy rust, and by
3 tcLe (Uhaerify cf t,oe fume, i hat the 1 emtory touch of the
4 Oconee and Akitama A Ivivers, ro which the Indian i ule
5 has keen txtinguiuicd by treaty, concluded near Fore Wil-
kin Ton, on me day. oi Ihali in conformity to
y the twenty-thud fi-Aion of the nrfl article of the conllitution
d> of this flate, be laid off into two Counties, by a .north and
vj (curb line, run accoidingto the true meridian from
# to . w hich (aid Coun
-1 tics fhall be called, the eaftermofc by the name of
12 and the wtflermoft by the name of and fhall
i j be divided by the Purveyor general, cr fuch of the cidlnd
24 furveyors, as he may think proper to appoint, into five dif
-1.5 trials, each County, by north and fouth lines run as afore fa id,
l.u which. dillrich foali be numbered from one to ten, by the
57 furveyor general, or fuch diftrift furveyor to be appointed
id. in pttrfuance of this Aft, as he fhall chink proper to require.
Sec. 2. And.he it further enabled by the authority afore]end,
a That the land contained in the kveral diltridls, Mhall be
3 divided by north and fouth lines, run according to the
4. ti ue meridian, and by others crofting them at right angles,
5 lb as to form tracts of one mde fquate, which trafls fhall
$ be fubdivlded into fix equal fed ions by rntndians and parail
-7 els run as aforcfaid, marking for the corners of the faid fub
% diviuons, at the end of every diirance of forty chains of four
5 perches each, on the meridians or north and fourh lines j and
iq at the diftanccs of twenty-fix chains and 66 links and 2-jd^
11 of a link on the or eaft and weft lines i unlefs where *
12 the line which is to form a temporary boundary between the
13 £iid Territory and Creek Indians, or the courfc of nav : gable
14 rivers, may render it imp r ad:i cable; and then this rule fhall
1.5 be departed from no iurther than fuch particular circumftan
it6 ces may require. And all fractions of furveys under one
X"p hundred acres, which fhall be created by the courfes of na
id visrable rivers, by the temporary boundary line, or any other
io- unavoidable circumftance, fhall be attached by the furveyors
20 to die next contiguous furvey, ’and become a part thereof ;
21 but if one hundred acres or upwards, they fhall be numbered
22 and drawn for as herein after prov ided for other furveys.
Sec. j. And be it fart jeer enabled by the authority aforejald,
5 That for each diftncl, one furveyor fhall be appointed
by the Legiflature, but no perfon fhall be eligible uniefs
* found to be duly qualified.on examination, and certificate
] oi the furveyor genual ; and it (hall be held and deemed
§ rral-pra&icc in the furveyor genera), to grant or iffue
3 any certificate of qualification, to a perfon who may rhere
-6 after be found deficient of the acquirements nccelkry to ena
y Lie him to difeharge with propriety the duties which may be
ce required of him by this Act.
Sec. 4. And Lett further enabled hy the author, ly of or find,
z That the rcfpe&ive furveyors, fnall give bond in the pe
-3 ncky of dollars, with fuch fecunty as the Cover
-4 nor ill all approve of, for the faithful difeharge of the trull
5 re poled in, and duties required ol them by this vidd.
Sec. 5. And te it further enabled ly the authority aforejaii,
i Tiricit Hull be the duty of the furveyors appointed in
3 piufuan.ee of this Au, to make the furvrysof the ddh ids
4 to which they may icipt&ively be .appointed, in them
<j own proper perfon; to mark, or caulc ro be n.a^ed
6 plainly and ddtmcily 1 pen ‘fees, all lines which it may be
7 required of them to run for the purpofe of rna.ung the fiir
-8 vt-ys and fulxiiv.fions cf furveys in incur reqtAi'C odlncls;
«•> to caulc all fuch lines to be meaiured witu the utmou peffibie
la cxs&nciV with a chain containing two perches of fmteen
11 feet and one half each, fnbdividcd into tv cmy-fi T . e equai
12 links; which (hall lx? adjidled to a fbndml to be kept for
13, that purpole in the furveyor general’s oliice ; to take as arcu
£4 rarely as poffibic the meanders of ail water cowries, which
r 5 fhall form natural boundaries ro any of the furveys or mb
t6 diviEons of furveys, and cf di navigable rivers whereby any
ry of fuch furveys may happen to be divided * to note m field
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE;
AND
REPUBLICAN trumpet.
WEDNESDAY, April 27, 1803.
ÜBBR r it IS OUR M .<rrO — rRV'rHQUR guide
iS hooks to be kept by them refpcdivrly, the names of the
19 corner and other ftation trees, which (hall be marked and
timbered in loch manner as the furveyor general fhaii direct;
21 alio ail rivers, creeks and other water courics, which may
22 be touched upon or eroded in running and measuring anv of
23 the lines afore laid : tranferipts of which field books, after
24 be mg examined with the originals, by the furveyor general,
25 and ccrt’ficd and figned on every page, by the diftnd fur
- ' c >- Js icturning the lame, (ball be depofiud in the furveyor
*' 7 S tllcr; d $ office, there to be preferved as a record ; to make
2S a return to die furveyor general in days after the paf
~9 hige of this Ad, of a map of the diftnd to which they may
30 rclpcdivcly be appointed, in which fhall be corrcdly deh
-31 neated, reprefented and numbered, in fuch order as the fur
-32 veyor general fhall preferibe, all the fedions or fubdivifions
33 of lurveys within fuch difind ; and alio to return at the fame
34 time a detached plat of every fuch fed ion or fubdivifion of
35 land, certified and figned by them, which plats fhall be filed
36 among.the other records in the furveyor general’s office, and
31 ffotii which copies fhall be made to be annexed to grants;
38 and to conform to fuch inftrudions as they may receive from
39 the furveyor general, from time to time) during their con
-40 tinuancc in office, and progrefs in the duties thereof, not
41 militating with this Ad.
She. 6. And he it further traced hy the authority aforefaid^
2 1 licit the lurveyors fhall receive as a coinpenfacion
3 per mile, for every mile that fhall be adually run, or fur
-4 veyed, and for each k-dion, or fubdivifion, in their
5 difinds, to compenfate for returning maps, plats, and field
-6 books, out ot which fum they fhall defray the expenecs of
7 chain-men, axe-men, and every other expence incident to
8 the laid buflnefs, for . dollars whereof the Governor is
9 requeued to illuc his warrant on the i reafurer, in favour of
10 each and every furveyor, immediately on their entering into
11 bond and fccurity as aforefaid, to enable them to proceed
12 without delay, to the execution of their duties, for the ba
-13 lance, to which by this law they may be entitled ; they fhall
14 receive a warrant in like manner, on producing to his Excel
-15 lency the Governor, a certificate from the furve yor-general,
16 fetting forth that fuch fi rveyor has completed the duties af
-17 figned him, and made his returns conformably ro this ad.
Src. 7. And he it further enatted by the authority aforefaid ,
2 1 hat the furveyor-general, or the diftrid furveyor or I'ur
-3 vcyors, who may be employed in dividing the laid territory
4 into diftrids, fhall receive the fame compenfaiion for each
5 rpile run and furveyed, as is allowed by this law for other fur
-6 vcyors, out of which, all cxpences incident thereto, mufl be
7 paid, without any additional charge on the (late, and his Ex
-8 cellency the Governor is requefted to grant his warrant on
9 the Treafurer, for compcnfating that ftrvice, fo foon as he
10 fhall beadvifed by the furveyor-general of its completion.
Sec. 8. And he it further enatted by the authority aforefaid ,
2 That the faid land fhall be appropriated by Lottery, in the
3 manner following, to wit: After the furveying is con pitted,
4 and the returns made to the furveyor-general, his Excellency
5 the Governor fhall caufe tickets to be made 911 c, whereby all
6 the numbers of the fub-furveys, or fedions, in the different
7 diftrids, fhaii be reprefented, which tickets fhall be pur into
8 a box to conftiture prizes, with others to be denominated
9 blanks, of which blanks, tl*€ number or amount fhall be dc
-16 termined, by fubtrading the number of prizes, from the
11 whole number of draws, to which the.faid Lottery fhall be
1 2 iubjed, upon the following principles ; that is to fay.—Every
13 free white male perform of eighteen years old, or upwards,
14 a citizen of the United Stages, and an inhabitant of this date,
15 ar the time of rhe paffage of this ad, (including fuch as may
16 be abfent on lawful bufmefs,) fhall be err itlcd to one draw.
17 Every free white mdc perfon, of like defeription, having a
18 wife or child under eighteen years old, fhall to
19 two draws.—And every free white male, of like defeription,
20 having a wife, and children under eighteen years of age,
c:x or having no wife, but three or more legitimate children,
22 under eighteen years old, fhall be entitled to three draws.
Src. o. And be it further enatted by the authority aforefaid ,
2 That lifts of perfons entitled to draw, in conformity toche
3 provikons of this ad, fhall be mode out, and traafmittcd to
4 his Excellent/the Governor, within three momhs after i»
(her the rera ; nder 3 fee lafl fare.)
[No. 198.
