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pany and John may be) numbered, in the range -, excepting No. 29 was given therefrom, and reserving, one third part of all gold, silver, ses; by the acts of lead, and copper mines, within the same; and the lots Nos. 18th May, 1796, 8, 11, 26, and 29, for future sale or disposition; and the lot (including No. 16, for the maintenance of public schools. To have to No. 16) were reserved, in lieu of the said -, his heirs and assigns, forever; (or, if more their heirs and as

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And when any township or fractional part of a township shall be sold by lots as aforesaid, the commissioner of the loan office shall deliver a deed therefor in the following form:

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Which deeds shall be recorded in proper books, by the commissioner of the loan office, and shall be certified to have been recorded, previous to their being delivered to the purchaser, and shall be good and valid to convey the lands in the same described.

The commissioners of the loan offices, respectively, shall transmit account transmit to the Board of Treasury, every three months, an account of the townships, fractional parts of townships, and lots, committed to their charge; specifying therein the names of the persons to whom sold, and the sums of money or certificates received for the same; and shall cause all certificates

by them received to be struck through with a circular punch; and they shall be duly charged in the books of the Treasury with the amount of the moneys or certificates, distinguishing the same, by them received as aforesaid.

townships, &c.

If any township or fractional part of a township or lot re- Sale of remaining mains unsold for eighteen months after the plat shall have been received by the commissioners of the loan office, the same shall be returned to the Board of Treasury, and shall be sold in such manner as Congress may hereafter direct.

And whereas Congress, by their resolutions of September Army bounty 16th and 18th, in the year 1776, and the 12th of August, 1780, stipulated grants of land to certain officers and soldiers of the late continental army, and by the resolution of the 22d September, 1780, stipulated grants of land to certain officers in the hospital department of the late continental army; for complying, therefore, with such engagements, be it ordained, that the Secretary of War, from the returns in his office, or such other sufficient evidence as the nature of the case may admit, determine who are the objects of the above resolutions and engagements, and the quantity of land to which such persons or their representatives are, respectively, entitled, and cause the townships or fractional parts of townships, hereinbefore reserved for the use of the late continental army, to be drawn for in such manner as he shall To be drawn for, deem expedient, to answer the purpose of an impartial distribution. He shall, from time to time, transmit certificates Secretary of War to the commissioners of the loan offices of the different States, to the lines of which the military claimants have respectively belonged, specifying the name and rank of the party, the terms of his engagement and time of his service, and the division, brigade, regiment, or company, to which he belonged, the quantity of land he is entitled to, and the township or fractional part of a township and range out of which his portion is to be taken.

&c.

to transmit certificates, &c.

respect to army

The commissioners of the loan offices shall execute deeds Regulations with for such undivided proportions, in manner and form herein- bounty lands. before mentioned, varying only in such a degree as to make the same conformable to the certificate from the Secretary of War.

Where any military claimants of bounty in lands shall not have belonged to the line of any particular State, similar certificates shall be sent to the Board of Treasury, who shall execute deeds to the parties for the same.

The Secretary of War, from the proper returns, shall transmit to the Board of Treasury a certificate, specifying the name and rank of the several claimants of the hospital department of the late continental army, together with the quantity of land each claimant is entitled to, and the township or fractional part of a township and range out of which his portion is to be taken; and thereupon the Board of Treasury shall proceed to execute deeds to such claimants. The Board of Treasury and the commissioners of the

Reservation of three townships for refugees, &c.

Reservation

for the use of Christian Indians, &c.

Saving of the rights

of officers and sol

lands on the north

Ohio.

loan offices in the States shall, within eighteen months, return receipts to the Secretary of War, for all deeds which have been delivered, as also all the original deeds which remain in their hands for want of applicants, having been first recorded; which deeds, so returned, shall be preserved in the office until the parties or their representatives require the same.

And be it further ordained, That three townships adjacent to Lake Erie be reserved, to be hereafter disposed of by Congress, for the use of the officers, men, and others, refugees from Canada, and the refugees from Nova Scotia, who are or may be entitled to grants of land under resolutions of Congress now existing, or which may hereafter be made respecting them, and for such other purposes as Congress may hereafter direct.

And be it further ordained, That the towns of Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrun, and Salem, on the Muskingum, and so much of the lands adjoining to the said towns, with the buildings and improvements thereon, shall be reserved for the sole use of the Christian Indians who were formerly settled there, or the remains of that society, as may, in the judgment of the geographer, be sufficient for them to cultivate. Saving and reserving always, to all officers and soldiers diers entitled to entitled to lands on the northwest side of the Ohio, by donawest side of the tion or bounty from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to all persons claiming under them, all rights to which they are so entitled, under the deed of cession executed by the delegates for the State of Virginia, on the 1st day of March, 1784, and the act of Congress accepting the same. And to the end that the said rights may be fully and effectually secured, according to the true intent and meaning of the said deed of cession and act aforesaid, be it ordained, that no part of the land included between the rivers called Little Miami and Scioto, on the northwest side of the river Ohio, be sold, or in any manner alienated, until there shall first have been laid off and appropriated for the said officers and soldiers, and persons claiming under them, the lands they are entitled to, agreeably to the said deed of cession and See the act of act of Congress accepting the same.

August 10, 1790, chapter 33.

Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the
twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and of our
sovereignty and independence the ninth.

RICHARD H. LEE, President.
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.

[See Part II, Nos. 13, 35, 43, 134, 136, 137, 153, 154.]

In Congress, 1785, June 15.

CHAP. 15.-Resolved, That they (the commissioners) prohibit the settlement of all persons, not properly authorized

for that purpose, upon the unappropriated lands of the United States, and that they cause to be circulated in the said country the following proclamation :

See post, No. 19.

Whereas it hath been represented to the United States in Squatters warned. Congress assembled, that several disorderly persons have crossed the river Ohio and settled upon their unappropriated lands; and, whereas it is their intention, as soon as it shall be surveyed, to open offices for the sale of a considerable part thereof, in such proportions and under such other regulations as may suit the convenience of all the citizens. of the said States and others who may wish to become purchasers of the same; and as such conduct tends to defeat the object which they have in view, is in direct opposition to the ordinances and resolutions of Congress, and highly disrespectful to the federal authority, they have, therefore, thought fit, and do hereby issue this their proclamation, strietly forbidding all such unwarrantable intrusions, and en- tlements on public joining all those who have settled thereon to depart with lands prohibited. their families and effects, without loss of time, as they shall answer the same at their peril.

[See Part II, Nos. 1, 16.]

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In Congress,

1786, May 9.

CHAP. 16.-Resolved, That the geographer of the United States, and the surveyors appointed, pursuant to the ordinance of Congress passed May, 20, 1785,* for ascertaining *Ante, chapter 14. the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory, and who have accepted their appointments, proceed in the execution of the said ordinance: Provided, That they do not proceed further northerly than the east and west line mentioned in the said ordinance.

In Congress, 1786, May 12.

CHAP. 17. Whereas the ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory + di- +See ante, ch. 14. rects "That the geographer and surveyor shall pay the utmost attention to the variation of the magnetic needle, and shall run and note all lines by the true meridian, certifying, with every plat, what was the variation at the times of running the lines thereon noted," which direction will greatly delay the survey of the said territory:

Resolved, That the above-recited clause in the said ordinance be, and the same hereby is, repealed.

In Congress,

CHAP. 18.-Resolved, That after the Secretary at War 1787, April 21. shall have drawn for the proportionate quantity of the lands already surveyed, which were assigned to the late army, agreeably to the ordinance of the 20th of May, 1785, the

Reservation of three townships for refugees, &c.

Reservation

for the use of Christian Indians, &c.

Saving of the rights

of officers and sol

lands on the north

Ohio.

loan offices in the States shall, within eighteen months, return receipts to the Secretary of War, for all deeds which have been delivered, as also all the original deeds which remain in their hands for want of applicants, having been first recorded; which deeds, so returned, shall be preserved in the office until the parties or their representatives require the same.

And be it further ordained, That three townships adjacent to Lake Erie be reserved, to be hereafter disposed of by Congress, for the use of the officers, men, and others, refugees from Canada, and the refugees from Nova Scotia, who are or may be entitled to grants of land under resolutions of Congress now existing, or which may hereafter be made respecting them, and for such other purposes as Congress may hereafter direct.

And be it further ordained, That the towns of Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrun, and Salem, on the Muskingum, and so much of the lands adjoining to the said towns, with the buildings and improvements thereon, shall be reserved for the sole use of the Christian Indians who were formerly settled there, or the remains of that society, as may, in the judgment of the geographer, be sufficient for them to cultivate. Saving and reserving always, to all officers and soldiers diers entitled to entitled to lands on the northwest side of the Ohio, by donawest side of the tion or bounty from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to all persons claiming under them, all rights to which they are so entitled, under the deed of cession executed by the delegates for the State of Virginia, on the 1st day of March, 1784, and the act of Congress accepting the same. And to the end that the said rights may be fully and effectually secured, according to the true intent and meaning of the said deed of cession and act aforesaid, be it ordained, that no part of the land included between the rivers called Little Miami and Scioto, on the northwest side of the river Ohio, be sold, or in any manner alienated, until there shall first have been laid off and appropriated for the said officers and soldiers, and persons claiming under them, the lands they are entitled to, agreeably to the said deed of cession and

See the act of act of Congress accepting the same.

August 10, 1790, chapter 33.

Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the
twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and of our
sovereignty and independence the ninth.

RICHARD H. LEE, President.
CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.

[See Part II, Nos. 13, 35, 43, 134, 136, 137, 153, 154.]

In-Congress, 1785, June 15.

CHAP. 15.-Resolved, That they (the commissioners) prohibit the settlement of all persons, not properly authorized

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