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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1814.
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THE WESTERN SUN, IS printed weekly at Two Dollars per annum, paid in advance or an attested Notk, payable at the end of the year vr Two DolLARS & Fifty Cents. 2Vo Subscription witi be received for a less term than one year and will not be discontinued until ell arrearages are paid. WanttM papers are sent by Foci, the person subscribing must pay the postage dorriSMltxrs of no more length than
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One I) uah, end Iwentv-I'ivl Cents, for every after insertion To avoid unpleasant disputes t it is requested of Advertising customers, that they particularly specify the number of times their Advertisement's arc to Oe continued. Those sent without such directions Will be continued until forbid and must be paid for accordingly. All Letters addressed to the Editor must be Post paid, or thy will not be taken out of the office "LAWS of the U. STATES. SECOND SKSStON loTJI CONGRESS. (By Authority.) dlt ACT for the final adjuftment of land titles in the (lata of Lopifiaoi and terri toty of Miffburi BE it enacted by the Senate and House rf Rt brcsentatives of the United States of America, m Congress assemeled 1 hat rwiy perfon or persons, or the legal repiefcntettves of any perfon or par tons claiming land in the (tateol Louiuoior the terri tory of Miflouti, by virtue oi ar.y rom picte French or Spanifh grant or ebneeifton, ' or any warrant of order ot lurvey. Which Was granted prior to the COth Deccmoer) 1803. fe lands tying within that part of
the ftate of LouiGatia which compofed the late territory of Orleaos, or which was j granted tor laoos lying Wltnln toe territory dI Miflbnfii befjr- the 10th day of March, 1 so l. and where the claimant, or the period under whom iie cl urns were reudent in he province of Loi ina, at the refpeetive times foref.iJ, M at the time the laid tonteflion, warrant, r order of furvey was granted, and wtiofe claims have been Bird with the proper reg tier or ree order of find titlaa sec rdtng o law. and art embraced in the report of thecommii!ioiiere, it rej il. ter, or recorder, for th di ;: :i within winch the Unda claimed d i lie, io etery tafe when It ftka.ll appear by the faid report of the tommilTi oners, rcgifter, of recorder, that the amateur m, warrant, or order of lurvey, un r r which the claim is mi e mtains a fpe cial location, or had been actually located or furVeed withi i the late territory of Or Ieao?,bde the :j-;wU .' IKc Iho.h e&oattv In ted or furij J mthtn the ter ritirjf if Miffourt. before the Itltli day of March, 1804. by the I du- autho riled I v the irovernment making fuch grant, fuch Bi fons (Kail be and they are here! confirmed in their claims : Provided, "hat m claim Oltl be confinned by thii lection Which In a il have oeen aaju rje the bjaids of nHOmUC U . . cr a rCgtUCC cr
receiver of public monic:, Of a recorder, ac ting as fuch, to be antedated or otherwife fraudulent ; nor any one to claim a greatei quantity of land than the number of acres contained id one league Pparc, nor the claim of any perfon id his own right, who has received in his own right a donation grant from the U. States, in faid (late or territory : And provided ?.lcr, That no confirmation made by this fe&lofl lhall affeft the right: of any perfon claiming the fame lauds or any par thereof Whofe claim has been confirmed by a bond of commiflioners for afcertaining fx. sdjufttng claims to laud in laid Hate or territory, nor preclude a judicial decitiod between private claimants in fuch interfering claim ,. Sec. 2. And be it further ehocf ea, That every perfon or per Ions claiming lands in the laid (hue or territory, by right of dona tion under ary former lawt, whole claims nre contained Id the report of any v the boards of eommifHoners, or the eport t f the rcgilr a?id received of public ffionicsor of the recorder of land tiiles made, or hereaf ter to be madt . ui:der esttftidg laws, ;od which cla-.".;; fn ill appear by the laid report? not to haw been confirmed, merelj became the trnfVs cWimed were not inhabited cn the 20th December, i&'J3, fuch perfon or
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it fiuill be the duty of the feveral regifters of the laiid ofEces, and of the recorder of the land title in the Rate or territory .fore faid, With Whom the Claims in their refpee-
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conmmed by this a, In a!1 cafes where the land has not been furveyed according to law, to make itOUt Tor toe principal deputy furveyor, or :f the diHril in which the land !:es,an order of furvey ior each trat ot land confirmed under this al, with a proper
description ot ;hr tracts to bs Wherein the quantity, locality, and connection, when practical li other, and the tracts which have toiore ccntii iiin. , hi ill nc uo
the return of tfa an ordtr ol lot I ty
recifter r recorder ot l ir application for thnt pitrpi h claim mt entitled th viilodS ot this .l- . cert:
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general land office : and if it lhall ap the fatisfacAion ot 1 iH commiilionei
fuch certificate lhall hate been fairly i btai .ud according to the true i-itcnt ed jean
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vey and canfe to be furveyed, under the diregion of the furveyor general, or furveyor of the lands fouth of the fiate of Tennefl'ce, the fcverl trades of land confirmed by this aeTl ; and the faid principal deputy furveyor 11 1 a 1 mahe return of the furveys in feparata plats to the regrfUr or recorder ot the ddtnet within which the land lies, 8c alio tranfmit to the furveyor genera), or furveyor f the lands fouth of the ixte of TcnnctTre, as the cafe may be, a plat or plats of the I'm veys direflled to he made by this fetticn, who hall refpe&ively tranfmit copies thereof to the COinmidloner of the genrrl hr-.d office. Gee. 5. And be it further enacted, That every perfon, and the legal reprefehtativei of every perfon, who has actually ml:jbited and cultivated a tral of laud lying in th.tt part of the ate of Louifiana, which, com pofed the late territory of Orleans, or 'n the territory of Mi Tot ti, which tracl is not rightfully claimed by any other perfon, and who (hail not have removed from faid date or territory, fha!l he entitled to the right 01 pre emption th the purchate thereof, under the fame reftrl&iorts, conditions, provi lions and regulations, in i very refpeft, is c!reded by the act entitled i An act giving the right of pre-emption in the purchafe oi lands to certain frtt!cre if h? liiinru Ur-
ritory,' pafled February 5tl LANiSDQN
Speaker of the House of Representatives Y GFRRY Vice President of the United Str.ts, end President of the Senate. April 12, 1814 A PI i t D, JA MS MADISON.
AN ACT to revive and continue in force k An act declaring the aflent of On-ivrt-fs to certain acti ( i the (latea of Ma ryland and Georgia." B . tt enacted by the Senate and bouse of Hepresentattves of th United Si of America, in Congress assembled, That the adt which pa (Ted the Ifthdiyoi March, in the year 1600) entitled fc An ad declaf idg the allVnt of codgrefs to cntaiu al i ci the dates of Maryland and (.coria,' b , and the fame is hereby revived It continued in force until the 3d day of March 1822 :
1 Provide dt That nothing herein contained I (lull ittthorifethe deman oi a duty on ton
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meOt of narties, under direction of the co-jrt, LANGDON CHEVES, Speaker of the House of Representatives E, GERRY, Vice President of the United Srates, and President of the Senate. April 18, 181!-. APPROVED, JAMES MADISON, AM ACT for the relief of Augufius M'Kinney and Lyzel Bancroft. BR it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United St.ites of America, in Congress assembled, That the frcretaiy cf the trcefory be, and he is hereby autborifed and required to remit the noes penalties and f.riVitures incurred by AuguftttS M'Kinney 2nd Layzrl Bai.-rroft, who imported, in an open and public manner, into tli- diftrict of Whitehall, rn thd 27th day of June, S2, from Montreal, nine barrels of nitre. LANGDON CHEVES,
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President of teh Senate. April 18, 1814. APPROVED. JAMES MADISON.
j fJV ACT tot the relief of John P. Willi-
BE il enacted by the Senate an of Representatives of t)i; Unite of America in Congress assemol the comptroller cf the tre.!ury be is hereby authorifed to adiuO and earuitable principles, the accounts nun Wall, late marfhal of the Georri, Bod to allow any credit 1 faid ViiI might hive claimed U States an ulTet to a iudgme ned ?. the fuit ef the U. St.r John Williamfon and homas iecurittes oi the faid Wall. LA NC DON CHI
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A.yT ACT granting pen (ions to the 1 fherr-. and fearoen ferving on board the revenues cutter: in err tain c ales. 111. tl . ,,syrt.,J l. C - , I ;
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lhall be granted in lilte manti 1 as is p ded by law foi the other lands of th Statv-5. And the faid regiiter or recc (hall be entitled to r. seive from the p applying' thert n, v. ? iiull have viouily tffued in order t furvey nv.d 1
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Sec. 4. And be I f irther 1 1 . d, I hat it Oi all be tne datv of ihc prhiwipal deputy Purveyor, on receiving an ord.'- ol furve) from the regifter or recorder ov land t;tl s, ami the furvey ing fees from the claimant, arhteh Ih not fxceu three dollars 1 t t cry miic to lc lurvecd eoci worku .jiur
1 I uiU, 'he n.tvy ry orJer 01 the preltuent ok AU ACT directinor die difpofitioh of mo t!:c U. Slates, flaall be entich ' to I e placed ney paid into the ( ourts ot the United j on the navy pennon lift ac the I me rate of States. I per lion. ?nd under the fame regulations I BE it enact by the Senate and tfauSe reOrictions r.s are noW orovi 1 I bv . ,v . of RepresentattVes of the United States j the officers ai d fearoen r. . v. ty' America, in Congress asssmti d, That L i NO DON CHEVES.
upon the paymei t ot any mon-y into any Speaker of diftrict or ciicuit court of the U. Si ites, to
I abide the order of the couit th fame Dull j Vice-Presic
be denoiited in fuch uacornor it d n h as j ' . u
a 1 vhe court may dtfinate. and theie rill it (hall he dei I led to v. hf)m M
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j dittiit there (hall -e ro ittccrntirated b.,( ! , j AN J the court may duett lucb money '.o he - j j ited according to its diferetion : Pi pi J P, d d also, That nothing hen . (1 all be ton. ( j (trued to prevent the d I very ai fuch 1 I money upoa feenrtty, ac ording to sg te
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