Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 12, Number 9, Vincennes, Knox County, 31 March 1821 — Page 4

ANT ACT for the relief ol the Purchaser of thc Public Lan is, prior to tn fu st c'.y of 'uly iS20. Ir it enacted bu the Senate and House of Representative of th United States of Imerica in Cong-res assembled That in llcaic where kinds have been purchased from the United States, prior to the first day of July, ll20, it shall ba lawful for any such pveiuser or other person, or persons, bei'. the lej;al holder of a:tr centicate, certificates, of land, on or before the 3 )th d.iy of September, 1P.21, to ii'5 niih the register of the land oiiuc where any tract ha been purchased a relinquishment in writing of any sccii )n, half section, qunrter section, hiif quarter section, or Ug;il subdivision of a-.y ft actional section of land so purchased, upon which the whole purchasa mo ley hss not been :nid, and all sunn p.iid on count of the pxrt relinquished hail be app.ied to the discharge of any instftiir ms which may be, or shall hercaf:er becom du; a-ul payable upon such land, so purebred, as shall not have been relinquished, aiui shall be so applied and

Vrediied as to complete the payment on tme one or more half quarter sections "sviypre the payments by transfer are sufficient for that purpose ' Provided That all divisions, and subdivisions contemplated by thin act shall be made in conformity with th-j first section of an act making furthar provision for the salt of public lands, passed the 2 4th day of April, 1320 : And firvidrd also That the right of relinquishment htreby given shall, in no casr, aut'.oiise the party relinquishing to claim any repayment from the United St vtcs : And provided also That vrhere any put chaser has purchased, at the same time, two or more quarter sections, ht thall not be permitted to relinquish lesa tha i a quarter sscticn. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That

the interest which shU hate accrued before th 3 )h day ol' Scpi nbcr next, upon any debt to tne United Stales, for public land, fthail be, and the saint- it hereby remiited and discharged. Sec. 3. And he it further enacted, That the persons indebted to the United States as aforesaid, shall be divided into three classes ; the first tlass to include all such parsons as shall have paid to the United States oniy one fourth prt of the original price of the land by them respectively purchased or held; the second class to inc'udc all such persons as shall have paid to tht United Mates only one half prt f such, original pt ice ; and the third class to include all sucW persons as shall have paid to the United States threefpurth parts of such original price; and 'Uc debit of the persons includtd in the first class shall be paid in eiht equal annual insilmcnts ; tho debts of the persons included in the second class shall be paid in six equal annual instalments ; and the debts of the persons included in the third class shall be paid in four equal annual instalments ; the first of which instalments in each of the classes aforesaid shall be paid in manner following, to wit : f L;-,1 laaa -vt- TrWk .1... - C

September next ; of the second class on

the first class, on the 31st day of March, li2t ; and the whole of the debt aforesaid, shall bear an annual interest of six per cent: Provided altnys That the same shall be remitted upon each and every of the instalments aforesaid which shall be punctually paid when the tame f hall become payable as aforesaid. Sec. 4. Arxd ie it further entcttd, That

in all cases where complete payment of the whole sum due, or widen may become due, for any tract of land purcnased from the United States aforesaid shall be made on or before the 31st day of September, 1822, a deduction at the rate ol 37 i per centum, shall be allowed upon the hum remaining unpaid : Provided That nothing herein contained shall authorize any discount upon payments made by a transfer of former payments under the provisions of the first section of this act. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That each and every individual or company, that has laid otT, any lands by hint or them purchased of the United States, any town, a part or the wiole of the lota whereof have been sold, shall be entitled to the benefits of this act in relation toany half quarter, or quarter section of land, on wnich such town may be situated, and of all lands by him or them owned, contiguous to and adj jiuing said half-quarter, quarter section, on which said town is situated, upon condition oaly ; that each and every person who has purchased of him, or them, a town lot, or pirt of a lot, or land in and adjoining the same, shall be entitled to a remission of all interest that has accrued, and o a discount of twenty per centum on thr-a-mount unpaid, and to discharge their debt by bonds, with security, in equal annual instalments of four yeas, from the 13th day f December i ext. Nor shall the provisions of thi act be construed to extend to any person or persons claiming title to land under the provisions ol cn act passed the 3d day of March 1817, entitled lkan act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive." Sec. 6. And be it further enacted That, for failure to pay the Several dtbta aforesaid, i manner aforesaid, and for the term of three months after the day appointed for the payment of the last instalment thereof, in cech of the clause, aforesaid, the land so purchased or held by the respective persons indebted to the United States as aforesaid, shall, ipso facto, be conic forfeited, and revert to the United States. Sec. 7. And be it further enaccd That, no person shall be deemed to he included within, orestitUd to, the benefit of any of t .e provisions of this act, who shall not, on or before the 13th day of September next, feign, and file in the office of the Register of the Land Office of the district where the land was purer. asedor where the residue ol the purchase money is payable, a declaration in wii ting, expressing his consent to the same, and shall pay to the Register, for receiving, recording, and filing the time, fifty cents. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted That, it shall be, and hereby is made, the duty of the several Registers and Receivers of the Land offices of the United States, according to the forms and instructions which shall be given in that behalf by the Treasury I)epartment.to assist in carrying this act into executiob, to keep full and faithful sccounts and re cords of all proceedings under the same ; and, within the term of three months after the said I 3th dav of September next, to transmit to the said department a correct report of the quantity of land relinquished to the United States; the quantity on which full payment shall hive been made ; and the quantity on which a further credit shall have been given) dis

tinguishing the amount of the debt cn which further cttdit shail hac been allowed ; and the Registers and Reciters, respectively, shall be entitled to receive fifty cents fiom the party relinquishing, for each half quarter section, quarter section, half section, section, or icgal subdivision of a factional section, so relinquished. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted That, no lands purchased from the United States, on or before the first day of July, 1820, which are not already forfeited, shall be considered s forfeited to the gavernment, for failure in completing the payment thereon, until the said 13th day of September next ; and all the lsnds which shall be relinquished te the Uni ted States, as atoresaid, shall be deemed and hold to be forfeited, and, with all other lands which may become forfeited under this act, shall be sold according to the provisions of the act, entitled "An act making further provisions for the sale of the public lands,''passed the 24th day of April, 1820. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted That, no land which shall be surrendered under the provisions of this act, shall be offered for sale for the term of two years after the surrender thereof. Approved, March 2, 1821, JAMES MONROE.

Sale For -Taxes 5 SHALL cy.povj to sale at public auction on the 7ih dr.y of Apsil next, at the court !,oi:m in A c town of Washington Laicss CY.uiiiy Indiana, the following tracts of land, and town lots, if not sooner paid for the taxes due thereon for the years 1819 and 1820, and all legal costs.

John L'ase, SjZ Julius Dugger,

Andrew iJavcTron,

James l)a

John Flint, Levi Gifiordt

Alexander Hms, John Johnston, deed' Tousaint luibcis, Edward Johnson, '1 ho may Jones, David Kidso, William Morreson, John Morris, William Mcintosh, John Smith, Corpus Shaw, W i i 1 i am S t c ph. e n son , Jonathan LimHcy,

Lot in the huw of Washington No. 30, 34, 35, 45. 76, 104, 79" 100, 82. it 5. l. 2. in-i. 213, 6, H, 38, 10, CK 4. '23 5:, iV 6u, 20 J 1 , U3, 60, 40, 75, 80, 81, S5, 55, 50,49, 4, 142. D ANIEL COMER, Shjf. d. r. 'tJ)ruarv, 22d, IS2L 7-3t ( i y, ILL in future practice LAW in V conjunction, in the conntics of Davis Kn'jx Sullivan Vigo Martin, Duaoii and Pike and in the Supreme Court One of them wi ! at d! '.i'.orshe found in their oilirc at W i--ton, except during the sesrion O. t ,:-.:,. All orders and C AT YA.YCI.VG will be punctually attended to. Washington, April 10, 1320. 20tf

One Hundred Dollars Reward. KANAWAY about the 20th day of October last, irom Samuel Hopkins, esq. in Hendcison county, Kentucky, a mulatto man slave by the name of Gordon belonging to Mrs. Elisabeth Buckncr, of Parib, Bourbon county, Ky. the said slave is a larg well made man, nearly' six feet high, of a yellow complccticn, alow of speech, and of humble deportment, a cooper by trade, seema well acquainted with common carpenter's tooU, and can make good shoes, he can possibly wiite and read indifferently, has worked at the United State Saline some time since for Messrs. Talbot & Fisher, as a cooper for several yean, was raided near Fredericksburg, Virginia he took with him w hen he went av ay a long black broad cloth coat and pantaioens, and sundry articles of clothing not made up, which he may have exchanged for reedy made clothes. It is believed he may have gone far into the interior of Indiana, Illinois or Ohio, oris attempting to i,ct to Canada. The above reward should he be taken up out of this state I am authorized to offer to any person who will take up said slave and deliver him to the owner in Bourbon county, or to me in the town of Henderson, "or secure him in some jail in this atate so that the owner gets him, or fifty dollars if taken up within this state. TT , JAMES HILLYER. Henderson, Ky. Feb. 12, 1821 g-9t

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BOARD or TRUSTEES of the Borough of mcci,ne,iD common Council met, March ISth, 1831. Resolved That the CUrk of the Board advertise in the W. stern Sun, for will at heir next stated meeting, on thc third Monday in April. 151. . .1

h invt.gtio a.,d ccnfitn.alion or rcjecuon oi ,h. c,ils , ,0W11 ,otl wllit, have been fhed upuarcU ol Ihre. ,,0,,'h ...d that the Boa. dare ,i0w prepared , ! recce any additional chin?., and ac thereon according to law. A true copy l est G- K SULLIVAN, Clt. Sheriff's Sale for Taxes. Ij i cxpoe to sale at tle C0Ilrt. JL houie door ,n the ,0 of s,ri Uth darol Apnlnext.therono;; ... the town, ol Springfield and Cut n, or much thereof ,s wJ tax and co.t, thereon, if not sooner Lots in the linen of Sprins field W 8, 9, 89, 90, 91, si, 70 ',' 3, 5, si, 41, 133, 17-5, ,74 ' , 188, 1 87, 4, 59, U, 10 2, U 7 3 of 1, nn-i half of 16. ' ' ' 118,1 Lots in Cynthiana. March9,h,,a'YLE'E:3-;--TAKEN UP, j Jamt Gregory, 0 Owen county Washington township, odc bay mare, 3 yeara old next aprire $ hands and a half high, a stir nd -ijn a little white on the near hind foot, a black and white tail, slim legs, appraised to glQ by John Gregory and Moses Hicks, before me, this 29h day of January, lftii DANIEL JOHNSON j. r. i 0. '