Post-roads established. New Jersey. Maryland. Pennsylvania. Virginia. From Moscow, in Livingston county, to the village of Fredonia, in From Cincinnatus, through Willet and Freetown, to Harrison. In New Jersey. From Liberty Corner, by Pluckemin, to Somerville. From Hackensack, in the county of Bergen, by Patterson's landing and Belleville, to Newark, in Essex county. From Beasley's, at the mouth of Great Egg Harbour river, by Etna Furnace, on Tuckahoe river, Cumberland Furnace, Malligo, Glasborough, and Woodbury, to Philadelphia. From Princeton, by Harlingen, to Flagtown. In Maryland-From Hagerstown, by Mercersburg, to M'Connels burg, in Pennsylvania. From Annapolis, by Baltimore, to Queenstown, and from thence to Centreville and Kent island. In Pennsylvania.-From Philadelphia, by the Falls of Schuylkill, to Norristown. From Swamp churches, in Montgomery county, by Boyerstown, to Reading. From Doylestown, by Sorrel Horse, Bustleton and Byberry, to Andalusia, and to return by the Buck Tavern and Hartville, to Doylestown. From Easton, Northampton county, to Hellerstown, Quakertown, and Bursonsville, Bucks county. From Emaus, by Millerstown, to Trexlerstown, in Lehigh county. From Chambersburg to Waynesburg, by Samuel Fisher's store, in Franklin county. From M'Call's Ferry, in Lancaster, to the borough of Westchester, in Chester county. From Meadville to Salem, at the mouth of Big Conneatt, Ohio. From the village of Blearsville, by Youngstown, to Mount Pleasant. From Newville, in Cumberland county, to Roxbury and Strasburg, in Franklin county. From Landisburg, in Perry county, to Waterford, in Mifflin county. From Ebensburg to Indiana. From Uniontown, by Connelsville, to Perryopolis. From the city of Lancaster, through Millerstown, Washington, and Charlestown, to the borough of Columbia. In Virginia. From Winchester to the Berkley springs, in Morgan county. From Lewisburg, by Huttonsville, Beverly, Leadesville, Meigsville, Swamp, and Kingwood, to Morgantown. From Salem to Botetourt, through the Bent Mountain, by Simpson's and Thomas Goodson's, to Boon's, on the west fork of Little river, in Montgomery county. From the city of Richmond, by Piping Tree, in King William county, to King and Queen Courthouse, Gloucester, Middlesex, and Matthews. From Halifax Courthouse to Person Courthouse, North Carolina. From Franklin Courthouse to Henry Courthouse, to go by Dickerson's store in Franklin county. From Lynchburg, by Pittsylvania Courthouse, to Danville, and from Danville to Halifax Courthouse. From Parkersburg to Kanawha Courthouse. From Richmond to Chesterfield Courthouse, to go by Mechanick's Inn, instead of the route now established. That the route from Stanton, by Greenbrier Courthouse, and Charleston, to Catletsburg, in Kentucky, be changed, so as to go by the Sulphur Springs, on Muddy creek, in Greenbrier. From Bath Courthouse to Alleghany Courthouse. In North Carolina.-From Haysville, in Franklin county, by Glasgow's store and Health Seat, to Oxford, in Granville. From Ashe Courthouse to Jordan Councils, in same county. That the route from Fayetteville to Salisbury be changed, so as to go by Carthage, M'Neil's, Hill's, and Skean's Ferry, and to return by Forrest's, Blakely, Lawrenceville, Allentown, and M'Auley's store. From Fayetteville, by Graham's bridge, Rockingham, to Wadesborough. From Tyson's store to Waddle's Ferry, Brower's mill, Hugh Moffitt's mill, then to Richard Kennon's and to Haywood. From Waynesville, Haywood Courthouse, by Lovesville, on Scott's creek, to Franklin, in the Cherokee Purchase, and from thence to Rabun Courthouse, in Georgia. Post-roads established. North Caro lina. In South Carolina. From Rocky Mount to Pine Hill Post-office, to South Carolina. pass by Ebenezer Academy. From Fayetteville, in North Carolina, leaving the road to Camden at or near Laurel Hill, by Cheraw, to Camden. From Cheraw, by Society Hill and Darlington Courthouse, to intersect the great southern route at Godfrey's ferry, on the Pedee river. From Cheraw, by Chesterfield Courthouse, to Lancaster Courthouse. In Georgia. From Lawrenceville, in Guinett county, to the Standing Peach Tree, (Fayette Courthouse.) Georgia. From Jefferson, by Coleraine, by Crawford in Florida, and to St. Augustine, and the route at present used discontinued. From Elberton to Ruckersville, in Elbert county. In Alabama. From Huntsville, by Triana, Mooresville, Athens, Eastport, and Bainbridge, to the Big Spring. From Cahawba by Portland, Prairie Bluff, the Standing Peach Tree, through the populous settlement on Bassett's creek and by Clark Courthouse, to St. Stephen's, so as to reinstate the old route from Cahawba to St. Stephen's, and the present route from Cahawba to St. Stephen's to be discontinued. From Ashville to Huntsville, by the way of Robertsville and Bennett's store. From Augusta, on the Tallapoosa, by Coosanda, passing through the settlement in the upper end of Autago county, and the settlement of Mulberry creek, in Bibb county, by the falls of Cahawba, to the town of Tuscaloosa. In Mississippi.-From Winchester, by Perry Courthouse and Columbia, to Holmesville. From Picken's Courthouse, in Alabama, by Monroe Courthouse, the Cotton Gin Port, and the Chickasaw Agency, in the state of Mississippi, to the Chickasaw Bluffs, in the state of Tennessee. From the Choctaw Agency, by Jackson, to Monticello. In Tennessee. From Campbell's station, by Blair's Ferry, to Pumpkintown. From Sparta, in White county, to Pikeville, in Bledsoe county. The post-road from Morgantown to Mount Pleasant, alias Pumpkintown, to go by Monroe Courthouse. VOL. III.-89 Alabama. Mississippi. Tennessee. Post-roads established. Kentucky. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Missouri. Arkansas. Louisiana. From Greenville to the Warm Springs, in North Carolina. In Kentucky.-From Manchester, by Perry Courthouse, to Patrick Saltworks. From Morganfield, crossing the Ohio at Francisburg, to Harmony, in Indiana. From Monticello, by Beatty's Saltworks, and Ross' Post-office, to Jacksborough, in Tennessee. From Williamsburg, in Whitby county, by Ross's post-office, to Somerset, in Pulaski county. From Richmond to the Hazel Patch, hereafter to go by Manchester, to Barbourville. In Ohio.-From Belle Fontaine, in Logan county, by Forts M'Arthur and Findlay, to the Foot of the Rapids of the Miami of the Lake. From Columbus, by Maysville, the seat of justice of Union county, thence, through Zanesfield, to Belle Fontaine, in the county of Logan. From Norton, in the county of Delaware, by Claredon Buayners, to the city of Sandusky. From the mouth of Little Scioto to Portsmouth. From Cleveland, through Newburg, Hudson, Ravenna, Palmyra, Ellsworth, Canfield, Boardman, Poland, Petersburg, and Greensburg, to Beavertown in Pennsylvania. From Columbus to Sunbury, through Harrison and Ravenna townships. From Columbus, by Springfield, Dayton, and Eaton; then to Indianapolis, in the state of Indiana; thence by Vandalia, in Illinois; thence to St. Louis, in Missouri. From West Union to Cincinnati, to pass through Georgetown, the seat of justice of Brown county, instead of the present route. From Augusta, Kentucky, by Lewis, Felicity, Chilo, Neville, Pointopolis, New Richmond, and Newtown, to Cincinnati, in Ohio. In Indiana. From Terre Haute, by Clinton, the seat of justice for From Washington, by Burlington, and Blooming, to Indianapolis. In Illinois. From Vincennes, in Indiana, by Ellison's Prairie, Pales- From Peoria, on Illinois river, to Sangama county. From Edwardsville to Sangama Courthouse. In Missouri.-From St. Genevieve, by Herculaneum, to St. Louis. From Jackson to Fredericktown. From Potosi to New Bowling Green. From St. Charles to Cote Sans Dessein, shall hereafter go by the seat of justice for Calloway county. From Fishing river to Fort Osage, shall hereafter pass by the seat of justice in Clay county. In Arkansas. From the post of Arkansas, by Little Rock, Crystall Hill, Cadron and Ellis's, to Crawford Courthouse. From Little Rock, by Clark Courthouse, to Natchitoches. From Clark Courthouse, by Hempstead Courthouse, to Miller Court house. In Louisiana. -From Natchez to Baton Rouge, by Woodville and Jackson. From Pinkneyville, Mississippi, by Avoyelles, to Alexandria in Lou isiana. From Baton Rouge, by Bayou Placquemine and Duplesses's Landing in the Attacapas, to Opelousa Courthouse. From New Orleans to Pensacola. In Florida. From Pensacola to St. Marks, thence to Vollusia at Dexter's, on St. John's river, thence down the river to Picolatta, and thence to St. Augustine. From Pensacola to Fort Hawkins, in Alabama. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster General may allow to the postmaster at Salem, Massachusetts, at the rate of two hundred dollars a year, in addition to his ordinary commissions. APPROVED, May 8, 1822. Florida. Allowance to the postmaster at Salem, Mass. CHAP. CXXVIII.-An Act supplementary to the several acts for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the Island of New Orleans. (a) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That all the claims to land said to be derived from the British or Spanish authorities, reported to the commissioner of the general land office by the registers and receivers of the land office at St. Helena Courthouse and at Jackson Courthouse, in the districts east and west of Pearl river, appointed under the authority of an act, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the Island of New Orleans," which are contained in the several reports of the registers and receivers, and which are, in the opinion of the registers and receivers, valid, agreeably to the laws, usages, and customs, of the said governments, be, and the same are hereby, recognised as valid and complete titles, against any claim on the part of the United States, or right derived from the United States. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all the claims reported as aforesaid, and contained in the several reports of the said registers and receivers, founded on orders of survey, requettes, permission to settle, or other written evidences of claims, derived from the Spanish authorities, which ought, in the opinion of the registers and receivers, to be confirmed, shall be confirmed in the same manner as if the title had been completed: Provided, That the confirmation of all the said claims provided for by this act, shall amount only to a relinquishment for ever, on the part of the United States, of any claim whatever to the tract of land so confirmed or granted. Every person, &c. whose claim is com &c. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person, or his or her legal representative, whose claim is comprised in the lists or registers of claims reported by the registers and receivers, and the persons embraced in the lists of actual settlers, or their legal representatives, not having any written evidence of claim reported as aforesaid, shall, when it appears by the said reports, or by the said lists, that the land claimed or settled on had been actually inhabited or cultivated by such person or persons in whose right he claims, on or before the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, be entitled to a grant for the land so claimed or settled on as a donation: Provided, That not more than one tract shall be thus granted to any one person, and the same shall not contain more than six hundred and forty acres; and that no lands shall be thus granted which are claimed or recognised by the preceding sections of this act, or by virtue of a confirmation under an act, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the dis- 3, 1819, ch. 100. tricts east of the Island of New Orleans," approved on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen: And provided, also, That no claim shall be confirmed where the quantity was not ascertained, and re Proviso. Act of March Proviso. (a) See notes of the acts relating to the adjustment of land claims in Louisiana, act of March 3, 1819. ch. 100. See also, The United States v. King et al., 3 Howard, 773. Registers and receivers, except in relation to perfect titles, as recognised, &c. empowered to direct the manner in which the lands shall be located. Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 100. Act of March 3, 1803, ch. 27. The registers and receivers may decide on conflicting claims, &c. Proviso. Patents for lands to be granted as for lands confirmed under former icts. Persons enti be furnished with certifi port made thereon by the registers and receivers, prior to the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the registers and receivers of the public moneys of the said respective districts, except in relation to perfect titles, as recognised in the first section of this act, and the first section of the act of the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, shall have power to direct the manner in which all lands claimed in virtue of the preceding sections shall be located and surveyed; and also to direct the location and manner of surveying all the claims to land recognised by the second, third, and fourth, sections of an act, entitled "An act for adjusting the claims to land, and establishing land offices, in the districts east of the Island of New Orleans," approved on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, having regard to the laws, usages, and customs, of the Spanish government on that subject; and having regard also to the mode adopted by the government of the United States in surveying the claims to land confirmed by virtue of the second and third sections of an act of Congress, entitled "An act regulating the grants of lands, and providing for the disposal of the lands, of the United States, south of the state of Tennessee, approved on the third March, one thousand eight hundred and three. And that, in relation to all such claims which may conflict, or in any manner interfere, the said registers and receivers of public moneys of the respective districts shall have power to decide between the parties, and shall, in their decision, be governed by such conditional lines or boundaries as may have been agreed on between the parties, either verbally or in writing, at any time prior to the passage of this act. But, upon the decision of those claims alluded to, which may conflict or interfere, and in relation to which the parties interested have agreed on no conditional lines or boundaries as to the manner of locating the same; the said registers and receivers of the respective districts shall make an equal division of the land claimed, so as to allow each party his or their improvements: Provided, however, That, should it be made appear, to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of public moneys of the respective districts, in any such case, that the subsequent settler had obtruded on the claim of the former, and had made his establishment after having been forbid so to do, the said registers and receivers of public moneys shall have power to decide between the parties, according to the circumstances of the case and the principles of justice. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That patents shall be granted for all lands confirmed by virtue of the provisions of this act, in the same manner as patents are granted for lands confirmed under former acts, to which this is a supplement. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That to every person who shall aptled to tracts to pear to be entitled to a tract of land, under the second and third sections of this act, a certificate shall be granted, by the register and receiver of the district in which the land lies, setting forth the nature of the claim and the quantity allowed; for which certificate the party in whose favour it issues shall pay one dollar, to be divided between the said receiver and register. cates. Fees. The Presi dent authorized to remove the and office from St. Helena SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to remove the land office from St. Helena Courthouse to such other place, within the said districts, as he may deem suitable and convenient. APPROVED, May 8, 1822. |