4 Feb 1791. Ibid. 2 Admitted into the Union. 12 May 1820. 3 Stat. C09. Compact with Tennessee esta blished. 11 Aug. 1848 9 Stat. 282. Terms of the courts. Kentucky:" Be it enacted, That the congress doth consent, that the said district of Kentucky, within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth of Virginia, and according to its actual boundaries on the 18th day of December 1789, shall, upon the 1st day of June 1792, be formed into a new state, separate from, and independent of, the said commonwealth of Virginia. 2. Upon the aforesaid 1st day of June 1792, the said new state, by the name and style of the state of Kentucky, shall be received and admitted into this Union, as a new and entire member of the United States of America. 3. That the consent of congress be, and the same is hereby, given to a compact or agreement, made and concluded, by and between the states of Kentucky and Tennessee, at Frankfort, in Kentucky, on the 2d day of February 1820, to adjust and establish the boundary line between them, and for other purposes. II. CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS. 1. 4. The spring terms of the district and circuit courts of the United States in and for the district of Kentucky (a) shall hereafter commence on the third Monday in May, annually, and the fall terms of the same courts shall hereafter commence on the third Monday in October, annually, and may continue in session at each term the number of juridical days now allowed by law; and all actions, suits, appeals, recognisances, processes, writs and proceedings whatever, pending or which may be pending in said courts or returnable thereto, shall have day therein, and be heard, tried, proceeded with and decided in like manner as if the time of holding said courts or sessions had not been hereby altered. 3 March 1849 1. 9 Stat. 403. 2 March 1799 15. 1 Stat. 637. ville. 5. It shall be lawful for the judge of the fifth circuit of the courts of the United States to hold the circuit court for the district of Kentucky in the absence of the judge of the eighth circuit. III. COLLECTION DISTRICTS. 6. In the state of Kentucky there shall be one district, which shall include all the waters, shores and inlets of the rivers Ohio and Mississippi, and the rivers and waters District of Louis connected therewith, lying within the jurisdiction of the United States and the said state; and a collector shall be appointed, to reside at Louisville, which shall be the sole port of entry and delivery, for the said district, of any goods, wares and merchandise not the growth or manufacture of the United States: Provided nevertheless, That it shall be lawful for the president of the United States, whenever he shall judge it expedient, and for the interest of the United States, to establish a separate district, which shall include all the waters, shores and inlets of the Mississippi within the jurisdiction of the United States and the said state of Kentucky, and also the shores and waters on the south side of the river Ohio, from the mouth thereof to the east bank of Cumberland river, with the rivers and waters connected with the Mississippi and Ohio, within the limits aforesaid, and within the state aforesaid; and to appoint a collector to reside at such port of entry and delivery as may be established within the same. 2 Aug. 1854 8 2. 10 Stat. 334. 7. Paducah, in the state of Kentucky; Shreveport, in the state of Louisiana; and Jeffersonville, in the state of Indiana; shall be, and they are hereby, constituted ports of Paducah a port delivery within the collection district of New Orleans; and there shall be appointed a surveyor of customs to reside at each port, who shall, in addition to their own duties, perform the duties and receive the salary and emoluments of surveyor prescribed by the act of congress approved on the 2d of March 1831, for importing merchandise into Pittsburgh, Wheeling and other places.(b) of delivery in district of New Orleans. 9 May 1856 1. 11 Stat. 7. 8. That Columbus, in the state of Kentucky, be, and is hereby, constituted a port of delivery, within the collection district of New Orleans, and there shall be a surveyor of Columbus to be a customs appointed for the said port, who shall perform the duties, and receive the salary port of delivery. and emoluments prescribed by the act of congress, approved on the 2d day of March 1831, (b) entitled "An act allowing the duties on foreign merchandise imported into Pittsburgh, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville and Natchez, to be May be abolished. secured and paid at those places:" Provided, That it shall be the duty of the secretary of the treasury to abolish said port of delivery whenever, in his judgment, the public interest shall no longer require a port of delivery at that place.(c) (a) To be held at Frankfort, by act 24 February 1807. 2 Stat. 420. (b) See tit. "Louisiana," 26. (c) By act 3 March 1855, Hickman is constituted a port of delivery in the district of Mississippi, on the same terms. See tit. "Tennessee," $9. Lands. His duties. 67. Public sales not to be delayed. Proof to be made before sale. Not to extend to reserved lands. 68. Duration of act. 69. When patents to issue to assignees. 70. Further time allowed, in certain cases. 71. Settlers may enter fractional sections. 72. Settlers prior to 1 May 1832, to be allowed further time, ir certain cases. 73. Act 29 May 1830, revived for two years. 74. When settlers to elect between sections. 75. Pre-emption law extended to certain persons. 76. Who to be deemed entitled to pre-emption. Act of 1830 re vived. Division between claimants. Not to extend to Indian lands. Or to lands reserved. Or to town sites. Certain reserva tions excepted. 77. Oath of claimant. Penalty for false swearing. 78. When settlers may elect between sections. 79. Pre-emption right not to be affected by leasing of improve ment. 80. Settlers on school lands may enter others. 83. Pre-emption of 160 acres granted to settlers on the public lands Exceptions. Repeal of proviso to act of 1838. 84. First settler to have the right. By whom questions of right to be determined. 85. Proof of settlement, how made. Assignments, before patent, to be void. 86. Oath of claimants. Penalty for false swearing. Certificate of oath to be filed. 87. Sales of public lands not to be delayed. 88. Settlers to file statement with register. On failure, to be subject to private entry. 89. Certain invalid entries confirmed, and patents to issue. No 25. Officers concerned in purchase of public lands to be re- right of pre-emption to be conferred, by entry on a tract sold un moved. 26. Exemplifications confirmed. 27. Exemplifications to be of equal validity with originals. IV. PATENTS. 28. Patents to issue in the name of the United States. 29. Patents to deceased persons to issue for benefit of heirs, &c. 30. Certain patents validated. 31. Patents to be countersigned by the recorder. 32. To issue on confirmed claims. Effect thereof. V. DISTRICT LAND OFFICES. der previous pre-emption laws, &c. 90. Executors may complete pre-emption claims. To inure for the benefit of the heirs. 91. Settlers on reserved lands, &c., may enter others. 93. Claimants to make known their claims within three months. 94. Not to be prejudiced by vacancy in the office of register or receiver. 95. When settlers to have choice between tracts. 96. Proceedings where two or more persons have settled on the same tract. 97. Settlers on unsurveyed lands to be entitled to pre-emption, 33. Surveys of lands to be completed. And office of surveyor- in certain cases. general to cease. 34. When land offices to be discontinued. 35. Land offices may be continued at seat of state government. 36. When surveys to be delivered over to the states. Powers of surveyor-general to devolve on commissioner. 37. Such surveys, &c.. to be accessible to officers. 38. States to provide for keeping of land records. 39. When land districts may be annexed to adjoining districts. 40. President may change location. B. DISPOSAL OF THE PUBLIC LANDS. I. SURVEYS OF PUBLIC LANDS. 98. How lands occupied as town sites, may be entered for the further time. benefit of those entitled to pre-emption. Town of Weston allowed 99. How suspended claims to be determined. Within what time. 100. Report to congress. 101. Decisions to be classified. 103. Rejected claims to be sold by order of commissioner. Notice. 104. Pre-emption laws extended to reserved sections on the lines of railroads. Price of such lands. Settlers on certain other re 41. How lands to be surveyed. Corners, how established. servations to be entitled to pre-emption. Boundary lines. Contents of sections, &c. 42. How lands on rivers may be surveyed. 43. Punishment for obstructing surveys. 44. Marshal may be directed to protect surveyors. 105. Act of 1846 revived, continued, and extended. 109. Acts of 1846 and 1853, revived, continued and extended. 116. No fees for entry and certificate. 117. Duties of registers. 118. Repeal of part of act of 1804. 119. Lands may be offered for sale in parts. 120. Limitation of price of reverted lands. 121. Further time allowed to purchasers. Conditions. 122. Certain sections to be further subdivided. 123. Lands to be offered at public sale in half-quarter-sections. Private sales. How subdivision to be made. 124. No credit to be allowed to purchasers. 125. Price of lands. Lands unsold to be subject to private entry. Exceptions. 126. Lands reverted to be offered at public sale. Terms. Afterwards to be subject to private entry. 127. Duration of public sales. 128. Preference at private sale to highest bidder. 129. Sales of quarter-quarter-sections authorized. How divided. 130. Public sales, how advertised. 131. Certain sales confirmed. 143. Erroneous entries may be withdrawn and moneys credited for other lands. Powers of secretary. 144. Erroneous entries of land may be changed in certain cases. Proceedings for correction of such errors. Oath of party to be corroborated. 145. Register and receiver to administer oaths. False swearing, perjury. 146. Fees of registers and receivers. 147. Where purchase is void, by reason of prior sale, &c., money to be refunded. 14%. Act of 1819 extended to cases in which patents have issued. 149. Correction of erroneous location of military bounty land warrants. 153. Debtors classified. To pay by instalments. Interest. 154 Extended to purchasers of town sites. But not to claimants under act 3 March 1817. 155. In default of payment, lands to revert. Fees, 158. No lands to be forfeited prior to 30 September 1821. Lands forfeited to be sold. 159. When surrendered lands to be sold. 160. Certificates for money paid, may be issued in certain cases, to be credited in payment for other lands. 161. Form of certificates. Duty and fees of registers. 162. When such certificates to be credited. 163. Certificates for lands sold in New York and Pittsburgh. 164. To whom such certificates may be issued. 165. Payments on forged or altered certificates to be void. 166. When separate certificates to issue to joint purchasers. 167. Certificates to issue to purchasers. 168. To be governed by act of 1828. 189. Debts due to the, United States to be Jeducted. Except sums deposited. 190. When distribution to be suspended. New states to have the same rights. 191. Annual appropriation for surveys. Minimum price not to be increased, except, &c. If increased by law, distribution to cease. And also if imports be increased beyond twenty per cent. 192. Ten per cent. payable to certain states to be suspended, whilst general distribution is suspended. 193. Per-centage of the several states to be applied in payment of interest on stocks held in trust. 194. Construction of act suspending distribution. XVI. LANDS GRANTED TO THE STATES. 195. Grants to certain states for interual improvements. How selected and located. Grants to new states. 196. At what price to be sold. Proceeds, how applied. 197. Governors of certain states to select. 198. Grants to convey the fee simple. When no title to pass. XVII. TAXATION OF LANDS. 199. States admitted before 1820 may tax lands from time of sale. But lands of non-residents not to be subject to higher taxes. 200. Extended to Missouri. XVIII. RECLAMATION OF SWAMP LANDS. 201. Swamp lands in Arkansas granted to the state. 202. Patent to issue therefor. Proceeds, how applied. 203. What lands to be included. 204. Extended to all the states. 205. Patents to issue to purchasers or locators prior to issue of patents to the states. States to release to individuals in certain 206. States to be indemnified for loss of lands by this act. cases. List of sales to be returned. C. LANDS NORTH-WEST OF THE OHIO AND ABOVE THE MOUTH OF THE KENTUCKY. I. SURVEY OF LANDS. 207. Surveyor-general. His powers and duties. Deputies. 208. How lands to be surveyed. Subdivisions. Corners to be marked. Fractional sections. What to be noted in field books. Plats to be returned; and recorded. 209. Salt springs reserved. 210. Lands to be subdivided into half-sections. Lines to be run and marked. 211. In what manner subdivisions to be surveyed. II. LAND OFFICES. 212. Land offices established. Cincinnati. Chilicothe. Marietta. Steubenville. Registers. Bonds. Residence. 213. Plats to be transmitted to registers. III. SALES OF LANDS. 214. Public sales of lands. Where to be held. Price. 215. Notice of sales. And of adjournments. 216. Sale of remaining lands under ordinance of 1785. 217. Mode of payment. Credit. Forfeiture, on non-payment of balance. Patents. 218. Books to be kept. Copies to be transmitted to secretary. Sales to be noted on plat. 219. When and where sales to be held. Remaining lands to be 169. Certificates to issue for difference between lands relinquish sold at private sale. ed and those retained. 220. Price of lands. Mode of payment. 221. Payments, to whom made. Receivers to be appointed. Bonds. Duties. Compensation. To determine between applicants by lot. Duties of registers on 222. Registers to enter applications. On production of receipts entry of applications. Certificates. When patents to issue. 223. Registers to note sales, &c. 224. To make quarterly returns to secretary. offered at public sale. Price. 225. Reserved lands to be sold, except salt springs. To be 226. Time of payment extended to purchasers prior to 1808. On default, lands to be re-sold. 227. Extended to purchasers of fractional townships. 228. Assignees of original purchasers to have the same privi leges. 229. Lands reverted may be re-entered. 230. Unlocated lots in the military reserve to be sold. 231. Iudian reserves to be annexed to land districts in which 177. When useless military sites may be sold. Secretary to exe- they are situated. ente conveyances. XIII. SCHOOL LANDS. IV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 232. Navigable rivers. 233. Compensation of officers. 234. Fees of receivers, &c. 235. Oath of officers. Bond of receiver. 236, United States stock receivable in payment for lands. 237. Registers not to make entries in their own names. How they may purchase. Proceedings on application to enter the sanie lands. 238. Secretary to prescribe regulations, 239. Compensation and fees of registers, 240. Compensation of superintendents of public sales. 241. Fees for patents. 242. Reservations may be leased. 243. Pre-emption rights of persons who have erected mills. 244. Repealing section. 245. Provisions for payment in public stocks repealed. Dis count to be allowed, in certain cases. D. OF LANDS NORTH OF THE OHIO AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. I. SURVEY OF LANDS. 246. Powers and duties of surveyor-general. Indian boundaries. 251. Land districts established. Detroit. Vincennes. Kaskaskin. Registers and receivers. 252. President may appoint officers in the recess. 253. Lands purchased from the Wabash Indians, to be sold at Vincennes. 254. Where lands ceded by the treaty of Greenville, to be sold. 255. Lan is purchased of the Sacs and Foxes, at Kaskaskia. 246. Office for sale of lands between the military tract and Connecticut reserve. Office at Jeffersonville. Registers and receivers. 257. Lands to be offered at public sale, except section sixteen, and Delaware reservations. Price. Lands unsold to be subject to private entry. Patents. 258. Lead mines to be reserved. May be leased by the presi dent. 253. Lands e ded at Detroit attached to that district. 200. Where lands ceded at Fort Wayne to be sold. Public sales. Private entries. 261. Superintendents' compensation. 262. Boundary between districts of Vincennes and Jeffersonville. 263. District of Piqua. Delaware. 264. District of Brookville. Terre Haute. Jeffersonville. 265. Registers and receivers. 266. Removal of land offices. 267. Compensation for superintending sales. III. LAND CLAIMS. 268. Declaration to be delivered by claimants. Evidence to be recorded. In default, to be barred. 269. Registers and receivers to examine claims. Oath. 270. To meet and decide claims. Their powers. Clerk to be appointed. His duties. Report to secretary of rejected claims. To be laid before congress. Compensation. Oath of clerks. 271. Claims may be re surveyed. 272. Time for exhibiting declaration, &c., extended. 276. Reports. Additional compensation. 277. Decisions of commissioners in district of Detroit confirmed. 278. Further time allowed to minors and non-residents, in certain cases. 279. Powers of commissioners in such cases. 280. Confirmation of decisions in district of Kaskaskla. 281. Confirmation of decisions in favor of claimants of town lots, &c. 314. Actual settlers, in the Illinois territory, to have right of pre-emption. Restricted to one quarter-section. Exceptions. 15. Claimants to give notice to register. Entries by pre-emp tioners. Within what period claim to be presented. 318. Entries to be governed by act of 1814. 319. Public notice to be given. When right to be forfeited. 320. Settlers on school lands may enter the same for pre-emp tion. 321. Other lands to be reserved for schools, &c. 322. Act of 1815 extended. 323. Settlers on the Miami lands to be extitled to pre-emption. 324. Oath. Previous settlement to give pre emption right. 325. Bounty land warrants may be applied in payment. V. SETTLEMENTS IN MICHIGAN. 326. Donations to actual settlers. Exceptions. To be eutered at Detroit. 327. Commissioners appointed to decide claims. Oath. Their powers and duties. Certificates. Surveys. Decisions to be reported to the secretary. When patents to issue. 328. Powers not to extend to lots in Detroit. 329. Further time allowed to claimants. 330. Persons whose claims have been confirmed to have pre emption right in adjoining lands. Surveys. Claimants to give notice. 331. Settlers to have right of pre emption. Notice to be given. Powers of commissioners. 332. Act of 1807 modified. VI. LAND SALES. 333. Lands not reserved to be offered at public sale. Remaining lands to be subject to private entry. Patents. 334. Navigable rivers to be public highways. Salt springs to be reserved. 335. Governor of Michigan a superintendent. 336. Sales of reserved lands. Price. 337. Tract at Shawneetown to be laid off into town lots. Lots to be offered at public sale. 338. Sales of forfeited lands. 339. Sales need not be made at court-house. 340. Sales in districts of Piqua. Delaware, Indianapolis, Brookville and Terre Haute. When subject to private entry. E. MINERAL LANDS IN MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN. I. LAND OFFICES. 341. Lake Superior district. 342. Registers and receivers. 343. Chippewa district. II. LAND SALES. 344. Geological examination and survey to be made. Sales of mineral lauds. Sales of other lands. 345. Lessees to have right of pre-emption. And those in possession under permits. Or by occupation. Proof to be made. Appeals. Preference to be given to first occupant. 346. Sales of mineral lands regulated. 347. Management transferred to treasury department. 348. Geological survey of Chippewa district. Sales of mineral and other lands. tion. Appeals. Preference to first occupant. 349. Occupants to have right of pre-emption. Proof of occupa 350. Sales of mineral lands regulated. 351. Mineral lands to be subject to the same minimum price, and rights of pre-emption. as others. 352. Holders of leases may surrender and purchase one full section at minimum price. F. OF LANDS SOUTH OF TENNESSEE. 353. Claims under British and Spanish grants, to be confirmed. 354. Grants to actual settlers at the time of evacuation by the Spanish forces. 355. Confirmation of claims regularly filed. Certificates of confirmation to be issued. Patents. Who entitled to the benefit of this act. No more than 640 acres to be granted to one claim. 356. Judicial decisions not to be affected. 357. Certain claims under British grants confirmed. II. ASCERTAINMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS. 358. Claimants to give notice in writing to register. Evidence to be recorded. In default, claim to be barred. 359. Commissioners appointed to ascertain rights of claimants. Certificates to be issued to claimants under Georgia cession titles. Bourbon act of Georgia. Pre-emption claimants. Adverse claims to be noted in certificate. Patent not to issue in such case, until after judicial decision. 360. Commissioners to report to the secretary. 361. Land appropriated for satisfying claims. Within what time to be presented. Fees for recording. Unrecorded grants not to be evidence. For what lands certificates may be granted. 362. Proposals of compromise to be reported to congress. 363. Time for exhibiting claims extended. Recording of com plete grant to be sufficient. Derivative titles to be laid before commissioners. 364. Commissioners may adjourn from time to time. May act on claims before the evidence is transcribed. 365. When commissioners may require corroborative proof. Reports to secretary of disallowed claims. 366. Law agent for the government. Power to compel attendance of witnesses. 367. Assistant clerk and translator to be appointed. 368. Certificates may be granted for lands east of the Tombigbee. 369. Report of claims for lands on warrants issued to minors. filed, to be excluded as evidence of title. 370. Time for filing claims on British grants extended. If not 371. Repayment authorized to holders of invalid pre-emption certificates. 372. In case of interference, patent may issue for the excess. 373. Further time allowed to holders of pre-emption certifi cates. 374. Compensation of commissioners, &c. Powers of registers and receivers in case of interfering certificates, &c. 375. When donation certificates to be issued in lieu of pre-emp tion certificates. 376. Further time allowed to settlers on the Mobile. 377. Report to be made to the secretary. And laid before congress. III. PROCEEDINGS ON DISALLOWED CLAIMS. 378. Lands included in disallowed claims to be sold. Claimants may institute suit. Limitation. 379. In what cases claimants to recover. 380. Parol evidence to be received. IV. SURVEY OF LANDS. 381. Surveyor general. Deputies. Duties. 382. To survey certified claims. And other lands. Expenses, bow paid. 383. Salary. How confirmed. Claims to be surveyed. 384. Tract annexed to Mississippi territory. V. LAND OFFICES. 385. Land offices established. Registers and receivers. 386. Office for sale of Cherokee and Chickasaw lands. 387. Office for sale of Choctaw lands. VI. PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS. 388. Actual settlers to be entitled to right of pre-emption. Mode of payment. No interest to be charged. 389. Pre-emption right extended to settlers prior to 1807. 390. Notice and claim to be prefered in writing. 391. Time for payment of purchase-money. 392. Not to extend to claimants under British or Spanish grants, &c. 393. Act of 19 January 1808, extended. VII. LAND SALES. 394. Lands, except those reserved, to be offered at public sale. Sales, bow conducted. Remaining lands to be subject to private entry. Price. Patents. VIII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 395. Compensation of officers, &c. 396. Appointments may be made during the recess. 397. Navigable rivers to be public highways. 398. Town lots in Natchez vested in the corporation. 399. Registers and receivers to decide between interfering claims. G. LANDS WITHIN THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE. 400. Titles of settlers under French or Spanish grants confirmed. Conditions. 401. Grants to actual settlers by permission of the Spanish government. 402. What to be deemed evidence of a settlement. 403. Claims of minors to be confirmed, in certain cases. 404. Part of act of 1805, repealed. 405. Titles of residents prior to 1803, confirmed. Lead mines and salt springs excepted. Claims restricted to boundaries of surveys. 406. Claim of New Orleans confirmed. 407. Title validated. 408. Claims may be filed with register of St. Stephen's. Duty of register and receiver. 409. Effect of confirmation of claims. 410. Location of confirmed claims. 411. Certificates of confirmation and patents. 412. Spanish grants in district of Jackson Court house confirmed. Conditions. Limitation. Effect of confirmation. 413. Donations to settlers prior to 1813. 414. Settlers without evidence of title to have right of preemption. 415. Powers of register and receiver. 416. Confirmation of unsurveyed claims. Surveys to be made. When warrants to issue for deficiencies. 417. Location of such warrants. II. ASCERTAINMENT OF CLAIMS. 418. Notice of claim to be filed with the register. Evidence to be recorded. Recording of complete grant to be sufficient. Derivative titles to be exhibited. Claims to be barred, in default of compliance with the requisitions of this act. 419. Commissioners appointed. Oath. Meetings. 420. Powers of the commissioners. Their decisions to be laid before congress. When cor 421. Clerk to be appointed. His duties. Report to be made on rejected claims. Reports to be laid before congress. roborative evidence to be required. 422. Compensation of commissioners, &c. Oath of clerks. 423. Law agents to be appointed. Their duties. Translator. 424. Plats need not be delivered, where claims have not been surveyed. Surveys to be directed. All others to be deemed private surveys. Resurveys to be made, before issuing of patents. 425. Time for exhibiting claims extended. 426. Registers to appoint deputies. Their powers and duties. Compensation. 427. Powers of commissioners extended. To inquire into claims to back concessions. 428. Compensation of registers and commissioners. may be reduced. Salaries of clerks and agents. Number 429 Place of meeting may be changed. Extra compen-ation. 430. Secretary to prescribe forms of reports, &c. 431. Decisions to be according to the laws and usages of the French and Spanish governments. Lead mines and salt springs excepted. 432. Time for exhibiting claims extended. 433. Transcripts of decisions to be transmitted to the secretary. Certificates to be issued to claimants. When patents to issue. 434. Surveys to be made at expense of claimants. Re-surveys. 435. Claims to be classified. Report to be laid before congress. 436. Time for exhibiting claims extended. 437. Time for recording evidence of claims already filed extended. 438. Powers of registers and receivers. 439. Reports to be made to the general land office. 440. Clerks to be appointed. Fees. 441. Time extended for registering claims for lands west of the Mississippi. 442. Reports to the secretary. 443. Additional evidence may be exhibited in support of unconfirmed claims. 444. Registers to report such evidence. 445. Reports to be made to congress. III. CLAIMS TO LANDS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND ISLAND OF NLW ORLEANS. 446. Districts. Commissioners to be appointed. Clerk. Oath. 447. Meetings. Public notice to be given. 448. Commissioners to establish offices. Within what period claims to be presented. 449. Claims to be registered Evidence to be recorded. Recording of complete grant to be sufficient. Derivative titles to be noted on the record. In default, claims to be barred. 450. Powers of the commissioners. 451. Powers of surveyor extended. Evidence to be recorded. 452. Commissioners to transmit abstracts to the secretary. To be laid before congress. 453. List of actual settlers to be reported. 454. Time for registering claims extended. 455. Evidence of other claims to be received and reported. 456. Claims for lands east of the Tombigbee. 457. Complete Spanish grants, reported by the commissioners, confirmed. British grants. 458. Incomplete Spanish titles, reported favorably, confirmed. Restricted to 1280 acres unless plat and certificate are filed. Donations to other claimants. Effect of confirmation or donation. 459. Donations to claimants without written evidence of title. Not to exceed 640 acres. 460. Other settlers to have right of pre-emption. 461. Land offices established at St. Helena and Jackson Courthouses. Registers and receivers. 462. Time extended for registering claims. To be filed with register. 463. Further time allowed for recording evidence of claims filed. 464. Registers and receivers to have powers of commissioners. 465. Registers to make reports on claims. To be laid before congress. 466. Clerks to be appointed. Salaries. 467. Deputy surveyor. His fees and duties. 468. Books to be lodged with registers. Certificates to be issued or confirmed. Claims, &c. Patents. 469. Appointments may be made in the recess. 470. British and Spanish grants reported by registers and receivers confirmed. 471. Incomplete titles, reported favorably, confirmed. 472. Donations to claimants without written evidence of title. 473. Powers of registers and receivers in reference to location of incomplete grants. To decide between conflicting claims. And as to intrusions. 474. Patents to be issued. 475. Certificates to be issued to claimants. 476. Land office at St. Helena may be removed. IV. CLAIMS TO LANDS BETWEEN THE RIO HONDO AND SABINE RIVERS. 477. Neutral territory attached to district south of Red river. Claims to be registered. And evidence to be recorded. 478. Reports to be made to the secretary. Claims to be classified. 479. Notice to be given of meetings at Natchitoches. V. LOTS IN MOBILE. 480. Claims under complete grants confirmed. 481. Incomplete grants, reported favorably, confirmed. 482. Claims founded on lost conveyances confirmed. 483. Donations to other claimants who have built on their lots. 484. Decisions between conflicting claimants. VI. PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS. 485. Owners of confirmed claims to have right of pre-emption to back lands. Duties of surveyor. Restrictions. Conditions. 486. Settlers without written evidence of title to have pre-emp tion right. 487. Patent certificates to issue to pre-emptioners. 488. Settlers on certain reserved lands entitled to pre-emption. VII. SURVEY OF LANDS. 489. How lands in territory of Orleans to be surveyed. 490. Lands in territory of Louisiana. 491. Documents to be deposited in surveyor's office. 492. Compensation of officers. 493. Deputy surveyors in territory of Orleans. Duties, 494. How lands in territory of Louisiana to be surveyed. 495. Survey of lands in Alabama. 496. Compensation for surveying in Arkansas. 497. Surveyor-general of Louisiana. 498. Deputy surveyors to be appointed. Bond and oath. 499. Office of surveyor-general. Salary. Fees for examining and recording surveys abolished. Copies of papers evidence. Fees. VIII. LAND OFFICES. 500. Orleans territory divided into two districts. Registers and receivers. Recorder. 501. Office in New Orleans. At Opelousas. For disposal of lands north of Red river. 502. Land office in territory of Louisiana. 503. Districts in Arkansas. IX. LAND SALES. 504. Receiver in western district of Orleans. His duties, &c. |