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Act of March 26, 1804, ch. 35.
Act of April 27, 1816, ch. 118.
Lands purchased from the Wabash Indians, and lying between the Wabash and Ohio, attached to the district of Vincennes, and offered for sale, &c. at Vincennes.
Lands lying northwest of the Indian boundary by the treaty of Greenville, shall be surveyed, &c. &c. and offered for sale at Detroit.
from the Indian tribes of the Wabash, and lying between the rivers Wabash and Ohio, and the road leading from the falls of the river Ohio to Vincennes, shall be attached to, and made a part of the district of Vincennes, and be offered for sale at that place, under the same regulations, at the same price, and on the same terms as other lands lying within the said district.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That such and so many of the tracts of land lying north and west of the Indian boundary, established by the treaty of Greenville, which were ceded by that treaty to the United States, as the President of the United States shall direct, shall be surveyed and subdivided in the same manner as the other public lands of the United States, and shall be offered for sale at Detroit, or at such of the other land-offices established by law in the state of Ohio, or in the Indiana territory, as the President of the United States shall judge most expedient, under the same regulations, at the same price, and on the same terms, as other lands lying within the said district.

Lands purchased from the Sacs and Foxes attached to the district of Kaskaskias, &c.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the tract of land lately purchased from the Indian tribes known by the name of Sacs and Foxes, as the President of the United States shall think expedient and shall direct, shall be attached to and made a part of the district of Kaskaskias, and shall be offered for sale at that place, under the same regulations, at the same price, and on the same terms, as other lands lying within the said district.

Lands in the districts of Vincennes, &c. claimed under French or British grants, &c. &c. shall be re-surveyed at the expense of the United States.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the lands lying within the districts of Vincennes, Kaskaskias and Detroit which are claimed by virtue of French or British grants, legally and fully executed, or by virtue of grants issued under the authority of any former act of Congress, by either of the governors of the Northwest or Indiana territories, and which had already been surveyed by a person authorized to execute such surveys, shall, whenever it shall be found necessary to re-survey the same for the purpose of ascertaining the adjacent vacant lands, be surveyed at the expense of the United States; any act to the contrary notwithstanding.

Claimants of lands in the foregoing districts, to give notice in writing to the registers of the land offices of their claims, &c.Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That persons claiming lands in either of the said three districts, either under legal grants derived from the French or British governments, or by virtue of actual possession and improvement, or for any other account whatever, may until the first day of November next, give notice in writing to the register of the land-office of their claims, and have the evidence of the same recorded, in the manner and on payment of the fees provided by the act to which this act is a supplement; and the right of any person neglecting to give such notice in writing of his claim, and to have the evidence of the same recorded shall become void and forever be barred.

Powers, duties, &c. &c. of the commissioners.The commissioners appointed for the purpose of examining the claims of persons claiming lands in the said three districts, shall, in their respective districts, have the same powers, and perform the same duties in relation to the claims thus filed, as if notice of the same had been given before the first day of January last; and as was provided by the act to which this act is a supplement, in relation to the claims therein described. It shall be the duty likewise of the clerk of each board to prepare two transcripts of all the decisions made by the said commissioners in favour of the claimants, and to transmit one to the surveyor-general and one to the Secretary of the Treasury. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners, respectively, to make to the Secretary

    An act to authorize the President of the United States to cause the public surveys to be connected with the line of demarcation between the states of Indiana and Illinois, March 2, 1833, chap. 89.

    An act to authorize the states of Indiana and Illinois, to select certain quantities of land in lieu of like quantities heretofore granted to the said states, for the construction of the Wabash and Erie, and Illinois and Michigan canals, August 29, 1842, chap. 262.—See Vol. i. 464, 465. Act of March 3, 1845, ch. 42.