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Statute Ⅰ.


April 23, 1812.

Chap. LXIII.An Act making provision for certain persons claiming lands under the several acts for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia.

Specific grants to sundry persons.
Act of March 16, 1804, ch. 23.
Act of February 24, 1810, ch. 12.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following persons, claiming lands under the act, entituled “An act to revive and continue in force an act, entituled An act for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia,” passed on the sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and four, shall, respectively, be entitled to the following quantities of land, that is to say: Charlotte Hazen, widow of Moses Hazen; Chloe Shannon, wife of James Noble Shannon and relict of Obadiah Ayer, deceased; the heirs of Elijah Ayer and the heirs of Israel Ruland, respectively, nine hundred and sixty acres; Elijah Ayer, jun. and the heirs of Anthony Burk, respectively, three hundred and twenty acres: And that the following persons, claiming lands under the act, entituled “An act further to provide for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia, and for other purposes,” passed on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten, shall, respectively, be entitled to the following quantities of land, that is to say: The heirs of James Boyd, two thousand two hundred and forty acres; the heirs of Nathaniel Reynolds, the heirs of Edward Antill and Joshua Sprague, respectively, nine hundred and sixty acres; Robert Sharp, John Fulton and John Morrison, each, six hundred and forty acres; James Sprague, David Dickey, John Taylor, and the heirs of Gilberts Seamans, deceased, respectively, three hundred and twenty acres; which several tracts of land shall be located within the boundaries of the fractional townships, reserved and set apart for the purpose of satisfying the claims of the refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia;Reservations. and the locations shall be made, and patents granted, in the manner and on the conditions prescribed by former laws, except as to the time for making the locations; which locations shall be made on the day or days that the Secretary of the Treasury shall judge most convenient for the claimants, and shall designate for the purpose.

Approved, April 23, 1812.

Statute Ⅰ.



April 23, 1812.

Chap. LXIV.An Act giving further time to the purchasers of Public Lands, northwest of the river Ohio, to complete their payments.

Act of July 6, 1812, ch. 134.
Purchasers prior to 1st April, 1808.
Allowed three years from 1st January, 1813.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person who, prior to the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eight, had purchased any tract or tracts of land of the United States, not exceeding in the whole six hundred and forty acres, at any of the land-office established for the disposal of the public lands northwest of the river Ohio, and whose lands have not already been actually sold or reverted to the United States for non-payment of part of the purchase money, shall be allowed the further term of three years from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, for the payment of the residue of the principal and interest due on account of such purchase, to be paid in four equal annual payments, the first whereof to be on the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen:Land to be sold on failure to pay. and in case of failure in paying any of the said annual payments at the time when the same shall become due, the tract of land shall be forthwith advertised and offered for sale in the manner and on the terms and conditions heretofore prescribed for the sale of lands purchased of the United States, and not paid for within the limited time.

Approved, April 23, 1812.