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62 NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 37,43. 1806. STATUTE I. April 21, 1806. Crur. XXXVII.———An Act for the temporary relief of Hamet Curamalli. $2400 a m d_ Be it enacted, 4$~e., That the sum of two thousand four hundred dol- ,,,,d_ PP P lars be, and is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied, under the direction of the President of the United States, to the immediate and temporary relief of Hamet Caramalli, ex-bashaw of Tripoli. Approved, April 21, 1806. ETr';lT;T$8& Cznr. XL1II.—An Act to provide jbr the adjustment of titles of land in the _?..;;.. town of Detroit and territory of Michigan, and for ot/wr purposes. Be it enacted, afro., That the governor and the judges of the terri- 4 mm, to be tory of Michigan shall be, and they, or any three of them, are hereby, lmd ¤¤¤ by the authorized to lay out a town, includinrr the whole of the old town of Governor and D t ·t d t th Q d d. _° . Judges ofMicm_ e roi , an en ou.an acres a jacent, excepting such parts as the gan, src. President of the United States shall direct to be reserved for the use of the military department and shall hear examine, and finally ad'ust Loumbeggm, all claims to lots therein, aiid give deeds fdr the same. And to eriery

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it ,,,,,8 bum, if- who, not owning or professing allegiance to any foreign power, and beeitizens of U. S. mg above the age of seventeen years, did, on the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and five, when the old town bf Detroit was burnt, own or inhabit a house in the same, there shall be granted bylthe glovernloiiiland the judges aforesaid, or any three of them, and w ere they s Judge most proper, a lot not exceeding the quantity of five thousand square feet. Land ,,,,,358. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land remaining of the P°S°d °" ¤*=°°¥‘d· said ten thousand acres after satisf in claims r `d d f b h mg to precedin · - ’ . y g P Ow e fr yi e pm' ,,,c,,,,,,,,,,,"°l5 ceding section, shall. be disposed of by the governor and Judges aforepydtlyeldopyernor said, at their discretion, to the best advantage, who are hereby authorg · ized to make deeds to purchasers thereof; and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of shall be··appl1ed, by the governor and judges aforesaid, towards burlding a court-house and jail in the town of Detroit, and the said governor and. judges are required to make a report to Copgress, rn wgrtrrggé of their proceedings under this act. PPBOVED, pri 1, 1806.