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party fued, as aforefaid, fhall be fubject to the costs and charges of fuch fuits, whether the ultimate decifion fhall be in his favor or against him.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That Marthals of the marshals of the refpective diftricts be, the districts and are hereby authorized and directed, to fuch noti- ferve the faid notifications on the parties therein named, by leaving copies thereof at their respective dwellings, or ufual places of abode, at leaft four months, before the time fixed in fuch notification, for rendering their accounts, as aforefaid, and that the return of the faid notifications to the Comptroller's office, with the marfhal's certificate thereon, that fuch fervice has been made, be deemed legal evidence in the district or circuit courts, of the proceedings, and for the recovery of cofts and charges. And that Auditor to in cafes, where accounts fhall be rendered liquidate account & to the Auditor of the Treasury, within the tranfmit time limited in the notifications aforefaid, he Comptrol- fhall immediately proceed to liquidate the

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credits to be paffed for the faid accounts, and report the fame to the Comptroller, with a particular lift of any claims which fhall have been difallowed by him. And that the Comptroller of the Treafury immediately proceed to the examination of the credits allowed by the Auditor, and if the fame be approved by him, that he caufe credit therefor to be paffed on the public books. And the Comptroller fhall alfo appoint a day, for hearing the claimant on the claims fo difallowed by the Auditor, as aforefaid..

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That a lift of all fuch credits aforefaid, as fhall have been claimed, and not admitted by the Coinptroller, be made out and tranfmited to the

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marfhal of the diftrict, where the claimant How fufrefides; and that a copy thereof be ferved on pended crethe claimant, or left at his dwelling, or laft be finally ufual place of abode, with notice of the time determined affigned, by the Comptroller, for the final hearing, as aforefaid, at least four months before fuch hearing; of which proceedings, the marshal is hereby directed to tranfmit an official return to the Comptroller. And in

case of an omiffion or neglect, on the part of the claimant, to affign, in writing, or otherwife, his reasons to the Comptroller, within the time limited, as aforefaid, why the fufpended credits fhould be admitted, all future claims therefor fhall be, and are hereby forever barred. But in cafe the claimant fhall, within the time aforefaid, affign in writing, or otherwise, his reafons why the fufpended credits fhould be admitted, the Comptroller fhall immediately confider the same, and decide thereon, according to the principles of equity, and the ufages of the Treafury department.

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Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in Decifion o all cafes, where the final decifion of the Comptrol. Comptroller fhall be against the claimant, five on all fuch determination fhall be final and conclu- concerned. five to all concerned.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives.

HENRY TAZEWELL, President of the

Senate pro tempore.

APPROVED, March the third, 1795:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,
Prefident of the United States.

Prefident

certain tract of

CHAPTER CXIV.

An Act to authorize a Grant of Lands to the French Inhabitants of Galliopolis, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

Sec. I.

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E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That the Prefident of the United States fhall be, and he is hereby authorized and empowto caufe a ered, io cause to be furveyed 'in the territory northwest of the Ohio, a tract of land, fituate on the northerly bank of the river Ohio, beginning one mile and a half on a ftraight line above the mouth of Little Sandy, thence down the faid river Ohio along the courses thereof eight miles when reduced to a straight line, thence at right angles from each extremity of the faid line' fo as to include the quantity of twenty-four thoufand acres of land to be difpofed as herein-after directed.

land to be furveyed.

To caufe

the French

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Prefident be authorized to cause to be afinhabitants certained the number of French inhabitants of Gallio and actual fettlers of the town or fettlement polis to be of Galliopolis, being males above eighteen years of age, or widows who are or fhall be within the faid town or fettlement of Galliopolis on the first day of November next.

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Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Prefident of the United States fhall be, and he tent to be is hereby authorized and empowered, to iffue letters patent, in the name and under the feal Gervais for of the United States, thereby granting to Jchn a tract of Gabriel Gervais, and his heirs, four thousand condition. acres of land, part of the faid twenty-four

John G.

faid land on

thoufand acres, to be located on the northwest bank of the river Ohio, oppofite to the

mouth of the Little Sandy, with condition, in the faid letters patent, that if the faid John Gabriel Gervais, or his heirs, fhall not perfonally, within three years from the date of the fame patent, fettle on the fame tract of land, and there continue fettled for three years next thereafter, the fame letters patent fhall be void and determine, and the title thereof revest in the United States as if this law had not paffed.

to be dif

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lis.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Prefident of the United States fhall be, and Remainder he is hereby authorized and empowered, to tributed acause to be furveyed, laid off and divided, mong the the remaining twenty thousand acres of land, tlers of refidue of the twenty-four thoufand acres, in- Calliopo to as many lots or parts as the actual fettlers of Galliopolis fhall, on the afcertainment aforefaid, amount to, and the fame to be defignated, marked and numbered on a plat thereof, to be returned to the Secretary of the faid territory, together with a certificate of the courfes of the faid lots, the faid lots or parts of the aforefaid tract, to be affigned to the fettlers aforefaid by lot. And the Prefident of the United States is hereby authorized and em- iffue, powered, to iffue letters patent as aforefaid, to the faid actual fettlers and their heirs, for the faid twenty thousand acres, to be held by them in feveralty in lots to be defignated and described by their numbers on the plat aforefaid, with condition, in the fame letters patent, that if one or more of the faid grantees, his or her heirs or affigns, fhall not, within five years from the date of the fame letters, make, on condior caufe and procure to be made, an actual tion. fettlement on the lot or lots affigned to him, her or them, and the fame continue for five years thereafter, that then the faid letters pa

Patents to

claims a

tent, fo far as concerns the faid lot or lots not fettled and continued to be fettled as aforefaid, fhall ceafe and determine, and the title thereof fhall reveft in the United States, in the fame manner as if this law had not paffed.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That noSettlers' thing in this act fhall be taken or confidered gainft con- in any manner to impair or affect the claims of tractors no the faid fettlers against any perfon or perfons to be im for or by reafon of any contracts heretofore made by them, but that the fame contracts fhall be and remain in the fame ftate as if this law had not paffed.

paired.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG,
Speaker of the House of Reprefentatives.
HENRY TAZEWELL, Prefident pro

tempore of the Senate.

APPROVED, March the third, 1795:

GEORGE WASHINGTON,

Prefident of the United States.

Secretary

of State to

caufe an e

dition of

the laws,

&c. to be printed.

CHAPTER CXV.

An Act for the more general Promulgation of the
Laws of the United States.

Sec. I.

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E it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congress affembled, That, for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States, the Secretary for the department of State fhall, after the end of the next feffion of Congrefs, caufe to be printed and collated at the public expenfe, a complete edition of the laws of the United

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