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Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the part how to be of the faid lands, which has not been already Laid out,&c. conveyed by letters-patent, or divided, in pursuance of an ordinance in Congress, paffed on the twentieth of May, one thoufand seven hundred and eighty-five, or which has not been heretofore, and, during the prefent feffion of Congrefs, may not be appropriated for fatisfying military land-bounties, and for other purposes, fhall be divided by north and fouth lines run according to the true meridian, and by others croffing them at right angles, fo as to form townships of fix miles fquare, unless where the line of the late Indian purchafe, or of tracts of land heretofore furveyed or patented, or the course of navigable rivers may render it impracticable; and, then this rule fhall be departed from, no further than fuch particular circumftances may require. The corners of the townships fhall be marked with progreffive numbers from the beginning; each distance of a mile between the faid corners fhall be alfo diftinctly marked with marks different from thofe of the corners." One-half of the faid townfhips, taking them alternately, fhall be fubdivided into fections, containing, as nearly as may be, fix hundred and forty acres each, by running through the fame, each way, parallel lines, at the end of every two miles; and by marking a corner, on each of the faid lines, at the end of every mile; the fections fhall be numbered refpectively, beginning with the number one, in the north-eaft fection, and proceeding weft and eaft alternately, through the township with

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progreffive numbers, till the thirty-fixth be Lands how completed. And it thall be the duty of the to be laid deputy-furveyors, refpectively, to cause to be marked, on a tree near each corner made, as aforefaid, and within the fection, the number of fuch fection, and over it, the number of the township, within which fuch fection. may be; and the faid deputies fhall carefully note, in their respective field-books, the names of the corner trees marked, and the numbers fo made: The fractional parts of townships fhall be divided into fections, in manner aforefaid, and the fractions of fections fhall be an-, nexed to, and fold with, the adjacent entire fections. All lines fhall be plainly marked upon trees, and meafured with chains, containing two perches of fixteen feet and one half each, fubdivided into twenty-five equal links, and the chain fhall be adjusted to a flandard to be kept for that purpofe. Every furveyor fhall note in his field-book, the true fituations of all mines, falt licks, falt fprings and mill-feats, which fhall come to his knowledge; all water-courfes, over which, the line he runs fhall pafs; and alfo the quality of the lands: Thefe field-books fhall be returned to the Surveyor-General, who fhall therefrom caufe a defcription of the whole lands furveyed, to be made. out and tranfmitted to the officers who may fuperintend the fales: He fhall alfo caufe a fair plat to be made of the townfhips, and fractional parts of townships, contained in the faid lands, de- townships fcribing the fubdivifions thereof, and the and fracmarks of the corners. This plat fhall be re- to be made, corded in books to be kept for that purpose; a copy thereof fhall be kept open at the Surveyor-General's office, for public information;

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Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That a faltfuture diffpring lying upon a creek which empties into pofal of the the Sciota river, on the east fide, together with

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as many continguous fections as fhall be equal to one township, and every other falt-fpring, which may be difcovered, together with the fection of one mile fquare which includes it, and alfo four fections at the center of every township, containing each one mile fquare, fhall be reserved, for the future difpofal of the United States: But there fhall be no refervations, except for falt-fprings, in fractional townfhips, where the fraction is lefs than threefourths of a township.

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Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That when

ever feven ranges of townships fhall have been Sections of furveyed below the Great Miami, or between 640 acres the Sciota river and the Ohio compay's pur(except refervations) chafe, or between the fouthern boundary of to be fold the Connecticut claims and the ranges already by the Go- laid off, beginning upon the Ohio river and extending weftwardly, and the plats thereof of the wef- made and tranfmitted, in conformity to the tory, and provifions of this act, the said sections of fix the Survey. hundred and forty acres (excluding those hereby reserved) fhall be offered for fale, at public vendue, under the direction of the Governor, or Secretary of the western territory, and the Surveyor-General; fuch of them as lie below the Great Miami fhall be fold at Cincinnati; thofe of them which lie between the Sciota and the Ohio company's purchase, at Pittsburgh; and thofe between the Connecticut claim and the feven ranges, at Pittsburgh. And the townships remaining undivided shall be offered for fale, in the fame manner, at the

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feat of government of the United States, un- Undivided der the direction of the Secretary of the townships Treasury, in traces of one quarter of a town- in like fhip lying at the corners thereof, excluding the manner by four central fections, and the other reservations tary of the before mentioned: Provided always, that no No part of part of the lands directed by this act to be of the lands to fered for fale, fhall be fold for lefs than two lefs than 2 dollars per acre.

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Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury, after receiving the afore- of Treafufaid plats, fhall forthwith give notice, in one notice of newspaper in each of the United States, and the times of the territories north-weft and fouth of the of fale, &e. river Ohio, of the times of fale; which fhall, in no cafe, be less than two months from the date of the notice; and the fales at the different places fhall not commence, within less than one month of each other: And when the Governor of the western territory, or Secretary of the Treasury, fhall find it neceffary to adjourn, or fufpend the fales under their direction, refpectively, for more than three days, at any one time, notice fhall be given in the public newfpapers, of fuch fufpenfion, and at what time the fales will re-commence.

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Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That immedi- Certain ately after the paffing of this act, the Secretary other lands of the Treasury fhall, in the manner herein before directed, advertise for fale, the lands remaining unfold in the feven ranges of townships, which were furveyed, in pursuance of an ordinance of Congrefs, paffed the twentieth of May, one thousand feven hundred and eighty-five, including the lands drawn for the army, by the late Secretary of War, and also thofe heretofore fold, but not paid for; the townships which by the faid ordinance, are di VOL. III.

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rected to be fold entire, fhall be offered for fale, at public vendue in Philadelphia, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, in quarter townships, referving the four center fections, according to the directions of this act. The townships, which, by the faid ordinance, are directed to be fold in fections, fhall be offered for fale at public vendue, in Pittsburgh, under the direction of the Governor or Secretary of the western territory, and fuch perfon, as the President may specially appoint for that purpose by fections of one mile fquare each, referving the four center fections, as aforefaid; and all fractional townships fhall also be fold in fections, at Pittsburgh, in the manner, and under the regulations povided by this act, for the fale of fractional townships: Provided always, That nothing in this act fhall authorize the fale of those lots, which have been heretofore referved in the townships already fold.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the highpayment, eft bidder for any tract of land, fold by virtue and of ob- of this act, fhall depofit, at the time of fale, patent, &c. one-twentieth part of the amount of the pur

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chase-money; to be forfeited, if a moiety of the fum bid, including the faid twentieth part, is not paid within thirty days, to the Treasurer of the United States, or to fuch perfon as fhall be appointed by the Prefident of the United States, to attend the places of fale for that purpose; and upon payment of a moiety of the purchase-money, within thirty days, the purchaser fhall have one year's credit for the refidue; and fhall receive from the Scretary of the Treasury, or the Governor of the weftern territory, (as the cafe may be) a certificate defcribing the land fold, the fum paid on account,

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