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whether the fame has already been entered, purchafed, or paid for, and at his request to give him a copy of the entry or entries concerning the fame. He fhall, three months after the date of each application, if the party fhall not have within that time produced to him a receipt of the payment of one-fourth part of the purchafe money, including the twentieth part above-mentioned, enter under its proper date, in the said book of entries, that the payment has not been made, and that the land has reverted to the United States, and he fhall make a note of the fame in the margin of the book oppofite to the original entry. And if the party fhall, either at the time of making the original entry, or at any time within three months thereafter, produce a receipt to him, for the fourth part of the purchase money, including the twentieth part aforefaid, he fhall file the receipt, make an entry of the fame, under its proper date, in the faid book of entries, make a note of the fame in the margin of the book, oppofite to the original entry, and give to the party a certificate, defcribing the land fold, the fum paid on account, the balance remaining due, the time and times when fuch balance fhall become due, and that if it thall be duly dif charged, the purchafer or his affignee or other legal representative, fhall be entitled to a patent for the faid lands; he fhall alfo upon any fubfequent payment being made, and a receipt from the receiver being produced to him, file the original receipt, give a receipt for the fame to the party, and enter the fame to the credit of the party, in a book kept for that purpose, in which he fhall open an account in the name of each purchaser, for each fection or half fection that may be fold either at public or private fale, and in which he fhall charge the party for the

whole purchase money, and give him credit for
all his payments; making the proper charges.
and allowances for intereft or difcount, as the
cafe may be, according to the provifions of the
fourth fection of this act; and upon the pay-
ment being completed and the account finally
fettled, he shall give a certificate of the fame
to the party; and on producing to the Secre-
tary of the Treafury, the fame final certificate, Patents to
the President of the United States is hereby be iffued.
authorized to grant a patent for the lands to
the said purchaser, his heirs or affigns; and all
patents fhall be counterfigned by the Secretary
of State, and recorded in his office.

to note

&c.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Regifters Registers of the land-offices refpectively, fhall alfo note on the book of furveys, or original plat the fales tranfmitted to them, every tract which may be upon the fold, by inserting the letter A on the day when furveys, the fame is applied for, and the letter P on the day when a receipt for one-fourth part of the purchase money is produced to them, and by croffing the faid letter A on the day when the land fhall revert to the United States, on failure of the payment of one-fourth part of the purchafe money within three months after the date of application. And the faid book of furveys or original plat fshall be open at all times, in prefence of the Regifter, for the infpection of any individual, applying for the fame and paying the proper fee.

certain

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That it fhall be the duty of the Regifters of the land-offices Regifters to tranfmit quarterly to the Secretary of the to make Treafury, and to the Surveyor-General, an ac- quarterly count of the several tracts applied for, of the returns. feveral tracts for which the payment of onefourth part of the purchale money has been

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made, of the several tracts which have reverted to the United States on failure of the faid payment; and alfo an account of all the payments of monies by them entered, according to the receipts produced to them, specifying the fums of money, the names of the perfons paying the fame, the names of the officers who have received the fame, and the tracts for which the fame have been paid.

Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the Mode of Regifters aforelaid fhall be precluded from enmaking tering on their books any application for lands purchafes in their own name, and in the name of any by regif- other perfon in truft for them; and if any Re

ters.

gifter fhall with to purchase any tract of land, he may do it by application in writing to the Surveyor-General, who fhall enter the fame on books kept for that purpose by him, who shall proceed in refpect to fuch applications, and to any payments made for the fame, in the fame manner which the Registers by this act are directed to follow, in refpect to applications made to them for lands by other perfons. The Regifters thall, nevertheless, note on the book of furveys, or original plat, the applications and payments thus by them made, and their right to the pre-emption of any tract fhall bear date from the day, when their application for the fame shall have been entered by the SurveyorGeneral in his own book. And if any perfon applying for any tract fhall, notwithstanding he fhall have received information from the Regif ter, that the fame has already been applied for by the faid Regifter, or by any other perfon, infift to make the application, it fhall be the duty of the Register to enter the fame, noting in the margin that the fame tract is already purchased; but upon application of the party made in writing, and which he fhall file, he may and shall at

any future time enter under its proper date, that the party withdraws his former application, and applies in lieu thereof for any other tract: Provided always, That the party fhall ne ver be allowed thus to withdraw his former application, and to apply in lieu thereof for another tract, except when the tract defcribed in his former application shall have been applied for previous to the date of that his former application.

Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary Secretary of the Treasury shall and may pre- of the scribe such further regulations, in the manner of Treafury keeping books and accounts, by the feveral offi- may precers in this act mentioned, as to him may ap- further pear neceffary and proper, in order fully to car- regulary into effect the provifions of this act.

fcribe

tions.

Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the AllowRegisters of the land-offices, refpectively, fhall ance to be entitled to receive from the Treafury of the the RegiUnited States, one-half per cent. on all the mo- fters. nies expreffed in the receipts by them filed and entered, and of which they thall have tranfmited an account to the Secretary of the Treasury, as directed by this act; and they shall further be entitled to receive, for their own ufe, from the respective parties, the following fees for fervices rendered, that is to fay; for every original application for land, and a copy of the fame, for a fection three dollars, for a half fection two dollars; for every certificate stating that the first fourth part of the purchase money is paid, twenty-five cents; for every fubfequent receipt for monies paid, twenty-five cents; for the final fettlement of account and giving the final certificate of the fame, one dollar; for every copy, either of an application or of the defcription of any section or half section, or of the plat of the fame, or of any entry made on their books, or VOL. V. A 2

tendants

of public fales.

of any certificate heretofore given by them, twenty-five cents for each; and for any general inspection of the book of furveys, or general plat, made in their prefence, twenty-five cents.

Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That the Allow fuperintendants of the public fales, to be made ance to by virtue of this act, and the fuperintendants of fuperin- the fales which have taken place by virtue of the act, entituled, "An act providing for the fale of the lands of the United States in the territory north-west of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river," fhall receive five dollars a day for every day whilft engaged in that business; and the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to allow a reasonable compenfation for books, ftationery, and clerk hire, in fettling the accounts of the faid fuperintendants.

Patent

fees.

the refer

Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the fee to be paid for each patent for half a section fhall be four dollars, and for every section five dollars, to be accounted for by the receiver of the fame.

Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the Leafes of lands of the United States referved for future vations difpofition, may be let upon leafes by the Surveyor-General, in fections or half fections, for given by terms not exceeding seven years, on condition the Sur- of making fuch improvements as he fhall deem

may be

veyor General.

reasonable.

Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That each Pre-emp- perfon who before the paffing of this act fhall tion right have erected, or begun to erect, a grift-mill or builders faw mill upon any of the lands herein directed of mills. to be fold, fhall be entitled to the pre-emption

given to

of the fection including fuch mill, at the rate of two dollars per acre: Provided, The perfon or his heirs, claiming fuch right of pre-emption,

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