Chapter CII. providing for the sale of the tract of land at the lower rapids of Sandusky river
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Chap. CII.— An Act providing for the sale of the tract of land at the lower rapids of Sandusky river.April 27, 1816. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Part of a tract to be laid off into town and out-lots. States of America, in Congress assembled,* That so much of the tract of land of two miles square, at the lower rapids of Sandusky river, ceded by the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoes, Ottawas, Chippewas, Patawatimies, Miamis, Eel river, Weeas, Kickapoos, Piankashaws, and Kaskaskias tribes of Indians to the United States, by the treaty of Greenville, of the third of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, shall, under the direction of the surveyor general, be laid off into town lots, streets and avenues, and into out-lots, in such manner and of such dimensions as he may judge proper: *Provided,* the tract so to be laid off shall not exceed Proviso. the quantity of land contained in one entire section, nor the town lots one quarter of an acre each.
When the survey of the lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the surveyor general, on which the town lots and out-lots shall respectively be designated by progressive 309FOURTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 103. 1816. numbers, who shall cause two copies to be made, one to be transmitted, with a copy of the field notes, to the commissioner of the general land office, and the other to the register of the land office at Wooster. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That previously to the disposal at Surveyor general to lay off the tract of land directed to be sold by this act. 1805, ch. 43. public sale of the before-mentioned tract of land, the surveyor general shall, and he is hereby directed to re-survey and mark the exterior lines of the said tract, conformably to the survey made in [the] year one thousand eight hundred and seven, by virtue of the act of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and five, and also to cause divisional lines to be run through each fractional section, and of the adjoining quarter section, so that each subdivision, having one front on the river, may contain, as nearly as may be, eighty acres each.
And in like manner to cause the large island, lying in the west half of section number one, to be surveyed, and the same to be divided into two equal parts: *Provided,* That in running Proviso. the subdivisional lines, no interference shall be made affecting the selection or location hereafter to be made under the direction of the Secretary of War: *Provided also,* That in no case shall the subdivisional Proviso. lines be so run, as to extend to, or embrace the bed of the river, which shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be a public highway: *And provided also,* That the whole expense of re-surveying and marking the exterior lines of the said cession, and running and marking the subdivisional lines of the fractional and quarter sections, lying adjacent to the river, shall not exceed three dollars for every mile actually surveyed, re-surveyed and marked, by virtue of this and the preceding section.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That all the land contained within Lands to be sold with certain reservations, at public sale. the aforesaid cession, of two miles square, shall, with the exception of as many town lots and out lots, as in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury may be necessary to reserve for the support of schools within the same, and with exception also of the salt springs, and land reserved for the use of the same, be offered for sale to the highest bidder at Wooster in the state of Ohio, under the direction of the register and receiver of the land office, and on such day or days as shall, by a public proclamation of the President of the United States, be designated for that purpose.
The sale for the divided quarter sections, fractional sections, and of the town lots and out lots, shall remain open at Wooster for seven days, and no longer: The divided quarter sections and fractional sections shall not be sold for less than two dollars an acre; the in lots for less than twenty dollars each, nor any out lot for less than at the rate of five dollars per acre; and shall in every other respect, be sold on the same terms and conditions as have been or may be provided by law for the lands sold north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river.
All the land other than what is excepted as above mentioned, remaining unsold at the closing of the public sales, may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the land office at Wooster, agreeably to the provisions of this act, and in the same manner, under the same regulations and conditions as are or may be provided by law, for the sale of the public lands of the United States north of the river Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river, and patents shall be obtained for all lands granted or sold within the said cession, in the same manner and on the same terms as are or may be provided by law for land sold in the state of Ohio.
The superintendents of the public sales directed by this section, shall receive four dollars each, for each day’s attendance on the said sales. Approved, April 26, 1816.