Chapter CXXVIII. to adjust the claims to lots in the town of Vincennes, and for the sale of the land appropriated as a common for the use of the inhabitants of the said town
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Chap. CXXVIII.— An Act to adjust the claims to lots in the town of Vincennes, and for the sale of the land appropriated as a common for the use of the inhabitants of the said town. April 20, 1818. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the. United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That the trustees of the town The trustees of Vincennes authorized to adjust claims to lots in that town. If lots are found within the precincts to which individual claims cannot be substantiated, they are granted to the inhabitants, and may be sold, &c.of Vincennes shall have power and they are hereby authorized to examine and adjust all claims to lots in the town of Vincennes; and if, upon an accurate survey, it shall be found that there are lots within the precincts of the town to which no individual claims can be substantiated, the same are hereby granted to the inhabitants thereof, to be sold by the trustees, and the money arising from the sale to be applied to such public pur-FIFTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 129. 1818.469poses as may be agreed upon by a majority of the citizens. And the said trustees are hereby empowered, in all cases, when they shall confirm claims to Jots, to give deeds to the claimants for the same. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the trustees of the town of Vincennes shall have power, and they are hereby authorized, to dispose The trustees empowered to dispose of a tract of land, which, by act of March 3d, 1791, ch. 27, was appropriated as a common.
The tract to be divided into lots and sold, &c.of a tract of land containing about five thousand four hundred acres, which, by the fifth section of the act, entitled “An act for granting lands to the inhabitants and settlers at Vincennes and the Illinois country, in the territory north-west of the Ohio, and for confirming them in their possessions,” passed on the third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, was appropriated as a common, to the use of the inhabitants of the said town: the said tract shall be divided into lots, as the trustees shall direct, of not more than fifty nor less than the quantity of five acres, and shall be sold in the manner, and on the terms, which may by them be deemed most expedient and advantageous.
They shall also have power to convey, by complete title, the lots sold to the purchasers; and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, or so much Proceeds to be applied to the draining of a pond. Residue to Vincennes University.thereof as may be necessary for the purpose, shall be applied, under the direction of the said trustees, to the draining of a pond in the vicinity of the town; and the residue of the money arising from the said sales, if any there be, shall be paid over to the trustees of the Vincennes University, and shall, by them, be applied to the benefit of the said University.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted*, That the said trustees, when they Trustees to report to Congress.shall have performed the duties assigned to them under this act, shall make a report thereof to Congress. Approved, April 20, 1818.