Chapter XVIII. for the relief of Isaac Zane
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Chap. XVIII.— An Act for the relief of Isaac Zane. April 3, 1802. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the President of the United States be, and Lands conveyed to Isaac Zane.he is hereby authorized and empowered to issue letters patent, in the name, and under the seal of the United States, thereby granting and conveying to Isaac Zane, his heirs and assigns, in fee simple, three sections of land, of one square mile each, within the North-Western Territory, of any lands not heretofore granted or reserved, and to which the Indian title has been extinguished; in trust, nevertheless, in respect to two of the said sections, which shall be last mentioned and described in the said letters patent, to, and for the use and benefit of the children of the said Isaac Zane, who shall be living at the time of his death, and of the heirs of any child or children, deceased, and their heirs, respectively, to hold as tenants in common.
Sec. 2. How to be located. *And be it further enacted, *That the said Isaac Zane, or his attorney in fact, shall, and, they are hereby authorized and empowered to locate the said three sections in one or more tracts, not to exceed three locations of six hundred and forty acres each: Provided, the said land is not granted, appropriated or reserved by any act or resolution of the United States, or of Virginia, at the time of location. Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted, *That the surveyor-general of the United States, or one of his deputies, shall, without delay, reasonable notice thereof being first given, survey and lay off the same as the law directs: *Provided,* the same has not, at such time, been surveyed.
Approved, April 3, 1802.