and forty ninetieths, over and above the sum of five thousand eight hundred and six, and seventy two ninetieths, as above stated, in support of which, various and important documents are offered, though of a nature too general to be admitted, agreeably to the rules of the treasury; and whereas, this deficiency of vouchers appears to arise from the nature of the disbursements made by Mr. Dohrman, whose own house was frequently the asylum of whole crews of captive American seamen, who were fed, cloathed, and relieved in sickness through his benevolence, and that at a time when his attachment to the cause of America was dangerous both to his person and property. Recital of noAnd whereas, Congress are disposed to acknowledge ble and meri-. in the most honorable manner the eminent services torious servirendered by Mr. Dohrman, and to make him further ces of Mr. compensation; Dohrman. granted him. Resolved unanimously, That one compleat and en- One entire tire township, subject to the reservations as in the township free other townships, agreeably to the ordinance of the from charges twentieth of May, 1785, out of the three last ranges surveyed in the western territory of the United States, be and hereby is granted to the said Arnold Henry Dohrman, free from all charges of survey, and that the said Arnold Henry Dohrman be allowed to make And to make choice of the aforesaid township of land, out of any three ranges. of the said three ranges last surveyed, after the secretary at war shall have drawn for the proportionate quantity of land assigned to the late army, agreeably to the said ordinance of the 20th May, 1785. * choice out of Sec. 1. The President of the United States is VI. 85. hereby authorized to issue a patent for the thirteenth 27th Februa township, in the seventh range, to Arnold Henry Patent to isDohrman or his legal representatives, agreeably to a sue for 13th resolution of Congress of the first day of October, in township in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-se- the 7th range. ven. • The public gratitude towards Mr. Dohrman, for his generous services, was manifested by other compensation of a pecuniary nanire at the same time. III. 114. 3d March, 1795. President to cause a cer tain tract of land to be surveyed. And the be enumera ted. Letters pa tent to be is sued to John for a tract of said land on G. Gervais condition. Remainder actual settlers of Galliopolis, (7) Donation to the French Inhabitants of Gal liopolis. Sec. 1. The President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to cause to be surveyed, in the territory north-west of the Ohio, a tract of land, situate on the northerly bank of the river Ohio, beginning one mile and a half on a straight line above the mouth of Little Sandy, thence down the said river Ohio along the courses thereof eight miles when reduced to a straight line, thence at right angles from each extremity of the said line so as to include the quantity of twenty-four thousand acres of land to be disposed as hereinafter directed. Sec. 2. The President be authorized to cause to be ascertained the number of French inhabitants and actual settlers of the town or settlement of Galliopolis, being males, above eighteen years of age, or wi dows who are or shall be within the said town or settlement of Galliopolis on the first day of November next. Sec. 3. The President of the United States shall be, and he is authorized and empowered, to issue letters patent, in the name and under the seal of the United States, thereby granting to John Gabriel Gervais, and his heirs, four thousand acres of land, part of the said twenty-four thousand acres, to be located on the north-west bank of the river Ohio, opposite to the mouth of the Little Sandy, with condition, in the said letters patent, that if the said John Gabriel Gervais, or his heirs, shall not personally, within three years from the date of the same patent, settle on the same tract of land, and there continue settled for three years next thereafter, the same letters patent shall be void and determine, and the title thereof revest in the United States as if this law had not passed. Sec. 4. The President of the United States shall to be distribu- be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to ted among the cause to be surveyed, laid off and divided, the remaining twenty thousand acres of land, residue of the twenty-four thousand acres, into as many lots or parts as the actual settlers of Galliopolis shall, on the ascertainment aforesaid, amount to, and the same to by lot. issue. be designated, marked and numbered on á plat thereof, to be returned to the secretary of the said territory, together with a certificate of the courses of the said lots; the said lots or parts of the aforesaid tract to be assigned to the settlers aforesaid by lot. And the President of the United States is hereby authori zed and empowered, to issue letters patent as afore- Patents to said, to the said actual settlers and their heirs, for the said twenty thousand acres, to be held by them in severalty in lots to be designated and described by their numbers on the plat aforesaid, with condition, in the same letters patent, that if one or more of the said grantees, his or her heirs or assigns, shall not, within five years from the date of the same letters, On condition make, or cause and procure to be made, an actual of actual setsettlement on the lot or lots assigned to him, her or them, and the same continue for five years thereafter, that then the said letters patent, so far as concerns the said lot or lots not settled and continued to be settled as aforesaid, shall cease and determine, and the title thereof shall revest in the United States, in the same manner as if this law had not passed.* tlement within five years. contractsnot Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall be taken or con- Settlers sidered in any manner to impair or affect the claims claims under of the said settlers against any person or persons for to be impairor by reason of any contracts heretofore made by ed. them, but that the same contracts shall be and remain in the same state as if this law had not passed. Survey to be Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the surveyor-gene- v. 76. ral of the North-Western territory, to survey one 25th June, thousand two hundred acres of land, beginning on 1798. the bank of the Ohio river at the lower corner of a made of 1200 tract surveyed pursuant to an act of Congress, enti- acres of land tled, "An act to authorize a grant of lands to the on the Ohio. French inhabitants of Galliopolis, and for other purposes therein mentioned," and running thence down. said river along the courses thereof six hundred and forty poles when reduced to a straight line, thence The condition of actual settlement repealed by act of 21st February, 1806. ↑ Viz. the preceding act of 3d March, 1795. To be divided into eight parts, and as signed by lot to the per sons named. Plats to be made of the tract and fots. Letters pa extending back from the river and parallel to thre Sec. 2. The President of the United States is heretent to be is- by authorized and empowered to issue letters patent sued therefor. in the usual form, thereby granting to the persons above named, and to their heirs, the said tract of land to be held by them and their heirs in severalty, in lots designated, numbered and marked as aforesaid. Saving of pri- Sec. 3. Nothing in this act shall be taken or convate contracts sidered in any manner to affect the claims of the persons herein named against any person or persons, for or by reason of any contracts heretofore made by them, but that the same contracts shall be and remain in the same state as if this act had not passed. made with the grantees. IX. 7. 21st Feb. Sec. 1. So much of the fourth section of an act, entitled "An act to authorise a grant of lands to the Repeal of the French inhabitants of Galliopolis; and for other pur. 1806. * Viz. the above act of 3d March, 1795. H poses therein mentioned," as imposes the condition 4th sec. of a former act, of an actual settlement on the said inhabitants, or any of them, their heirs or assigns, is hereby repealed. ses the conwhich impoAnd in every case where a patent has issued, in condition of acformity with the said fourth section, to any of the tual settleinhabitants aforesaid, their heirs or assigns, the con- ment. ditions aforesaid, inserted in any such patent, shall be considered null and void; and the fee simple be vested to all intents and purposes, in the person to whom such patent has been issued, his or her heirs or assigns. (8) Donations for certain general purposes, in the State of Ohio. the state of Sec. 7. The following propositions are hereby VII. 40. offered to the convention of the eastern state of the 30th April, said territory, when formed, for their free accep- 1802. Propositions tance, or rejection, which, if accepted by the conven- offered to the tion, shall be obligatory upon the United States: convention of First. That the section, number sixteen, in township, and where such section has been sold, Section No. granted or disposed of, other lands equivalent there- 16 for the use to, and most contiguous to the same, shall be granted of schools. to the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools. every Ohio. the state. Second. That the six miles reservation including Sciota salt the salt springs, commonly called the Sciota salt springs springs, the salt springs near the Muskingum river, granted to and in the military tract, with the sections of land which include the same, shall be granted to the said state, for the use of the people thereof, the same to be used under such terms and conditions and regulations as the legislature of the said state shall direct: Provided, The said legislature shall never sell nor lease the same for a longer period than ten years. Third. That one twentieth part of the net proceeds One twentiof the lands laying within the said state, sold by Con- eth of proceeds of pub. gress, from and after the thirtieth day of June next, lic lands sold Viz: The territory north-west of the river Ohio, now the state of Ohio. |