valid, must have been fore the 27th action, in any court whatsoever, shall be for. ever barred and foreclosed. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Grants to be if the person or persons claiming under such grant, warrant or order of survey, shall make surveyed be- it appear to the satisfaction of the court, beOct. 1797. fore whom such suit or action shall be pending, that the tract of land therein specified, was actually surveyed prior to the twen ty seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, then, and in that case, the same shall be deemed and held to be good and valid, to all intents and purposes, any thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding: But in case the claimant or claimants shall fail to prove the tract or tracts of land so claimed, to have been actually surveyed prior to the twenty seventh day of October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety five, or in case the same shall appear to be otherwise fraudulent or illegal, the grant, warrant or order of survey, granted by the Spanish government, as aforesaid, by virtue of which such tract or tracts of land may be claimed, shall be, and the same is hereby declared null and void, to all intents and purposes, and shall not be read in evidence against any claim or certificate of preemption, derived from the United States dence lawful dating grants. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That Parole evi-, it shall be lawful, in the trial of such suit or for support action, for either party to introduce parole ing or invali-evidence for the purpose of supporting or invalidating the grant, warrant or order of survey as aforesaid; and the judgment, sentence or decree of the said highest court of law or equity, in the cases aforesaid, shall be final and conclusive between the parties, and may be plead in bar to any subsequent suit or action brought in the same or any other court, for the recovery of the same land or any part thereof. lis confirmed land. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Abraham Ellis be, and he is hereby confirm. Abraham Eled in a tract of land granted by the British in his title to government of West Florida to Stephen Jor- a tract of dan, containing the quantity of two hundred acres, lying and being on the waters of Boyd's creek, according to the metes and bounds of said tract of land set forth in the plat thereof made by the surveyor general of said province of West Florida; and that the amount of money which the said Ellis may have been compelled to pay to the receiver of public monies west of Pear! river, in the Mississippi territory, for said tract of land, be refunded to him by the receiver aforesaid. firmed in his SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Daniel Harregal be and he is hereby con- Daniel Harre firmed in his title in fee simple to the tract gal also corof land whereon he resides, containing the title. quantity of five hundred and fifty acres, agreeably to a plat thereof filed with the register of the land office, west of Pearl river, in the Mississippi territory. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JN. MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro tempore. February 28, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. cause a tract ritory to be Indians. CHAPTER XC. AN ACT for the relief of certain Alibame BE it enacted by the Senate and House of America, in Congress assembled, That the President to President of the United States be, and he is of land in the hereby authorized to cause to be surveyed Orleans ter- and designated by proper metes and bounds, laid off for a tract of land, not exceeding two thousand the Alibama five hundred acres, out of any lands of the United States, lying in the territory of Orleans, and west of the river Mississippi, and by lease vest the said tract of land in a certain tribe of Alibama Indians and their descendants, for the term of fifty years: Provided nevertheless, That it shall not be lawful for the said tribe of Indians to transfer or assign their interest in the said land, and every such transfer, or assignment, shall be null and void: And proviaed also, That if the said tribe of Indians shall remove from the said tract of land, their interest in, and to, the same shall henceforth cease and determine. Proviso, Proviso. to cause two land in Mi SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Secretary of there shall be designated, under the direction the Treasury of the Secretary of the Treasury, two tracts tracts of of land in the Michigan territory, one includchigan to be ing the village called Brown's town, and the laid off for other the village called Maguaga in the posthe Wyandotts. session of the Wyandott tribe of Indians, containing in the whole not more than five thousand acres; which two tracts of land shall be reserved for the use of the said Wyandotts, and their descendants, and be secured to them in the same manner, and on the same terms and conditions as is provided in relation to the Alibama Indians, by the first section of this act. J. B. VÁRNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO: MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro tempore: February 28, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON. CHAPTER XCI. AN ACT to interdict the commercial intercourse be tween the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes. Entrance of the ports and the United States forbid harbors of den to the E it enacted by the Senate and House of B Representatives of the United State sof America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the entrance of the harbors and waters of the United States and of the territories thereof, be, and the same is hereby interdicted to all public ships and publie vesvessels belonging to Great Britain or France, sels of Eng excepting vessels only which may be forced France: in by distress, or which are charged with despatches or business from the government to which they belong, and also packets havng to cargo nor merchandise on board. And li land and President may cause eventual measures to be taken. Intercourse with such vessels for. bidden. Penalties. if any public ship or vessel as aforesaid, not being included in the exception above mentioned, shall enter any harbor or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States, or of the territories thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land and naval forces, or of the militia of the United States, or the territories thereof, as he shalk deem necessary, to compel such ship or vesgel to depart. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any citizen or citizens of the United States or the territories thereof, nor for any person or persons residing or being in the same, to have any intercoursewith, or to afford any aid or supplies to any public ship or vessel as aforesaid, which shall, contrary to the provisions of this act, have entered any harbor or waters within the jurisdiction of the United States of the territories thereof; and if any person shall, contrary to the provisions of this act, have any intercourse with such ship or vessel, or shall afford any aid to such ship or vessel, either in repairing the said vessel or in furnishing her, her officers and crew with supplies of any kind or in any manner whatever, or if any pilot or other person shall assist in na vigating or piloting such ship or vessel, un. less it be for the purpose of carrying her be. yond the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, every person, so offending, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor exceeding ten thousand dollars; and shall also be imprisoned for a term not less than one month, nor more than one year. |