Vincennes and of the said villages respectively, to be used by them as a common, until otherwise disposed of by law.
Militia men who have not obtained any donation of land, to receive 100 acres.Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the governor of the said territory be authorized to make a grant of land not exceeding one hundred acres, to each person who hath not obtained any donation of land from the United States, and who, on the first day of August, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, was enrolled in the militia at Vincennes or in the Illinois country, and has done militia duty, the said land to be laid out at the expense of the grantees, and in such form and place as the said governor shall direct. Provided nevertheless, Appropriation of a tract for the Kaskaskia Indians.That no claim founded upon purchase or otherwise, shall be admitted within a tract of land heretofore occupied by the Kaskaskia nation of Indians, and including their village, which is hereby appropriated to the use of the said Indians.
Grant of to P. Gibault and St. Jam Beouvais.Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That two lots of land heretofore in the occupation of the priests at Cahokia, and situated near that village, be, and the same is hereby granted in fee to P. Gibault; and that a tract of land at Kaskaskia, formerly occupied by the Jesuits, be laid off and confirmed to St. Jam Beouvais, who claims the same in virtue of a purchase thereof.
Donation lands to be laid out according to act of Congress of June 20th, 1788.Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act of Congress of the twenty-eighth of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, as refers to the locations of certain tracts of land directed to be run out and reserved for donations, to the ancient settlers in the Illinois country, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and the governor of the said territory is directed to lay out the same, agreeably to the act of Congress of the twentieth of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.
Approved, March 3, 1791.
Statute ⅠⅠⅠ.March 3, 1791.
Chap. XXVIII.—An Act for raising and adding another Regiment to the Military Establishment of the United States, and for making farther provision for the protection of the frontiers.
Repealed 1795, ch. 44.
An additional regiment to be raised of 912 men,Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be raised an additional regiment of infantry, which, exclusive of the commissioned officers, shall consist of nine hundred and twelve non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians.
how organized.
1790, ch. 10.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said regiment shall be organized in the same manner as the regiment of infantry described in the act, intituled “An act for regulating the military establishment of the United States.”
Their pay and allowances.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the troops aforesaid by this act to be raised, including the officers, shall receive the same pay and allowances, be subject to the same rules and regulations, and be engaged for the like term, and upon the same conditions, in all respects, excepting the bounty herein after mentioned, as are stipulated for the troops of the United States in the before-mentioned act.
Bounty for enlistment.Sec. 4, And be it further enacted, That each non-commissioned officer, private and musician, who has enlisted or shall enlist pursuant to the act aforesaid, or who shall enlist pursuant to this act, shall be entitled to receive six dollars as a bounty.
What officers may be appointed,Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That in case the President of the United States should deem the employment of a major-general, brigadier-general, a quartermaster and chaplain, or either of them, essential to the public interest, that he be, and he hereby is empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the same accordingly.