United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/13th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 33
Chap. XXXIII.—An Act attaching to the Canton district, in the state of Ohio, the tract of land lying between the foot of the rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, and the Connecticut western reserve.
Act of Feb. 25, 1811, ch. 25.
Lands attached to the district of Canton.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that tract of land lying between the foot of the rapids of the river Miami of Lake Erie and western line of the Connecticut reserve, in the state of Ohio, which was ceded to the United States by certain tribes of Indians, at a treaty concluded at Brownstown, in the Michigan territory, on the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eight, shall be attached to, and made a part of, the district of Canton.
The ordinary modes of surveying public lands to the deviated from in surveying those of the Canton district.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in surveying and dividing the lands by this act attached to the district of Canton, the ordinary mode of surveying the public lands shall be so far deviated from that the boundary lines of the tracts to be laid off therein shall be run parallel to, and at right angles with, the road laid out in conformity with the said treaty, and in every other respect the surveys shall be made in the same manner, and for the same compensation allowed for the surveying the other public lands north-west of the river Ohio.
Lands attached to the Canton district by this act to be offered for sale.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the lands by this act attached to the district of Canton, shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, under the direction of the register of the land office and the receiver of public moneys of the said district, at such time and place as the President of the United States shall designate by proclamation for that purpose; and the sales shall remain open one week and no longer; and the said lands shall in every respect be sold on the same terms and conditions as have been provided for the sale of other lands of the United States. All the lands in the said tract remaining unsold at the close of the said sales may be disposed of at private sale by the register of the land office of the said district, on the same terms and conditions, as are provided for the sale of other public lands in the same district; and patents shall be obtained in the same manner as in case of other lands of the United States.
Fees to the register and receiver of public moneys.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid register and receiver of public moneys shall each receive four dollars per day for each day’s attendance on the public sales directed by this act.
Approved, February 4, 1815.