An act for the iiaal adjustmentof the claims
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An act for the flnal adjHstment of the claims

 to lands ia the south stern land district

 of inc State of Louisiana.

 Be t eHdcted by tte Senate and House of Representatives. of Ahe U,tifed States Of .4me- ricd aa Congress assembled, That any per sons claiming lands within the limits the south eastern land district of the State of otlsIana, agreeably to the provisions of the laws heretofore enacted for the adjust ment of land claims in that part of the Ter ritory of Orleans or State of Louisiana. but whosi titles have not been heretofore confirmed. may, at any time prior 10 the first day of July, one thousand eight hun dred and thirty three, present their claims, together with the written evidence and other testimony in support of the same to the Register and Receiver of the land office at New-0rleans; and il shall be the duty of the said Register and Receiver to record, in hook to be kept for that pur- pose, the notice of. every claim so prefer red, together with the evidence for winch service, they shat! receive com pensation from the claimants, at the rate of twenty-five cents for every hundred words.

 Sec. 2. .4ad be u. further enacted, That the said Register and Receiver shall, al

 

 of Congress thereafter, make to the Se- oretary of the Treasury a report of the claims which may have been preferred be- lore them, together with the testimony, thelr opinion of the validity of the claims. aud such other information respecting them as aoay be in their possession; which report shall, hy the Secretary ofth Frea- snry, be laid before Congress as soon as practicable, with his opinion touching the validity of the respective claims. Provi- ded, That no claim shall he the rein recon mended for confirmation, for more than the quantity contained in a league souare.

 Sec. 3. .4nd be Il further enacted. Thai the sale of land in the said south eastern district, by public auction or private en- try, shall be suspended until after the first day Of July, one thousand eight hun dred and thirty-three.

 all persons who, before the first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, held lands in the said south eastern district, by claims unconfirmed, but which were embraced in the princi- ples of the previous laws for the adjustmen mt of claims in that part of the Territory of Orleans or State of Louisiana, which lands may have been sold at the public safe wilich-took. place at New Orleans on the l first Monday of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, under the Pre- f sdent's proclamation of the fftIi of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty ] may avail themAeIyes of this act as though their lands had not been sola; and ths 