United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/9th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 43
Chap. XLIII.—An Act to provide for the adjustment of titles of land in the town of Detroit and territory of Michigan, and for other purposes.[1]
Act of March 3, 1807, ch. 34.
A town to be laid out by the governor and judges of Michigan.
Titles to lots to be adjusted and settled by them.
Lots to be given to actual settlers of the town of Detroit when it was burnt, if they were citizens of the United States.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the governor and the judges of the territory of Michigan shall be, and they, or any three of them, are hereby authorized to lay out a town, including the whole of the old town of Detroit, and ten thousand acres adjacent, expecting such parts as the President of the United States shall direct to be reserved for the use of the military department, and shall hear, examine, and finally adjust all claims to lots therein, and give deeds for the same. And to every person, or the legal representative or representatives of every person, who not owning or professing allegiance to any foreign power, and being above the age of seventeen years, did on the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and five, when the old town of Detroit was burnt, own or inhabit a house in the same, there shall be granted by the governor and the judges aforesaid, or any three of them, and where they shall judge most proper, a lot not exceeding the quantity of five thousand square feet.
Land undisposed of according to the preceding section to be sold by the governor and judges.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land remaining of the said ten thousand acres, after satisfying claims provided for by the preceding section, shall be disposed of by the governor and judges aforesaid, at their discretion, to the best advantage, who are hereby authorized to make deeds to purchasers thereof, and the proceeds of the lands so disposed of, shall be applied by the governor and judges aforesaid, towards building a courthouse and jail in the town of Detroit, and the said governor and judges are required to make a report to Congress, in writing, of their proceedings under this act.
Approved, April 21, 1806.
- ↑ See notes to act of March 3, 1807, chap. 34.