Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora IndiansJohnson, Elias
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Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians
Johnson, Elias
Iroquois Indians; Tuscarora Indians
"_Penalty on persons purchasing lands of the Indians_.--5. And be it
further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no person, for any
consideration whatsoever, shall purchase or buy any tract or parcel of
land claimed or in possession of any Indian or Indians, but all such
bargains and sales shall be, and are hereby declared to be null and void,
and of no effect; and the person so purchasing or buying any land of any
Indian or Indians shall further forfeit the sum of ten pounds,
proclamation money, for every hundred acres by him purchased and bought,
one-half to the use of the public, the other half to him or them that
shall sue for the same, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint
or information, in any court of record within this Government, wherein no
possession, protection, injunction or wager of law shall be allowed or
admitted of.
"_Persons settled on the Indian lands to remove, and no others to
settle there under a penalty_.--6. And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That all and every person and persons, other than
the said Indians who are now dwelling on any of the lands within the
bounds above mentioned to have been allotted, laid out and prescribed to
the said Tuscarora Indians, shall, on or before the twenty-fifth day of
March next ensuing the ratification of this act, remove him or herself
and family off the said lands, under the penalty of twenty pounds,
proclamation money; and if any shall neglect or refuse to move him or
herself and family off the said lands, on or before the said twenty-fifth
day of March next, and if any person or persons, other than the said
Indians, shall hereafter presume to settle, inhabit or occupy any of the
said lands hereby allotted and assigned for the said Tuscarora Indians,
such person or persons shall forfeit the further penalty of twenty
shillings, proclamation money, for each and every day he, she or they
shall inhabit or occupy any lands within the said Indian bounds after the
said twenty-fifth day of March next, the said penalties to be recovered
and applied in the same manner as the penalty in this act above
mentioned.
"_Surveyor's fee for laying out the Indians' lands_.--7. And
whereas, The said lands belonging to the said Tuscarora Indians have been
lately laid out and newly marked by George Goulde, Esq., Surveyor
General, at the request of the said Indians; therefore, be it enacted,
that the said George Goulde, Esq., have and receive for the trouble and
expense he hath been at in laying out and marking the Indians' lands
aforesaid, the sum of twenty-five pounds, proclamation money, to be paid
by the public, out of moneys in the public treasury.
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