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Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of two thousand four hundred dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be applied, under the direction of the President of the United States, to the immediate and temporary relief of Hamet Caramalli, ex-bashaw of Tripoli. , April 21, 1806.

 

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, excepting 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.

. 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 afore-said, 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 afore-said, towards building a court-house 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.

, April 21, 1806.