t$ttvn gar^iininit it ii even wise lo abtliin frm , .. h bowet r vise and golf in themie!vet,.bavi the temblanoe of inequality which ■''"'_•' - lhe heirl 1 ihecliiacn anil which will m evaded with little remorse the wisdom i leglilation it s •:'■: i-'vi i.iii . •. coun vy iv c tue8day july 27 1830 rviii xi >.,.. -,..<-, ' vli ' :: '," h "' r ; , ; " ! ' " ' id at pri bpkrch op^mlt m'duffie can it bo contended thit the farmer is yyyyiy l ','„ ', ,'-. - r e ," h "' jlgauut the prohititory system "'" l 1 ""* »*"• w he ome per ,,'■ ." ' ' liter or tho land cottage dpon the annua value of the gran iwoy.ari or « *» no ask the attention of the , nt other p.oductioni which he exchange ■ ' '■'■ i be off-red at ' "'''•' ; -' fo to a coinpai which i pro wffimnnielghburl lanttfocturer intl '"; lc "'" •■' - ri.a •"■"•"■'•'•■-. be ei i the eel nal dis , h t the manufacturer of every deicrip ""*>•« my uch pr.rton i , ile.l oh ond rlbuilon ofthe burthens or the federal , iod , ra dot equ „„ y ,;.,,,,,. „', pay the "' i ' "■■'■''■ ■""■' * lool i in ititl ."'' ".' : i„.:.'„r rem classes l pro „, m o per cottage upon the annual value y '"'•:"' hpeaonilnllbn t.c.l bi ,; ' " s n(,l ' , ' |, y ■<"» h ,« different r«o ; of „,„ m » n ufaclure ihey exchange for ""-' p rovi lon'onii fourth .,,.,.,.,. craph.c i.uhdiviiion - the i nl 1 and 0r riculiural and other production in ihe , l n h " mcconddoyol . owtribuilon that wou ink dace un d omo „ ic m „ kel ; a „ ;,„ , ,,„, al . v ' '" ""'■ ■■'' " " "" ' 1 md ' j "' ' "']■"■" ' of '»*» ex isc duly nre precisely ihe tame in 3 33-1 entitled at t ih !' * *"><' '!'«"; " the true principle prlnc p a , nifrerltir only in ll.e tolltory i 1 p'e-emp 1 ■■.'".'. ■ purch et.l fdib'rihutfoejuitice.inil 1 appointment particular lhal ihey r..!l upon different [""■'■■"■ ■'■'• in letiltrti ' ' "■' i "" i » ' - , ol production 1 domestic industry and '' '" , " mi'imlppi md • i,.'-i ol , ;.';,"" rv ' it^'d down ma work whelher , he ,„ u | lim , t ., v ,;,„, upon 1 ',' ! ' ! '- , "' ""'"< " '-" i jeed.no ,,„. ,„,„,„,,,. ,„. ctm , umer , a ju „ «'.,„, ' '''' i h '" ";"', r y 0 v e ." ncll " , v o the principle of equili.y would require " ' - i till "'•'«"/ uch apparent jusitce — 1 h.l ,,,„, „„ th o producer and all the cooiu ■ ." 01 if every s.ai ought 10 con ra on of lhe country ehould equally par n the -.',...,:. , in elai in il1 ' low "< 1 ' he support of the ( ; ci ,„ ,„ „ lsl , ini ' „„ bnancli bu ins ronfirmetl i i .,-.,. , .. eminent aa nearly at possible in propor ihens ofthe sieto i'icm hvihe.ci ;'""" revenue which they enjoy un „ he valuo of the cotton exported by ithol ! , dor lt o protection of the si.tc i ,„■ , x , he planter w lobe regarded ai the mea " ' '"•' i and twemy-two p e ° r government 10 the indii is , u rc of till income upo very lame eniiiiod '■'..,, 1 |„ ry to the '" n r na,lon ' » "*_ h e expenie or principle the value of ihe grain aold by ' rai acta foi i.ljusting c l,im nri " : ' , "'"' 1 '" lh « j n«nl of a ihe farmer or of the cloth old by the • ... , -,,..'.,;,,, 1 ,, 1 (..'.' ; ""- who are all obliged toe mirfufaeturer hould be regarded at the tribute in proportion to their interests in meaiure f hii income nd tuc duty im i no esl,a'c in the bscrv nice or negirci , ,,.>_, ,| cfi r iiigly cl tins 11 mini c.iiimsts wha is called \! \.. k ., ' . z quality or intquall.y of lixilion ac now sir it will br found upon cxnnu cording to thit lund.mental ule the ju ""}""' , , h * 1 \\ v wnl " y y m " p lice and equity of which no mm i 1 ';: d ™ cm ''","" ';''""" v •??««»«•» mre ... thii commiliee will venture ml m "" nm "^' 1 e^hanges whether for ' overt in income tax ould be ihr t " r at would bring ui almott netreii approach thai could be m le l0 '•> he very aame reault at an income tax h ' . qti illy which uughi 10 be the aim i '' '"'" advocate of the prohibitory lyi df every government and which our own m have habitually dwell upon ihe in r.it.sitii 10 ,, mosi carefully but vainly ilgnilcance ol mr foreign when cum attempied to secure wiih • view to ia ;'"<■<' « ■' 1 our internal commerce in certain what would be ihc result ul luch ' h « well known eddreai bf the harriiburg a plan of taxation 10 far 11 regarda in dii convention it wai assumed thai ie in iribution among the various poniona of e,na ' commerce of the union at nimcd the uni in 1 have tunic an cstim.ic oi '" 830 1 000,000 being nearly ten ti,n-.:s ihn .,'.,'.-, ,, ue iiuunt if ll tne inclines |,,< ' nnt of ur foreign commerce i - i hi uni id stales giiing as lhc icsui ''''" il "•'* ealimale cxtrav.,;;ai.t ; anil will 350.000.000 dollar 1 have subjecied no1 ' hefolore tlae it even i.^.inst lit his tsumaie lo the leit of teveral motlea manufacturer ihemselves li mav be of cal ul.tion and 1 think it rather under fely anumed however thai the inter ihan over the truth a british eco nisi nal commerce ofthe uninn amounts t ii ,; he in me of great 13 rain in two hundred and tigluy millions oxclu 1830 at 350,000,000 pounds sterling and "'"^ "' " e cms in trade in foreign i -'•;',.. .. will be deemed ex merchandise it follows therefore thai tov-i 10 eatimate lhe income ol tbe lvhlie lho w,,ola of lhc ax,:a " f " le f ed united states in 1830 al as many dol ''''' government are thrown upun less i'.s what then would be the dittribu j " 0 " c fir "' "' a " lie production ..( lion of the burthent ol the federal laxa i 0 " 1 '' 1 indunry lhe average amount inn among the different sections ol lhe fimporib being less than 70,000 ooo — un 1 the people weie t.ixcil in i>,u ''" !, e arc productluns cqu illy liable to jiortion in their income i lii.tulicie " x lon upon rvo.y principle of equity marked that the exports ol the staple an<l justice amounting to ftj80,0i)0,ooo growing stale constitute the principal which are not only entirely free from ill ii.it ol their annual income but ihtt i government institutions bin a l..t k .- p ,„■ 11 >• be certain of noi making '.... i„,v a \ : '" 1 "' * h,cl ' ictually receive govern estimate will issume that the income of men bounties i sir it ism vain for gen 11 ne persona engaged in pnducing lcraen 0 empt to disguise this gron cotton tobacco and rice it 670,000,000 an<l momlroui inequality under ihe nearly double the amounl of iheir cs ' v w """"^ lhat ht ulll nate bunhen ..! o.ls ; and trial hie income u those cn j ax -" i(,n fllu exclusively up . u the conau gaged ,„ producing colion and rice is n '- even " "'' , " ecr l e l hc le '- h50 nun ooo to produce a revenue of cr ' " wu "''' " ol """ clil,li y v y the case 824,500,000 a i.ix of only seven percent "* ''" ' h ' " ne 1 u *' operation ..! the reven up the aggregate inc mc of ihe nuion u , e '""" upnn ""' llllvl " u wctionaofthe would be necessary in the apportion j ' "'""'• the complaint li lhat upon leu meniol this sum upon the principlei of ' han leveniy millions ol tbe commercial incom tax there would fall to the share e * c hanges nf lho country principally d tbe groweriof cotton lobacoo and rico belod8 " ,)! '" "" : p lu,uin k statea iha mh 900,000 dollars and 10 ma of th whola ol llc federal loses me levied " 3 ■ sol cotton ami rice 011i s ' 500 '' vllil ° u p eo'nmorcial exchanges < qual 00 wnereat all the other braucn s ul l >'. ll,ble 0 hxailon belonging to ihe far ,'■ ■■■'■»■ ' ve inilustrv in i.u united iiali ... ' ''"'' ' : bn d "'■''•"'''"•" ". kales lo the would have to conlrihutc gl9,6l)0000 va " amount of 8980,000,000 no impoai in u vcompaic ih.s cn.ia.ic ,:,..,!,, .' ; '"" »' » ll ,'» j ' 11 b y lhi ' government ai , r the taxes with thai which ac ' w ' . c:>;,llen i e any gentleman tn point nail xiiii under our pietenl revenue ou ' nk 1 * , ni "» nc « '" h hlimry ol the y . ,, e groweri ot cotlon tobacco t rld - wl nat e « e p l "" uel cxic md 11 -. .-. i have heretofore 1 lona of he roman gove ont from the ..".' 11 unit c„',fi'„„,:t hc support ,,| 1 c l "'' i lovlncei-lhal can be com ■ m-i ,' ll b o 1 ,,.,,,- .",■,,-. l arod w ' h our own revenue system lor ) 10 000 more ihan iiicii iust proporiiun 1 l . nju "" ° "" ' i "' 1 ' 1 '' uv "' [ '" c ""'" nd i„c growen of colton and rici con a " jrawi from the people ol the ui 813000.000 being 88,500,001 ??" ber l uml . bowhwoilern stmea 1 , :: ihan iheir ,„,, proportion ; l vben a "."' e ' s ■" , " ! ' , of l,,s unlon """ i atlantic nates and wen intereited very 1 • . iwarc mr cualrhav lhal ihe nearly in in equal degree in lhe lorelgn :- , : • - y of oui in isi ', 1 1 uem of impost exchangei of me country no greal in jus 11 lis heme ol lax uion it 511 on le reiulled fmni making ihote ex irmoiit lhat it is calculated 10 aitound ebangei luiialn the whole fiscal burthem hi.se who i.sve not thoroughly examined °' iho governmenl bui even in 1790 ibe he matter with ■ view therefore of period to which i refer aloxander ll.m iroiemlng lhe quetlion it a m m prac ''" n ' lh e putative lather t.l the prohibi iii and l.mlliar point nl vit v i will sup " l y lynemi deemed n unwlii and mex 010 that 1 general excite were impoied pedlent 10 carry lhe dutloi upon foroign ipon ii tliotc producliom which i merchaudlie hlghar th seven and a me the bail of ihe internal commorce half per cent li..w would he have been if ,!,- union and that the impost dmics aiioniihed if any me hid predicted urn ipon l.ncii commerce were reduced 1 1 in less 1i1 ui forty yean 814,800,000 out he aame rate ai a mere queiilon ol of a revenue ol 83,000,000 would he liitribullve juitice it omnnt be doubted lied by duiiei upon ilul more ihen itn bra moment that ihe exchangei of in ninth part of the productivi industry tnd cn.ii commerce tl.ouhl be lubjected ',. comnwiclil exciu.ii|jcs nf ihe union 1 he very sumr i m posi linns with lhe ex i am lurr mr chalrmin if gentlemen ihangei of foreign commence it is es did nm permit ihomielvei 10 be carrli l lenilal indeed lo lhe perfect equality of away by a mere distinction in nanus s.'i.,ti hi all iudii'ciiiidxes should fall this it'ic|'i.l distribution uf lhe taxes irediely ilike upon all ihe productlopi would ilrlka them more forcibly than li i .' ii itlo iiitlu«try made or minufac lei doll ii the whole ,-, venue til iht u 1 i bu sale whether ol home or abroad united stales were ralaed by un exiisc it planter it oillod upon 10 pay a cer ml instead of levying in impost on ihi in pel iciilage upon lho annual value merchandise imported it exrlie duty lo il the cotton be exchangei for foreign 1 he same extent were levied ii|iun uur 11 i ilacluresiiipim whit hn.'iiii piincijilc collnn when sold lo ihe merchant anil i before li reaches the custom house the palpable inju-iice the outrageoui na ' l '" li,v " r ""--•"-'""' i'l aplmirn s v»rv lltlw i ,, f nm in ,„, j gltlscd ill it b tl veiiinmnt wii i gliding un excise lift of lony p r rent f.oni the r.uoii planters while qpim ihe pro ductions of oilier puts of the union si.ii.dini upon pre , isely the si mi fooling anil am until in nine times u.e value of all ibe cotton made for exportation it exacted unduly at all vow is 1 have heretofore shown thai an impost duty is preciielo equivalent lo an export duly upon the un commercial x i ingei it billows from lhe lame nuns nf inton ing thai an excise duty paid upon cottdu when it leaves the storehouse ofthe plan ter is pffciscly equivalent to an export ilutv paid ai ihe cus'iim house both re ■ q lilly taxes up m ihe production nf the pl inter ind operate precisely alike in oil iheir benringa whether we regard ihem us throwing the burthen of the lux upon the producer nr the consumer and i have no hetiialion in iivine thai 1 would i .'.;.'. i a isw imposing an ex ise dutv of forty per cent upon all lhe . oilon sold by the planters in the united flta'as snd providing at tbe same timo mat foreign merchandise received in exchange for it mlghi be imported free of duly as mak ing nut ihn slightest change i the bur thens under which wo now l.bbr how then let mc ask — ind 1 hog gi iitlfnien to answer me lhe question if with tier con sciences ihcy ran — how would a law strike them whi.-h provided in terms thut an ex sc iltny of forty pur cent should be le iii.1 upon all the production of ihe south ern suies whereas til the immense a mount of he product ions of i he northern mul.llc and western states only twenty million should be subject ■ . imllie rx.-isc till ihc remaining 8280,oor),ooi expressly exempled from nny impmltioo t nil ! u'oultl such a law b ar inspection i would nut men an invidious und u ijuit diiiincllon shock th moral sense of every man in the coininiiniiy ! vnd y , sir the law 1 h.ve mpposed would do no thlng more than express in wordi what iciiiully exists at this moment in lhe revenue laws of this uov r.imeni wrip ped up and disguised in ho indirectneit of their operation and the generality of lhe terms in which they ar expressed .' : - i ... ' : ■ ■ ■'•■.■.,.. : "■• • •■ ,}' : ■ ,' ', '.■-'.- i..-.i ■ oi i if ; j . intra ■. wat .-.■ ' - . '-■ , miin or ,-,„ e t 1.1 cn firm neitain clilm ' ' 1 rid of la -■■ .. ' url llous - 1 ii11i sippt /;/; .( enacted by thc s • ."■ - :' rtftreienlattvci oj thi 1 : is : -., ,. jtmcricain congreit asiembled 1 ot ., i ,', ■ rn 1.1 i n.'s repot en by ih ll .• i cr and receiver ol b3 1 1 0(fi | lhe diitrict ol jackson court mouse in lh state of mississippi un i r the pro a ions of the art ol i liingrc ■ • pproved on the twenty fourth duy ol mav ono tin 11 a stevenson | sp keroftl a nfh sentntlvei ■ '.. 0 i'm nn \, j vloe pretid^nl i • the u ilted states and i idont of the senate i approved hi.ii s3 i 31 andrew jacks in aand eight hundred mil twenty eight en till 1 ■■ '.,. ic supplementary lothe lev rrslai's providing inr ihe ndjustment ol ~ — - land claims in ihe siatcol miaiiss'tppi 6s .,,.: unded on liny oider ol iurvey.ro '' : let increasing the rema or the judicial ... 3 permission in srtlle or other zzz ,'!' y ■' "*? z y r " * . . , , . . . , , liiitrict ol wcw i oi k antl huiltntj to thft com written evidence o claim derived irum ,,,.„..,,;,„ f _,-. .,..,! u ..,., j lr , 3 „.-„„. ti spanish onth rill which ought in united s.alea lho opinion ol ihc aid register and lie nk ,, ,,,,,...,: ;..., „„. senate and house ever to be confirmed and which by uu „/• kcftreientativc -./ the united state ol eaid reports appear lo be derived from america in congress assembled that here the spanlih government piior to tl after there ah h bo hold monihlv in ihc twentieth ol december one ihouiand c ily of now york a s ssinn of the dis right hundred and three and the land , r j c , couri ol lhe u i stales for the ''"'''"'"<' "' h '■' '" "■'" " '■""•<> ■"•■' : " southern district of n w vnrk to com hibliedonoi before lhal day shall be nu .„ a . on ,,„. fi „ tueidav of each confirmed in the lamt man r as il the m0 nth and be held in lhe manner im title had been completed : provided pr0 vided h law for holding ihe slu'e.l that in all such claims where the pl.t i«rmi of the said coint ", n "" *" 0 ° zzz ■■■■'" i < : p "' sec t and be it further enacted thet the 1 ccmn dayol april we thousand ,. f , „ ., eight hundred and thi teen undei ihe ,, • , v . , . , amhorl-y of the spanish governmenl i.i ." " '", " v '" v '•• !< l 1 l t i 1 pursuant of such claim ha noi been * '." " he ' ireult court of the um filled wilh the laid li.gis.er and luceiver.r i r r ? r '"'' ""' ,, ' ,,,, « , « 1 fop ""' ■ uch claim shall not be co.ifirmcd io any \ r j 0l r """'" ] ' "'»'; ind »«'"• in cqui onepe lor more.han twelve hundred z c p omm "" ",' "»•«•« m«o«l of i„„l eight acres and - „ a || , h . olh tj t '. ," "'" "'' : er claim compriied in the report as $*£"*__' a , s t " forei.ld end which oughi in tho opin v s ' h zy '"",' ,' '"' c 8 p?j i l l s « 1 " n ' ttn of the reglner and receiver to be h f to be held in the laid ci y lor the confirmed the dolman m ,„. h land hill ' "' °' ''",' ";';' " " ,, 1 es »' ""•""! ec l u t : be entitle i to a gram hereto , .. a dom ' " : " " ' z , " '*?' " ■"," tion no to exceed lively hundred 1 7 " d0 " ht ""' d "" rlct lmh '' eighty ai rei lo miy nc person : an i pro ' ' elded alio that the claim ol the rop.e ' f '' " j»d be it further enacted that tentalives of louii boitdore numb hereafter the disiric judge lor iho rour in report numbered ihree shall noi them district ol new york shall ic he confirmed io more ih.n twelve hun ide in the city of sow york | and there tlrod md eighty ocreti and all the coufi " ; be allow i tho uld judge the year mattona of the uld incomplete titles antl ' ■' eompemaiion ol ihirly five hundred grintinfdonaiioni hereby provided ious ,; " • o be paid it ihe treasury ol the mide ihall amounl only 1 relinquish ' " ,: [| des in quarierly payments | to rnenl forever on the part ol ihe i nitod l "- ' l '' l ''' : " f lh n '" r ' 1 '- '" disiricl ol slates ol any claim whatever lo ihe iraci ''•' "' s " : "''' " ' d two ihouiand ltd of land io confirmed nr , ■ mteil wl j r l •""■' '" he judge for lhe district ,. i j prejudice totht interests nl third norsnna connectlcm one thousand live hundred bkc 3 and be it further enacted fliil l " 11 ""- i have been iccemlv looking into a british production ..! high epuittfcn which speaks in sir.ioi terms of thc in tolerable weight nt briilsh tax uion ai a conclusive nrgumenl in favor of .. re duction of the taxes ihc writer assert lhat ihey amounted including the rorn hws and pour rales to a tax ol 33 i 3 per cent upon ihe income of every individual in ihe kingdom this he regarded at being to very oppressive thai no people co.il i possibly endure i now sir que ry colion planter in lhe united siauk pays a tax of ot lens 33 i 3 per cent upon his income lo install ibe federal government in oriditi.in lo bis contribu tion io the revenuo ol iht si n 0 in which he resiles indeed as almost ihe whole ol bis income is derived from hie ex changes ol foreign commune tl tax he pays upon ibe annual amounl nf thai in cline cannot lie estlinlfed at much less than the mm of the duly which is indi rectly laid upon ihc production of bis industry and triui ii is tha while un tire vainly and ignor.ntly boasling of nur freedom from taxation the peoplo i.l a portion of ihe union ire suhiecl to a more opprenive burthen dun thc most heavily taxed peoplo on the face ol the can evei , pci ion oi hit or hei ir^il icpre entitled whose claim is embraced i.y tho laid reginer and receiver in their report numbers f:vc sin and teven ol in il lelllert in iheir leg i repri st nt livei noi having my wri en evidence ol claim ihall where it appeari by the said t'eporti thai the i i i . i , i lot ... tiled on bail been actually inhabited and cultivated by tuch person or periom in whme tiffin iht •■ rv il rl imed 3 ir before the fi f leenth day 1 april ,- thousand eigm hundred and thin rn i - i milled in ., print for the land su claimed or sritled on as a donation i prov i ', thai nm more tbsn one tract sb.ll dc jr.intril lo my oi c pet.on and i ixreed .'•■'< hundred ind fori in bid e bis nr bcr improvu ments and lo be bounded by lei linn divi il ... 1 linei r nti iiint u-i i md . sb.ll b ihu granted whloh are claimo l ui recognized by ihe p , i edlng lection 3 1ml be it further enacted that very p.-isn.i ... his ...- her irgul repre lent.tives compiiscd in the ali.rct i 1 jsp.c i hl-.:/':ii;'-,.ii,"",/,t*ii hereufu .. ihere si ill i ■ .,, ..... ii ihe u ub i judges ofihn united 3 atcs ... h districts of wassochuseiisi s u n caro lina geori'ii al , n ,, md me e itt rn dittricl ol :'■ ,.;• ; ivania en h ihe . irlv • ompt nso ; m ui mi ihou mil live ,, . dr l d illai i ... i . the diti ict lud of i'u biil.i.ici 1 ictt respet iveiy ,,,_ v iv c mpi it i ... following : in he dinricl judgi ui north carolina two minus mn ii s ; .,' 1 in .-, l iii ■ eight hundn i dollars t ni hn i lln • in th tisind lie hundred dollars ol i i in ai ic ihousnn i li i.i.i.l r i l l...-s i 1 m irylanil iwothotitan 3 f n jcney une ihoui i live hun died doll ii nf vermont ine ihnuiand uvo hundred doll ,' , ; and nl lhe w , b rn district nl l'.iii.rylv i une ll.u.isin.l el ••.' hundi id dollars ; 10 in piid al tbe 1 1 mv i.l ihe united sttiet in quir ' i , ,. |> ■ % urn's apprhve i mav ."), 111 i bus f.r mr chairman i have con lined myielf to iho consider ion of the mere fiic.il nperationiof the federal gov jernment and have attempted '.. show ihr unequal notion of your revenue syt ten upon different parts of ihe di.lon without reference to the protection offor led by the impost duties to certain iir.uirl.es i.r domestic industry i now becomes my tlu'v lo truce ihu operation nl wh.t has hcen vcy inappropriately denominated u.e protecting sysiem nd lo sicertaln if possible ho f.r tt con iribulei to itiiitense the ini-.|iislitv orthe bin ther.s imp iscd by the fed rai governs •.. nl up i . mc people ul the sibiilcr-row ing sines and sir let it be remembered thai a rovenuc system i„..,.ly b palpably unequal in llielf a iynem which under the mo»l fayorable modlflculon would levy ihe entire imount ol ihe f i 1 axe om one fifth pari nf he produc tions of tho union wl.ilc the oilier lour lilibs nre entirely exempted from all manner of imposition — let it bo remem bered i any that ibis it the subs i nm up ti whi.h hit h , i i e ii i p ihis mun str.nis ar:tl iniquitous tupersliur'iur — lhc protecting system ll did not latitfy ib'i manufoofofor mil iheir confederilee ihol mm hole expense of supp.uu.ii 0 fidenl government should bj suiiaintd by iboie brinohe of domestic industry ohbii n ; i ol ar ,| setilert nn i ving a ■ il ten ei i lence 1 cl nn win nn the iblrd day of m 1 b ono ihouiand eight hun bed mi nineteen did ns ippaari in those reports actually in'i iii md i illli an lei lo repeal tl proviso in " an act b ail i .-. iis certain oase tn oloai either at urn custom ii nil ol pi lei ihiirg or that ol'ltiohm i be ii enacted by the smote and home of hefircientailvr if the united stales nf america in congrt , assembled thai the proviso of an act palled may twenty ilxlh one ihouiand eight hundred ml ve ny four i.ti in i •• v ict to lulhor lie masters ol vessels in certain c hi s in clear out cither at the isloin home ui peiertburg oi thai nl richmond be ond llie sun is hereby repealed approved may 111 lulu vale ii ir.it-i of li'iul in ihe s-.i.l dis'ii i noi claimed under anv written evidence ol title let lly dlrlved 1 the french '; lis r spmiih government or gran ted as a donation ihall be entitled la be ' ll the piin-hasci ul tbo quarter tec ion or tu eighth ol union on which the improvement mi be mil in tludlng ihe nme at iho lame price fir