Report of the Committee on public lands, who were directed by a resolution of the House of the twentieth ultimo, "To inquire into the expediency of providing, by law, for the legal adjudication of claims set up by persons in virtue of purchases or transfers from purchasers of lands of the United States, previous to the emanation of grants under their authority." February 19, 1806. Read, and referred to a Committee of the whole House, on Monday next

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