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Show 47 5 9 8 INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES [LTH.AHN.W SS^S„ vTi T7]%Quarries> R i g h t 8 <L i b o , t i e 8 or p,hno^ -f«^e - Directro, of t ^ P • J'"1 ' "e , l t 8 ° r "^ditan.entH, without the Order or P r o n r i e t a r v r ^ p r . e t a r y or Proprietaries of this Province, or of his or their for a n d i n " e lm of I?"' P M? n " « c m e , , t o f t h o ^ p r i o t a r y Affairs of this Province, t h X v e v Giff f + e n , 0 I ) n U t a r y ° r P r o I , r l ' e t n r i e s thereof for the Time being; and that e*er> G ft, Grant, Bargain, Sale, written or verbal Contract or Agreement nnd Z . r i T e i I C o , , v - y » - « ' . L " - " ' " « « ! " . " • * - e r y other Assuranee^madl m'thai Teneim!!, ' e r e , ' 1 , 1 1'-'a<le' ™ t h ° D y ° f t L e S a i d h'di<"' N a t h ' e s ' f o r "»>' e"c 1 ' I-ude, reuuiunts or Hereditaments, Herbage, Trees, Rivers, Waters, Fishings, Mines, Mi»! crals, Quarr.es, Rights, Liberties or Privileges whatsoever, within the Limits of this rov.nce, without the Order and Direction of tho Proprietary or his Commissioners as aforesaid shall be and is hereby declared and enacted to be null, void, and of none effect to all Intents, Constructions and Purposes in the Law whatsoever. And that as well the Grantee, Bargainee, Lessee, Purchaser, or Person pretending to bargain or to have bargained or agreed with any Indian Native as aforesaid, contrary to the the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, as all and every Person or Persons entering into and taking Possession of any Lands within the Province of Pennsylvania, not ocated or surveyed by some Warrant or Order from the Proprietary or Proprietaries, his or their Agents or Commissioners as aforesaid, to the Person or Persons possessing said Lands, or to some Person or Persons under whom they claim and upon reasonable Notice aud Request, refusing to remove, deliver up the Possession or to make Satisfaction, for such Lands, shall aud may be proceeded agaiust in such Manner as is prescribed by the several Statuets of that Part of the Kingdom of Great Ilritain, called England, made against forcible Entries and Detainers; and that no Length of Possession shall be a Plea against such Prosecution.' In April, 1700, an act was passed " to prevent the hunting of deer and other wild beasts beyond the limits of the lands purchased of the Indians by the Proprietaries of this Province, and agaiust killing deer out of season." Trouble having been brought upon the colony by the encroachments on the Indians' lands, and war from other causes having been carried on against the western settlements of the province by the Delawares and Shawnees, soon after peace was restored the following law was passed, October 1-4, 170S: AN ACT to prevent Persons from settling on the Lands, within the Boundaries of this Province, not purchased of the Indians. Whereas many disorderly Persons have presumed to settle upon Lands not purchased of the Indians, which has occasioned great Uneasiness and Dissatisfaction on the Part of the said Indians, and have been attended with dangerous Consequences to the Peace and Safety of this Province; For Remedy of which Mischief in future, Be it Enacted by the Honorable John Penn, Esq; Lieutenant Governor, under the Honorable Thomas Peun, aud Richard Penn, Esquires, true and absolute Proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania, and Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Representatives of the Freemen of the said Province, in General Assembly met, and by the Authority of the same. That if any Person or Persous, after the Publication of this Act, either siugly or iu Companies, shall presume to settle upon any Lands, withiu the Boundaries of this Province, not purchased of the Indians, or shall make or cause any Survey to be made, of any Part thereof, or mark or cut dowu any Trees thereon, with Design to settle or appropriate the same to his own, or the use of any other ' Acts of At>enihly of the Province of Peuusvlvama, Philadelphia, 1775, pp. 157-158. |