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American State Papers, Public Lands, Vol. Ill, in a list entitled:	"Register	of Claims to lands in the District East of Pearl
River, in Louisiana, founded on Orders of Survey (Requettes) permission to settle or oth«r written evidence of Claim derived from either the French, British or Spanish Authorities, which, in the Opinion of the Commissioner, ought to be confirmed, shows the following: i.o. 22. Claimed by Martial Necaise and Joseph Necaise. Original Claimant, Philip Saucier. Nature of Claim, Spamish ord.settlement.
Date of Claim, August 27, 1781. Quantity Claimed, 20 arpents front,
40 arpents deep and 800 arpents in area. Situate on the Bay of St. Louis. Issued by Peter Piernas. Ho survey. Cultivation and inhabitation from August, 1781, to March, 1810.
Remarks on the preceeding claims:	"Though many of the pro-
ceeding claims have originated since the treaty of St.Ildefonso, and are therefore void, yet it is conceived that they ought to be confirmed so far only as they do not exceed 800 arpens, under the equity of the 14th. section of the act of Congress passed on the 26th. day of March, 1804, and the 2nd. section of the act passed on the 2d.of March 1805, -which last secures to the actual settler, on the 20th. day of December, 1803, (that being the time of the establishment of the American Government in part of Louisiana) a tract of land of one mile square, pro* vided such settlement was made with the permission of the proper Spanish officer.
"Most of the preceeding claims which originated previous to the 1st. of October,1800, are forfeited under the Spanish law, tor the want of inhabitation and cultivation within the time required by law, and must rest, for confirmation, on the acts of Congress above recited. It is conceived, therefore, that the quantity confirmed ought not to exceed Eight hundred arpens. It may also be observed, that many of the claims have emanated from Commandants whose power to permit to settle did not extend beyond 800 arpens.
"Y/here a settler who has a claim has fairly purchased other claims, it is supposed that the law recognizes in the purchaser all the- rights which the original claimant had, and that two or more such claims, where the requirements of the law have been complied with, ought to be confirmed.
"The instructions to Gayosa seem to acknowledge a right in the settler after three years inhabitation and cultivation,
"Where a tract of land has been inhabited and cultivated for three years, with the permission of the proper Spanish officer,
I have supposed that the claim ought to be confirmed though the land has not been regularly inhabited and cultivated, afterwards, if it has not been subsequently granted by the Spanish Government.
William Crawford, Commissioner.”