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The officers authorized by the goverment to sell and convey vacant lands, which had never been appropriated by any grant, have sold and conveyed lands, which have been thus appropriated : to this, their power did not extend, and consequently, all such sales and grants are void. The court will not, on the trial of an ejectment, declare that grants thus circumstanced, *115shall be recalled and cancelled; but they are bound by the positive terms of the act of 1777, cap. 1. sec. 8 and 9, to declare that they transfer no title.
Verdict for the Plaintiffs.