Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-06-01

payment thereon. [seHate. sotA Nh + ls
1890. lst .aprit, 1920.
Forfeiture of lands fnr non. nav,
suspended I'LL 3lst March. lss, 'ucA
benefit limited to purchasers With, Inc
acres. W.
8. An act making further pros,.
for the sale of the public lands, T ~.
nate. Gath April, 1901 Goth .1n;S ~
Public sales Of lands in hall ons a
sections, after lst July, 1890. Atn.
yate sale, in entire, half, quarter ~
half quarter sections, &c. Frarr.',
sections, less that 100 acres, to h. S s'%
enlire; with exception Where sps s;.a
provision has been MILE for the sab als% u
land in town lots. No credit on ss'.
of public lands after lst July. ,so a'
and complete payment must be mais Inv
the day Of purchase. Purchases y.
private sale must produce a recent s'
The money before entry. The bipbss.
bidder at public sale failing to paw s ,Is
tract is to be again offered, and fl.
failing bidder is rendered ineauable y
purchasing at such sales. After Che ID
OF July, 1890, !he minimum price If
lands to be one dollar and twenty evs
cents per acre. Lands forfeited f.,
non-paymcnt to be offered at pubir
before private, sale. Public sales tobs
kept open two weeks In case of Differ
ent applications at private sale, prefer.
ence is to given TO the highest bidder
4. An act to establish additional land
Offices in the states of Alabama and i.
linois. [Senate. llth May, 1920. 18th
May.
Districts and land offices established
at Tuscaloosa and Conecuh court house
Part of Shawncetown district to form A
separate district, with a land office a.
Valdalia. Another land district in Il
linois, with land office at Palestine.
Registers and receivers to be appointed
to these Offices, with compensation, &c.
as i'm other cases.
s. An act to revive the powers Of
the commissioners for ascertainins and
deciding on claims to land in the dis.
trict of Detroit and for settling the
claims to land at Green Bay and Prai.
RE des Chiens, in the territory Of MI
chigan. House. 18th May, 1920. 18th
May.
The powers of the commissioners for
deciding on claims to lands in the dis.
trict of Detroit, under the act OF the
Esd of April, 1919, revived. The COM
missioners are to examine and decide
on claims filed; to employ an agent Ca
pablo Of translating the French Ian
guage, for ascertaining titles at Green
Bay and Prairie des Chiens to make
report to the Secretary of the Treasury
&c. 500 dollars for each commission
and agent, with fees to the agent and
register.
s. An act for the relief of certain
settlers in the state Of Illinois, who re.
side within the Vincennes land district
House. 18th May, 1920. 18th Nay
Persons who would have been EMU
tied to right Of prescription under lhs
act Of 5th February, 1918, had lhas ac'
been so construed as to embrace lIOsd
within the Vincennes district, &C. aFo
to be entitled to certificates for the eS'
cese paid above two dollars per acre.
&C.; which certificate is made recel'ao0
in payment of debt to the unilea s'aS'
for land. And persons who would ha'e
been entitled, &c. but who were ~.
purchasers, are allowed until the Isl $;
September, 1920, to prove they Woaa
have been entitled; and the register OIL
being satisfied. is to grant a cert'hcI "
upon which every person is alloNtu ~, "
enter a quarter section at the ml''l'n'-'
price. $50,
T. An act supplementary to the st ~,
raj acts for the adjustment OF laha claI ,rI
in the state of Louisiana. ocna'V' i'
May, 1896 18th Nag. a..
Claims for lands In the eastern IT,
trict of Louisiana, described III 'ns ~
port of Goth November, 1870 coAs' ~,
ed. Persons claiming lands Yves. o. ~ IL
Mississippi, founded upon -spl I,,r
grants, &c. whose claims have now, N
heretofore filed, may, from lst Jul! W.
s1st December, 1890, deliver ho"' ,
and evidences OF claims and Pef ~,
neglecting forfeit their rights ~, ~
sans claiming lands under opsn ~.
grants, &c. according to former ls" WI