Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-06-15
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AN ACT to provide for the extlngulshnen
of the debt due to the United States, by tn
Purchasers ofPublic Lands,
Be it enacted blythe Senate and Hops
Of Rehreseaanoes Of the United &afe
of .dmerica in C2ngresS assembled, Ina
in all cases where the purchaser or lega
holder, OF any certificate OF purchase o
any of the public lands OF the Unit
ed States, may have obtained = cerilfi
cate of further credit, under the provi
sions OF an act, passed second March
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
one, entitled I" An act for the relief Of
the purchasers of public lands prior 10
the frs, day OF July, one thousand elgh'
huDdred'and twenty" or of the acts sup
Elementary thereto, OF the twentieth OF
April, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five, and of the third Of March,
one Thousand eight hundred and twenty
three, the person obtaining such certii
cate, or the legal holder thereof, shall be
allowed, a, any time prior to the tenth OF
April, one Thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five, 10 lille, with the Register OF
the Land Office, in the District where
such land is situated, REIMBURSEMENT,
in writing, ut any section, hall section,
quarter section, or legal subdivision of
fractional section, made according TO the
provisions OF the existing Iaws,.iD rela-
ton TO the survey and sale oil the PuolIc
Lands; and any payment made, on any
tract OF land, so relinquIshed, shall be
applied TO the payment OF the amount
due on any tract retained by said pur-
chaser, or legal holder of certificate of
purchase; which REIMBURSEMENT shal
be allowed only on condition that any
such purchaser, or legal holder OF a cer-
tihcatc OF purchase, relinquish sufficient
quantity OF land thereby to complete his
or her payments due to the United States,
on any lands retained, or pay the balance
due, and which may afterwards become
due, in money, before or at the time OF
such REIMBURSEMENT; and on the pay
ment oil such balance in money, there
shall be allowed, on the amount SO paid,
deduction OF the rate OF thlrry-seven
and half per centum: Provided, That
nothing herein contained shall entirie
the person making such REIMBURSEMENT
to claim any repayment from the Unit
ed States, on accoun, of ny land 50 re-
linquished: lind provided further, That
nothing herein contained shall authorize
any discounts upon payments made by
REIMBURSEMENT.
Sec. Q. ind be it further enacted,
That all purchasers, or legal holders oil
any certificate OF purchase, of any of the
public lands of the United States, who
may have obtained a cer,lfic cate of fur
ther credit, under the provisions of the
several acts above mentioned, or ma
king complete payment, previous to the
tenth of April, eighteen hundred and
twenty five, OF every instalment now due,
and which shall afterwards become paya-
BILE, shall be allowed, upon the amount
so paid, deduction, at the rate of thirty
seven and half per centum.
Sec. 8. .dnd be ii further enacted, That
it shall be the duty OF the Registers and
Receivers OF the Land Offices Of the
United States, Immediately after the
tenth Of Ap.il, eighteen hundred and
twenty-five, to return complete lists OF
the lands relinquished 10 the United
States, within their districts; and such
lands will DO exposed to sale, as other
public lands of the United S,stes. "a
Sec. A.. .dnd be it further enacted, That
the Register and Receiver of any Land
Office, shall be allowed double the fees
given them bv the act Of the second of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
twen'y-one, tor ike services, to be paid
by the person or persons availing them
selves of the provisions of this act.
Sec. S. ind be it. further enacted, That
the provisions of this act be excluded to
town lots and oui lots reserved for that
purpose, and sold by the United States
on rr, dit.
Washington, May 18th, 1924.
Approved, JAMES MONROE.