American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-05
By .AUTHORITY.----.No.2 "a.

AN ACT giving the right of pre- empon in the purchase
of Lands, to certain settlers in the States of Alabama,
Mississippi, and Territory Of Florida
Be enacted By The Senate and House Of Representatives Of
the United States Of 4nIertca in Congress assembled That
every person. the legal representatives of any person.
who being either the head of family twenty years
of age did, or before the first day of January in the
year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, actually
nhabt and cultivate tract of land situated in the Terrific.
ny of Florida, which tract is not rghuly claimed by any
other person. and who shall not have removed from the
said Territory shall be entitled TO the act of presumption
in the purchase thereof under the terms restrictions
conditions provisions and regulations, every respect as
are directed by the acts entitled An act giving the right
of preempton in the purchase of ands certain settlers
in the Illinois Territory passed February the fifth,
thousand eight hundred and thirteen Proyaded That
person shall be entitled to the provisions of this section,
who claims any of land in said Territory by virtue of
confirmation Of the Commissioners, by virtue of any
act of Congress.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted That any person,
the legal representatives of any person. entitled TO pre-
ference in becoming the purchaser of tract Of land at
private SALE according to the provisions of this who
settled fractional quarter section, shall have the prv
ege OF purchasing adjoining quarter section, the
fractional quarter section, improved by them, their op
ton.
SEC. 8. And be further enacted That in cases where
two more persons ertled 70 the right of presumption
shall be settled quarter, fractional
of land they shall be authorized to purchase one
quarersecons which, with the quarter-section, frac
ona quare, upon which such persons settled, shall
equally divided betwe them, such manner as the
Register and Receiver shall direct so as to secure as far
may be practicable, to each such person. their improve
ments respectively: Provided That in no instance shall
person be entitled to preference in the purchase for
more than quarter-sectioo of land in addition to his
portion of the fractional quarter-secton which he is
settled
SEC. A. And be 1t further enacted That any person. or
PERSONS who have settled and improved any of the lands
in the said Territory reserved for the of schools and
who would have had the right of presumption thereto by
the law, had not the been reserved shall have the
right of pre- cmpton under the terms and conditions
and subject to the restrictions provided for other
cases of right OF pre-empon in said Territory to quar-
tersecon OF unapproprated lands in the township,
and adjacent lands Of like quantity be obtain
ed.
Sec S. .4nd be further enacted That every person, or
his her legal representative, comprised in the list of
actual settlers, reported the Commissioner of the Gen.
eral Land Office, by the Register and Receiver for the
District of Jackson in the state of Mississippi
under the authority of act Of Congress, entitled An
Act for adjusting the claims to lands and establishing Land
Offices in the Districts of the Island of New Orleans"
approved the third day of March, thousand eight hum
dred and nineteen, not having any written evidence of
claim land in said district and who, the third day of
March, thousand eight hundred and nineteen, did
actually nhabt and cultivate tract land in said district
not claimed by virtue of any written evidence of claim
legally derived from either the French British Spanish
Governments granted donation by virtue of any
of Congress heretofore passed, shall be entitled to
right of preference, becoming the purchaser from the
United States of such of land, at the price for
which other public lands sold at private sale Provided
That such tract OF land shall not contain than
hundred and sixty acres, to be located by sectional ne
and that the shall be duly entered with the Register
the proper Office, within the term of two years. before,
if the shall be offered at public sale: And provided az
So Where any person settled on and has improved any
school lands in said district he she, they shall be gov
by the provisions of the fourth section Of this act
| JOHN w. TAYLOR,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN CALHOUN,
Vice-President of the United States, and
President OF the Senate.
ArrRoyrn-April %, 1926.