Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1826-05-27

not righHully claimed by any other per-
from the said territory, shall be entitled
TO the ctof pre-emption in he purchase
thereof, under the same terms, restric-
tons, conditions, provisions. and regula-
tons, in every respect, as are directed by
the act, entitled An act giving the
right Of emption, in the purchase Of
lands, to certain settlers in the Illinois
Territory" passed February the fifth,
one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.
Provided, That no person shall be enti-
tied to the provisions Of this section,
who claims any tract of land in said ter
ritory, by virtue of confirmation Of the
commissioners, or by virtue Of any &C, OF
Congress.
Sec. 9. ind be il further enacted, Tha,
any person, or the legal representatives
of any person, entitled to preference in
becoming the purchaser OF a tract of land
al private sale, according 10 the provl-
sions Of this act, who is settled on frac-
sional quarter section, shall have the pri-
viiege OF purchasing an adjoining quar-.
ter section, or the fractional quarter sec
ton, improved by them, at their option.
Sec. s. ind be il further enacted, That
in cases where two or more persons en-
titled to the right of pre- emption shall
be settled on one quarter, or fractional
quarter-sectioD Of land, they shall be
authorized to purchase one or more
quarer-secuons, which, with the quarter
sec ION, or fractional quarter, upon which
such persons are settled, shall be equal
ly divided between them, in such manner
as the Register and Receiver shall d.
rect, so as TO secure, as far IS may be
practicable, to each such person, their
improvements, respectively: Provided,
That in no instance shall any person be
entitled to preference in the purchase
for more than one Yuarter-section OF land,
in addition to his portion of the fraction
ell quarter section on which he is settled.
Sec. a. Ind be it further enacted, That
any person, or persons, who have settled
on and improved any OF the lands in the
said territory, reserved for the use OF
schools. and who would have bad the
RICH, Of presumption thereto by the law
had not the same been so reserved, shall
have the right Of presumption under the
same terms and conditions, and subject
to the same restrictions, provided for in
other cases of a right Of presumption
in said Territory to quarler-section
Of unappropriated lands in the same
township, and as near adjacent as lands
of like quantity can be obtained.
Sec. S. Ind be il further enacted, That
every person, or his or her legal repre-
sentative, comprised in The lis, of actual
settlers, reported to the Commissioner
Of the General Land Office, by the Regis
ter and Receiver for the District Of
Jackson Court House, in the State of
Mississippi, under the authority of an
act OF Congress, entitled IAN &C, for
adjusting the claims to lands, and es.
tabiishing Land Offices in the district
east of the Island OF New-Orleans, 4"
approved the third day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and nine
teen, not having any written evidence
of claim to land, in said districts,
and who, on the third day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen did
actually inhabit and cultivate a tract OF
land in said district, not claimed by vir.
tue OF any written evidence Of claim, le-
gally derived from either the French,
British, or Spanish Governments, or
granted as a donation by virtue OF any
act of Congress heretofore passed, shall
be entitled to right of preference, on
becoming the purchaser from the unit-
ed States Of such tract OF land, at the
same price for which other public lands
are sold at private sale: Provided, That
such tract Of land shall not contain more
than one hundred and sixty acres, to be
located by sectional lines, and that the
same shall be duly entered with the Re.
gister Of the proper Office, within the
term of two years, or before, if the same
shall be offered at public sale: IND hro-
Dided also, Where any person is settled
on, and has improved any school lands
in said district, he, she, or they, shall be
governed by the provisions of the fourth
section OF this act.
JOHN w. TAYLOR.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
JOHN C. CALHOUN, ~
Vice-Presdent of the United States,and
President of the Senate.
Approved-April %, 1926.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
PuBLIc-xo. IS.