The Arkansas advocate., 1831-04-27


 An act supplemental 10 an act, passed on
 the thir.y first March, orc thousand eight
 hundred and thirty, entitled" 1" An act for
 the relief of purchasers of public lands,
 and for the suppression offraudnlent prac-
 tlces at the public sales of lands of the
 United States.''
 Be t enaeted6g fhe Senate and House of Representatives. ofthe United Sides of .4me. l.aca i's Congress assembled, That all purcha- sers, their heirs or assignees of sncli of tic public lands as were sold on credit for a less price than fourteen dollars per acre, and on which a fnrther credit has been ta- ken under any of the laws passed for tie relief of purchasers of public lands, and which lands have reverted to the United States on account of the ha!ascc ;.ac ti.iie,s- on not having been paid or discharged, a- greeably to said relief laws, shall be enti- tied to patents, without further payment, in all instances where one dollar and ;w eIi- ty-hve cents, or a greater sum, per acre, shall have been paid; or where payment to that amount slall not have been here etofore made, such purchasers, their heirs or as- signcss shall have the right Of pre-emption until tho fourthday of July. ono thousand esisfit hundred aud thirty-one. by paying - ttiS p'oPCi idtii OlilCc SUCH sum III 1Q- dition to the amount heretofore paid as will, together amount to the minimum price of the lands of the United States at the time of such payment.
 Sec. 2. .4nd Je # further eaacfed, That all such occupants of relinqushed land as arc contemplated and described in the se- cond section of the above recited act. fo which this is supplement, as a re in posses. sion of land which was sold on a credit for aless sum than fourteen dollars per acre, shall have the right of pre-emption of the same lands, according to the legal subdi- visions ofsections, not exceeding tho quan- stity of two quarter sections, in contiguous tracts, or contiguous to other lands held by such occupants respectively, until the fourth day of .lnly, one thousand eight hun dred and thirty-one. upon their paving in- to a proper office for all land originally sold for price not exceeding five dollars per acre, one dollar and tw enty-fve cents per acre; and for all lands which originally sold for more than five dollars, and not ex- cecding fourteen dollars per acre, the a. mount of the first instalmcnt heretofore paid; such occupants first proving tlleir pos session, respectively in conformity to the provisions of the said act, to which this is a supplement, in the manner which has been prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, pursuant to the provisions thereof: P,oyided, homcrcr, That in all cases where proof of possession has been already made under sa;s.. rcci.ed act, proof siissaH not siyaih be required, un- less the applicant choose to take other land than that to which the proof applies.
 Sec. 3. find Dc t further enacted, That the provisions of fbis act shall eyterd fo all town property of which the Government has been proprietors, and not subsequent ly sold, when full payment has not been made: Prorided, The original purchasers, or their assignees, pay into theproper land ofice, on or before the fourth of July, ono thousand eight hundred and tllirty-two, one halt of the original purchase money with out interest.
 Approved, February sa;5,, 1881. 3l
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