The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-03

sogeher With the provisions of the bill now pending if one House of Congress for her admission into tho onion the department has supposed her situation to pc so lar changed snce November last as to justify the assignment 10 her of her share of the public de- pcsites subject however, to the future decision of Congress; the payment of which will be postponed iii some expression ot opinion shall be given by Con- gress which will either sanction it's being made 10 her or require its division among the other states
 MT Serief, from the committee private land claims to winch the same had been referred, reported, with se vera amendments the bill to provide for the legal ad Indication and settlement of private land claims in Louisiana and Arkansas, derived under the grants 10 f Baron Bastrop aud others
 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 6.-Mr. Booa from the comnitte Oh the public lands, reported the following bi which was read twice, aud committed to the committee of the whole on the state of the Union:
 bl 10 arrest monopoles of the Public Lands, and
 to prohibit the sales thereof except actual sclIers in limited quantities..
 De II enaefed, ac, That from and after the passage oi 'his acf The general management of the public lands of the United States shall be governed by the proyi sions of the laws in force, so far as the same arc not repugnaht 10 the restrictions and regulations here inafier mentioned.
 SEc 2. find De Il further enacted, That from and after the first day of May next, all sales of the public lands at Gheion, shall be aboshed and no one person snail be permitted to purchase A'af six hunsied and forty and before making eutry of any of the public lands, every applicant to purchase shall file al, affidavit with the register and receiver of the proper land district, stating that said lands are sought to bo purchased by said applicant for his or her own use md not Tn trust or for the benefit of person or persnns but for settlement and cultivation by said applicant md not for speculaton and that said applicant has not previously purchased under the provisions of fI,is ac any land Of the United States, which, with the duantity then sought to be purchased would exceed six hundred | an1t tnru aproc chase money required by law, the receiver of the prop CT land district, by and with the consent of the register thereof, endorsed said affidavit, shall issue rccept to the applicant Tor the purchase money and tho reyis- ter shall issue certificate of purchase to the appIcan tor the land so purchased; whereupon patent shall is sue therefor to the said purchaser his her heirs or devisees.
 SEC. 3. find Dc Il further enacied, That each head of family, who shall be settled dpo any of the public lands at the time o the passage of this act on saisac tory proof thereof being made the register and rece yer Of the proper laid district at any time before the first day of May, ls42, such person or persons shall have preference over all others until the first day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-two, to enter one quarter section of the public ands including his or her imPoyemens, and provided that the applicant files an affidavit that no other person occupying or cutiya- 1 ting the same.
 SEC. 4. find De t further enacted That either tho register CT the receiver may administer any oath UT ai
 'aioh required 10 De made under the provisions of this acf for which fee shall be charged or received by either of them and every person who shall falsely knowingly, wlully and corript!y swear affirm, unz der the provisions of this act shall De deemed guilty of peJury and every person who shall procure another to swear or affirm falsely knowingly and corrupy, under the provisions ofhis act shall be deemed guilty of sub ornation of perjury, and, conviction on indictment before any court ol competent urisdco shall be pun lshed accordingly.
 
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