Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-07-21
An act ID grant prc-emption righ(s to

IAN aVt 70 BLaut l)lcreiiipt1VH fito 70 H0t AEIo
cn the public lands.
Beit enacted BIZ fhe' Senate aud Hous1 oj
Representatives. Of fke United Stdfes oj ,QU,tf-
sca, N Congress nssem5ied, That every a<ltlaI
setter Of the public lands, being the head of q
'hl'iiy, OF over twenty-one years Of age, WIIo'
was ~ possession and 4 hoaso-keepor, by pcr-
souai residence thereon at the tiIno Of the pas
sage Of this act and for months next preced;no.
shall be entitled to all the benefits nnd nr;s
lcges Of an act entitled " An act granting ore.
emption rights tossettlefs on The public lands.
approved May twenty y-niatlb eighteen hundred
END thirty; and the said act ID hereby revived
and continued in force two years; Provided.
That where more than one person may have
settled upon any one quarter section Of land
each Of them shall have an equal share of in
tterest IN the said quarter section, but shall
have no claim by virtue Of this act, to any
other land; find pyoUided alsoays, That this
act shall notbe SO constructed as to rive
right OF presumption to any person or persons
IN consequence OF any settlemcnt or improve
ment made before the extinguishment Of the
indian title TO the land on which such settle
ment Or inprovement was made, was or to The
lands lately acquired BY the treaty with the
Miami tribe Of Indians in the state Of Indiana.
Of which proclamation was made BY tho Press
ident Of the United States on the twenty -sec~
ond day Of December, eighteen hundred and
thrty-seven, or to any sections or fraclion5cf
sections Of land included within The IocaJ Hi of
any incorporated town, or to the oIterna<e
sections to other alternate sections, granted to
the use of any canal, railroad, or other pub
lie improvement on the route Of such canal,
railroad, Or other public improvement, Of to
any portions Of public lands, surveyed or 9TH
wise, which have been actually selected as
cites for cities or towns lotted into smaller
quantities than eighty acres and settled upon
and occupied for the purpose Of trade, androt
Of agricultural cultivation and improvement,
or to any land specially occupied or reserved
for town lots or other town purposes, Sy uu-
thority of the United States; find provided
further, That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to affect any of the selections Of
public lands for the purposes Of education, the
use Of salt-springs, or fortheuse ofany other
purpose which may have been lor may be made
by any state under existing laws Of the United
States; but this act shall not be SO construed
as to deprive those of the benefits of this act
who have inhabited, according to its provis-
ions, certain fractions of public lands within
the land district Of Palmyra,in.the state of Mis-
souri, which were reserved from sale in conse.
quence Of the suryeysof Spanish and French
grants, but are found to be without the lines
Of said grants.
SEC. 2. That before any person claiming
the benefit of this law shall have patent for
the land whichshe may claim, by having COM
piled with itsproyisions, he shall make oath
before some person authorized by law to ad-
minister the same, which oath with the certifi-
cate of the person administering it, shall be
filed with the register Of the proper land office
when the land is applied for, and by the said
register semitic the Office Of the commissioner
of public lands, that he entered upon the land
which he claims, in his own right, and exclu-
sively for his own use and benefit; and that he
has not, directly or indirectly, made any
agreement or contract in any way or manner
with any persons whatever by which the title
which he might acquire from the governments
of the United States inure to the use or BEN
eft of any one except himself, or to convey
tor transfer said land, Or thetitle which he may
acquire to the SAND, ID any other person or
persons whatever, at Sanys subsequent time,
And if fany such persont Claiming the benefit
of this law as aforesaid, shall swear falsely in
the premises, he shall be. subject to all the
pains and penalties Of purjufy forfeit the mo-
ney which he may have paid for the land, and
all right and title to the said land; and grant
or conveyance which he may have made in
pursuance Of such agreement or contract as
shallbe void, exception the hands of
a apurchaser in good faith, fora valuable con-
sideration, without notice; and the certificate
which shall be filed with the Commissioner as
aforesaid, shall be taken to be conclusive evi-
dence that the oath was legally administered: