Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-09-28


there shall be annually appropriated for
completing the surveys of said lands sum
not less than one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars; and the minimum price at
which the public lands are now sold at pri-
vate sale shall not be increased, unless
Congress shall think proper TO grant al
ternate sections along the line Of any ca
nal or other internal improvement, and at
the same time to increase the minimum
! price OF the sections reserved; and in case
the same shall be increased by law, except
as aforesaid, at any time during the ope-
ration OF this act, then SO much Of this act
as provides that the nett proceeds of the
sales Of the public lands shall be distribu-
ted among the several States shall, from
and after the increase ofthe minimum price
thereof, cease end become utterly null and
OF no effect, any thing in this act to the
contrary Notwithstanding: Prorided, That
If, at any time during the existence Of this
act, there shall be an imposition Of duties
on imports inconsistent with the provisions
OF the act Of March second, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-three, entitled,
" An act to modify the act Of the fourteenth
OF July, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-two, and all other acts imposing du-
ties on imports and beyond the rate of
duty fixed by that act to wit, twenty per
cent. on the value Of such imports, or any
OF them, then the distribution provided in
this act shall be suspended, and shall so
continue until this cause Of its suspension
shall be removed; and when removed, if
not prevented by other provisions Of this
act, such distribution shall be resumed.
Sec. 7. BE 1t further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury may continue
any land district in which is situated the
seator government Of any one of the states,
and may continue the land office in such
district, Notwithstanding the quantity of
land unsold in such district may not amount
to ono hundred thousand acres, when, in
his opinion, such continuance may be re-
CURED by public convenience, or in order
to close the land system in such state at
convenient point, under the provisions Of
the act on that subject, approved twelfth
June, one thousand eight hundred and for
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Sec. s. BE IL further enacted, That theie
shall be granted to each state specified in
the first section Of this act five hundred
| thousand acres of land for internal i'm
provcmcnt: Prorided, That to each Of the
said states which has already received
grants for said purposes there is hereby
granted no more than a quantity Of land
which shall, together with the amount such
state has already received as aforesaid,
make five hundred thousand acres; the Sc
ections in all Of the said states to be made
within their limits respectively, in such
manner as the Legislature thereof shall
direct; and located in parcels, conformably
to sectional divisions and subdivisions, Of
not less than three hundred and twenty
| acres in one location, on any public land
except such as is or may be reserved for
sale by any law of Congress or procIama-
ton OF the President Of the United States,
which said locations may be made at any
time after the lands Of the United States in
SAID states respectively shall have been
surveyed, according to existing laws
And there shall be and hereby is granted
to each new state that shall be hereafter
admitted into the Union, upon such admis-
sion, SO much land as, including such guam
tity as may have been granted to such state
before It's admission, and while under a ter.
ritorial government, for purposes Of inter-
nal improvement as aforesaid, shall make
five hundred thousand acres Of land, to be
| selected and located az aforesaid.
| Sec. 9. BE 1t further enacted, That the
| land herein granted to the States above
named shall not be disposed Of at less
price than one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, until otherwise authorized by the
law of the United States; and the nett pro-
ceeds Of the sales OF said lands shall be
faithfully applied to objects Of internal i'm
provements within the states aforesaid res
pectively, namely: Roads, railways, ca
nails, bridges and improvement Of water.
courses, when made or improved, shall be
| free for the transportation Of the United
| States mail, and munitions Of war, and for
the passage of their troops, without the pay
ment Of any toll whatever.
Sec. 10. Be IL further enacted, That
| from and after the passage Of this act eve
ry person, being the head Of family or
widow, or single man, over the age of 81
years, and being a citizen of the United
States, or having filed his declaration Of
intention to become citizen, as required
by the naturalization laws, who, since the
first day Of June, A. D. eighteen hundred
and forty, has made, or shall hereafter
make. settlement in person on the pub
lie lands 10 which the Indian title had been
al the time of such settlement, extngushed
and which has been, or shall have been
surveyed prior thereto, and who shall in
habit and improve the same, and who has
or shall erect dwelling thereon, shall be,
and is hereby, authorized to enter with the
register of the land Office for the district in
which such land may lie, by legal subdivi-
sons, any number of acres not exceeding
one hundred and sixty, or a quarter sec
| ton Of land. 10 include the residence Of