Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-10-15

tV OF Dancing N0Ots CtcoA w. 49, 80 go.
hereby. repealed; Provided, That sucn iePss'
shall not affect any title to any tract OF ianu %
cured 10 virtue Of said treaty. -
SEC n. And be it further enacted, That
when two or more persons shall have settIed
IN the same quarter section of land, the right
Of redemption shall be in him or her who
made the first settlement, provided such per.
sons shall conform to the other provisions OF
this act: and all questions as to the right OF
presumption arising between different settlers:
shall be settled by the register and receiver OF
the distric, in which the land is situated, sud-
iect to an appeal to, and revision by the Sec
retary Of the Treasury Of the United States.
SEC. IL. And be it further enacted, That
prior to any entries being made under ana oy
virtue of the provisions of this act, proof OF the
settlement and improvement thereby required
shall be made to the satisfaction of the register
and receiver of the land district III which such
lands may lie, agreeably to such rules as shall
be prescribed by the Secretary ofthe Treasury,
who shall each be entitled to receive fifty cents
from each applicant for his services, TO be rem
dered as aforesaid, and all assignments and
transfers Of the right hereby secured prior to
the issuing Of the patent, shall be null and
void.
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted, That
before any person claiming the benefit OF this
&C. shall be allowed to enter such lands, he
or she shall make oath before the receiver of
the land district in which the land is situated
(who are hereby authorized to administer the
same) that he or she has never had the benefit
of any right ofpre-e,nption under tn Is act; mat
he or she is not the owner of three hundred and
twenty acres of land in any State or Territory
OF the United States; nor hath he or she settled
upon and improved said land to sell the same
on speculation, but in good faith to apProprl-
ate it to his or her own exclusive use or bene-
fit and that he or she has not, directly or indi-
rectly, made any agreement or contract IN any
way or manner, with any person or persons
whatsoever. bv which the title which he or
she might acquire from the Government Of the
United States should inure, in whole or in part,
to the benefit of any person except himself or
herself, and if any person taking such oath
shall swear falsely in the premises. he or she
shall be subject to all pains and penalties OF
perjury, and shall forfeit the money which he
or She may have paid for said land, and all the
right and title to the same and any grant or
conveyance which he or she may have made,
except in the hands Of bona fide purchasers, for
valuable consideration, shall be null and
void.-And it shall be the duty of the officer
administering such oath, DO file certificate
thereof, in the public land Office OF such dis
trict, and to transmit duplicate copy to the
General Land Office, either Of which shall be
good and sufficient evidence that such oath
was administered according to law.
Sec. Ia. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall not delay the sale Of any OF the
public lands of the United States, beyond tine
time which has been, or may be, appointed by
the proclamation Of the President, nor shall
the provisions Of this act be available to any
person or persons who shall fail to make the
proof and payment, and file the affidavit re-
quired before the day appointed for the com.
mencement of the sales as aforesaid.
Sec. Is. And be it further enacted, That
whenever any person has settled or shall settle
and improve tract of land, subject at the
time of settlement, to private entry, and shall
intend to purchase the same under the provis-
lens of this act, such person shall in the first
case, within three months after the passage of
the same, and in the last within thirty days
next after the date of such settlement, file with
the register Of the proper district written
statement describing the land settled upon, and
declaring the intention Of such person to claim
the same under the provisions of this act, and
shall, where such settlement is already made,
within twelve months after the passage Of this
act, and where it shall hereafter be made, with
in the same period after the date of such settle
ment make the proof, affidavit and payment
herein required; and if he she shall fail TO file
such written statement as aforesaid, or shall
fail to make such affidavit, proof and payment
within the twelve months aforesaid, the tract
of land so settled and improved shall be SUBJ
ject to the entry of any other purchaser.
BY THE PRESIDENTOFTH THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it has come to the knowledge of
the Government of the United States, that sun
dry secret Lodges, Clubs, or Associations ex-
list on the Northern Frontier that the mem
bers Of these Lodges are bound together by Sc
cret oaths that they have collected fire arms,
and other military materials, and secreted them
in sundry places ana that it is their purposes
to violate the laws of their country, by making
military and lawless excursions, when oppor-
tunity shall offer, into the Territory Of pow
er with which the United States are at peace
and whereas it is known that travelling agita.
tors, from both sides of the line, visit these
Lodges and harangue the members in secret
meeting, stimulating them to illegal acts and
whereas the same persons are known to levy
contributions. on the ignorant and credulous,
for their own benefit, thus supporting and en-
riching themselves by the basest means, and
whereas the unlawful intentions of the men,
bers of these Lodges have already been mani
tested, in an attempt to destroy the lives and
property Of the inhabitants of Chippewa in
Canada and the property Of the British Gov
eminent there being; Now, therefore, /, JOHN