Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-09-25

now SOLD at private sale snail not be increased, |
unless Congress shall think proper to grant alter.
nate sections along the line of any canal or other
internal improvement, and at the same time to in.
crease 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 opera.
zion Of this act then as much OF this act as pro-
vdes that the nett proceeds OF the sales OF the pub
lie lands shall be distributed among the several
otates SHALL from and after the increase Of the
minimum price threof, cease and become utterly
null and OF no effect, any thing in this act to the
contrary Notwithstanding: Prouided, That if, at
any time during the existence Of this act there
shall be an imposition of duties on imports incon.
sistent with the provisions of the act Of March Sc.
cond, one thousand eight hundred and thirty. three,
entitled can act to modify the act OF tho four.
teenth Of July, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty.two, and all other acts imposing duties 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 distribu.
sion provided in this act shall be suspended, and
thall so continue until this cause Of its suspen.
sion shall be removed; and when removed, if not
prevented by other provisions Of this act, such
distribution shall be resumed.
Sec. 7. And be IL further enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury may continue any
land district in which is situated the seat OF Go.
vernment OF any one Of the States, and may con.
tnue the land office in such district, notwthstan-
ding the quantity Of land unsold in such district
may not amount to one hundred thousand acres,
when, in his opinion, such continuance may be
required by public convenience, or in order to
close the land system in such State at conve-
nient point, under the provisions Of the act on
Il
thousand eight hundred and forty.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That there
shall be granted to each State specified in the
first section Of this act five hundred thousand
acres of land for purposes Of internal improve.
ment: Provided That to each Of the said States
which has already received grants for said pur.
poses there is hereby granted no more than
quantity OF land which shall, together with the
amount such State has already received as afore-
said, make five hundred thousand acres; the Sc
lections in all of the said Ststos to be made with.
in their limits respectively in such manner as the
Legislatures thereof shall direct; and located in
parcels, conformably to sectional divisions and
subdivisions, Of not less than three hundred ard
twenty acres in one location, on any public land
except such as is or may be reserved from sale
by any law Of Congress or proclamation Of the
President Of the United States, which said oca-
tons may be made at any time after the lands Of
the u S. 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 admission, so much land as,
including such quantity as may have been grant,
ed to such State before its admission, and while
under Territorial Government, for purposes Of
internal improvement as aforesaid, shall make
five hundred thousand acres Of land, to be Sc.
lected and located as Aforesaid
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the
lands herein granted to the States above named
shall not be disposed of at price less than one
dollar and twenty. five cents per acre, until 9th
erwise authorised by law OF the United States
and the nett proceeds Of the sales Of said land:
shall be faithfully applied to objects OF interna
improvement within the States aforesaid respec
lively, namely: Roads, railways, bridges, canals
and improvement Of water.courses, and dralnln!
of swamps; and such roads, railways, canals
bridges and water-courses, when made or implo
we'd, shall be free for the transportation of TIT
United States mail, and munitions OF war, anc
for the passage Of their troops, without the pay
ment of any toll whatever.
Sec. 10. And be ii further enacted. That from
and after the passage OF this act every person
being the head Of family, Or widow, or single
man. over the age of twenty. one years, and being
a citizen of the United States, or having filed hi
declaration OF intention to become citizen, a;
required by the naturalization laws, who, sine
the first day ef June, A. ID. eighteen hundred All
FORTY has made, or shall hereafter make, set
Element ia person on the public lands to whlc
the Indian title had been, at the time oil such sci
Element, extinguished, and which has been, o
shall have been surveyed prior thereto, and Wit
shall inhabit and improve the same, and who ha
or shall erect a dwelling thereon, shall be, AM
is hereby, authorized 20 enter with the register o
the land Office for the district in which suc
land may lie, by legal subdivisions, any num5e
of acres not exceeding one hundred and sixty
or a quarter section Of land to include the resi-
dence of such claimant, upon paying to the Uni
ted States the minimum price OF such land, sui
iect, however to the following limitations and ex
ceptions: No person shall be entitled to NOR
than one pre.emptipe right by virtue Of this acI
no person who is the proprietor OF three hur
dred and twenty acres Of land in any State O
Territory OF the United States and no perso
who shall quit or abandon his residence on hi
own land to reside on the public land in the sam
State or Territory, shall acquire any right {
presumption under this act; no lands included il
any reservation, by any treaty, law or proclanlt
ton of the President OF the United States c
reserved for salnes, or for other purposes; n
lands reserved for the support of schools, nor til
lands acquired by either OF the two last treatit
with the Miami tribe Of Indians in the State
Indiana, or which may be acquired of the WyaI
dot tribe OF Indians in the State Of Ohio, or otht
Jal;o, IN which the titla has bean r