Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-09-23

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on imports inconsistent. with the provisions
of the act Of March second, one thousanc
eight hundred and thirty-three, entitled
IAN act 10 modify the act of the fourteenth
Of July, oae thousand eight hundred anC
thirty-two, and all other acts imposing du.
ties on IMPORTS" and beyond the rate oil
duty fixed by that act, to wiz, twenty pei
cent. on the value Of such imports, or any
of them, then the distribution provided ia
this act shall be suspended, and shall Sc
continue until this cause Of its suspension
shall be removed and when removed, il
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 con-
tinue any land district in which is situate d
the seat OF Government of any one Of the
States, and may continue the land Office
IN such district, Notwithstanding the guam
tity 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 a, convenient point, under
the provisions Of the act on that subject,
approved twelfth June, one thousand eight
hundred and forty.
Sec. 8. And be il. further enacted, That
there shall be granted to ench State speci-
led in the first section of this act five hun.
bred thousand acres Of land for purposes
OF internal improvement Prorided. That
to each Of the said States which has alrea.
dy received grants for said purposes there
is hereby granted no more than quanti-
ty of land which shall, together with the
amount such State has already received
as aforesaid, make five hundred thousand
acres; the selections in all Of the said
States to be made within their limits re.
spectively in such manner as the Legis-
latures thereof shall direct and located
IN parcels, conformably to sectional dr.
visions and Subdivisions, OF not less than
three hundred and twenty acres in one To-
cation, on any public land except such as
is or may be reserved from sale by any
law Cf Congress or proclamation OF the
President of the United States, which said
locations may be made at any lime after
the lands ofthe United States in said States
respectively shall have been surveyed, nc.
cording 10 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 Us, including such quantity as may
have been granted to such State before its
admission, and while under Territorial
Government, for purposes of internal i'm
provement 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 al
a price less than one dollar and twenty
five cents per acre, until otherwise author
lied by law Of the United States and
the nett proceeds of the sales Of Said lands
shall be faithfully applied to objects of in
ternal improvement within the States afore.
said respectively, namely: Roads, rail.
ways, bridges, canals and Improvement
OF water-courses, and draining of swamps;
and such roads, railways, canals, bridges
and water.courses, when made or i'm
proved, shall be free for the transportation
Of the United States mail, and munitions
Of war, and for the passage oftheir troops,
without the payment Of any tol, whatever.
Sec. 10. And be IL further enacted, That
from and utter 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 citizen of
the United States, or having flied his de-
claratlon of intention TO become a 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 pers
son on the public lands to which the Ii.
dian title had been, at the time OF such
settlement, extinguiShed, and which has
been, or shall have been surveyed prior
thereto, and who shall inhabit and improve
the same, and who has or shall erect a
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 Subdivisions, any
number Of acres not exceeding one hun
bred and sixty, or quarter section oil
land, to include the residence of such
claimant, upon paying to the United States
the minimum price of such land, subject,
however, 10 the following limitations and
exceptions No person shall be entitled
to more than one pre-emplive right by
virtue Of this act; no person who is the
proprietor of three hundred and twenty
acres Of lard in any State or Territory OF
the United States, and no person who shall
quit or abandon his residence on his own
land to reside on the pubic land in the
same State or Territory, shall acquire any
right of pre-empton under this act; no
lands included in any reservation. by any
treaty, law, or proclamation Of the PresI-
dent of the United States, or reserved for
saines, or for other purposes no lands
reserved for the support of schools, nor
the lands acquired by either Of the two
last treaties with the Miami tribe of Indians
in the State of Indiana, or which may be
acquired Of the Wyandot tribe of Indians
ia the State of Ohio, or other Indian re-
seryaiion TO which the title has been OF
may be extinguished by the United States
at any time during tho operation OF tins
act; no sections Of land reserved to the
United States alternate to other sections
crantad m anu of tha Ctnteg FIR the con.