Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1842-01-04
COLUMBUs. MIssIssIPPL TUESDAY, JANUARY 4.lS42

Ak \ a, 1912.
register of the land Office for the district
in which such land may lie, by legal
subdivisions, any number of acres not
exceeding one hundred and sixty, or
quarter section Of land, to include the
residence of such claimant, upon pay
ing to the United States the minimum
price ofsuG hnd, subject, however, TO
the folloY E limitations and excep-
tons: NIPerson shall be entitled TO
more tn b one pre-emptive right by vir-
tue of mis- act; no person who is the
proprietor Of three hundred and twenty
acresI bf land in any State or Territory
of thg United States, and no person
who shall kor abandon his residence
GU his own Ia to reside on the public
land in the State or Territory,
shall acqui of pre-emption
under this hcluded in any
reservationS treaty, law, or pro-
clamation of tircfesident of the Uni
ted States, OF reserved for salines, or
for other purposes; no lands reserved
forsthe snnport ofschools, nor the lands
ac9f ither of thu. two last trea-
Iiami tribe Of Indians in
ldiana, or which may be
be Wyandot tribe Of Indi-
ans e Of Ohio, or other Indi-
an rsA n to which the title has
been o. by be extinguished by the
United tes at any time during the
operatio this act no sections of land
reserved } the United States alternate
TO other sections granted to any of the
States for the construction of any ca
nal, rsikoad, or other public improve
men sections or fractions Of sec
tic luded within the limits Of any
il rated town; no portions of the
d ands which have been selected
al lite for city or town; no par
eel lot ofland actually settled and
occ lied for the purposes of nsde and
not Agriculture; and no lands onWhici
are situated any known salines o
mines. shall be liable TO entry unde
and by virtue Of the provisions of this
act. And so much of the proviso Of
the act of twenty-seco of June, eigh-
teen hundred and thirty-eight, or any
order OF the President of the United
States, as directs certain reservations
to be made in favor of certain claims
under the treaty of Dancing-rabbit
creek, be, and the same is hereby, re-
pealed: Provided, That such repea
shall not affect any title 10 any tract o
land secured in virtue Of said treaty.
Sec. IL. And Be 1t further enacted
That when two or more persons shall
have settled on the same quarter sec
ton of land, the right OF pre-emptiou
shall be in him or her nho made the
first settlement, provided such persons
shall conform to the provisions OF this
act; and all questions as to the right of
pie-emption arising between different
settlers %shall be settled by the register
ard receiver ofthe district within which
the land is situated, subject to an ap-
peal to and a revision by the Secretary
ofthe Treasury Of the United States.
Sec. II. Ind be 1t further enacted,
That prior TO any entries being made
under and by virtue of the provisions Of
of this act, proof OF thes ettleinent and
improvement thereby required, shall be
rescribed by the S ecretary of the
Treasury, who shall each be entitled TO
receive fifty cents from each applicant
for his services, 10 be rendered as afore-
said; and all assignments and transfers
of the right hereby secured, prior 10
the issuing Of the patent, shall be null
and void.
| Sec. Is. Ind be 1t further enacted,
That before any person claiming the
benefit of this act shall be allowed to
enter such lands, he or she shall make
oath before the receiver or register Of
the land district in which the land is sit
uated (who are hereby authorized to adj
minister the same that he or she is mo-
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 tc
lsell the same on speculation, but il
good faith 10 appropriate it to his O
| her own exclusive use or benefit, lnC
that he or she has not, directly or indl.
!, rectly, made any agreement or con
tract, in any way or manner, with any
person whatsoever, by which the title
which be or she might acquire from the
| Governor of the United States, should en-
ure in whole or in part, to the benefit o
| person except himself or herself; and
/ any person taking such oath shall sweat
falsely in the premises, he or she shall b
subject to all the pains and penalties Q
perjury, and shall forfeit the money whlcl
he or She may have paid for said land,an
i. all right and title te the same; and an
giant or conveyance which he or she ma
have made, except 10 the hands of bona II
Ide purchasers, for valuable consideratlo
shall be null and void. And it shall b