Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-09-10

FPCHLIc-No 10 I


AN ACT provide the armed occupation and settle
of the unsettled part OF the peninsula Of East lori
da.
BE il enacted bon the Senate and House Of Representatives.
Of he iuei States of .IJnertrI Congress Gen1btsf
That any person, being the head Of family, single man
eighteen years of abs bear who has made
actual settlement within thai Of Florida
situate and being south Of the line dividing townships num-
befs and south, and the base ne shall Dc
entitled TO ore quarter section OF suId and on the follow"
ing conditions and stipuations:
Fart That said settler shall obtain from the register Of
Tho land Office IN the district in which he proposes TO sette
permit describing, as particularly rs may be practicable
the place where his her settlement intended to re made
oraed that no person VINO sha De resident OF f!ot
da time of passage Of this who shall be the
Of hundred aud of land Mt the time
he proposes settle, shall be entitled to permit from the
register.
Second That shall reside in Territory
Florida south Of said township line for consecutive
years. and 10 take his grant public land south OF that
7h,rd Tha, said settler shall srec, thereon house fit
for the habtaton of man, and shall cear enclose and sui
least FIVE said land, aud reside thereon for
the four ye-s a"iI~."s 6e. "f.er
the o permit. she shall long live
FOURTH That settler shall. within year after
the survey of said lands and the opening the proDer
sale OF the by the United States
prove, before such tribunal and in such aud form
shall be prescribed by the Commissioner Of the General
Land Oce with the approval OF the President, the fact
that the settlement has been commenced and the particular
quarter section which II ~ oeated and also hai such
years from tina date Of his permit prove IN ike manner he
of continued residence and cultivation. required
the second and third conditions herein above prescribed
whecupoh, and until them patent shall said
settler, for such quarter section.
Sec. > Ind be II further enacted. That in the of
the settlement the quarter section by
tter. right shall be Determined by phi
ory Of settlement, to be acerained under such rules
the General Land Office,
prevail President precrbe and the subsequent
settler settlers shall be permitted locate the quantity
he she. they may be entitled elsewhere within
same township, upon public lands
Sec. 3 Ind be It further enacted That RICH; do
nation shall be acquired under this &C, within two miles of
amen mi most of asf3h-
hed and garrsonod the tme such settlement and ras
! dencs corumeuced.
ievises. agreements bonds to sell. transfers.
liens whatsoever, private Judicial, of the lands
thereof acquired by this made al time be-
patents shall have uad Tor the shall utterly
void and effect and purpose
in law equity aud the purchaser obg.e. under and
such sale agreement hond' or power 10 sell transfer, n
lien. shall be entitled back price
eration paid therefore, shall oltei, tho absolutely
10 such settler of her
SEC > Ind be further enacted That upo the death
any settler before the end of the before
issuing Of patent. all his rights under
scend his widow. and heirs law If he leaves widow,
and his heirs law if ne leaves be held and d.
vdsi by them according the laws of Florida, any prsyi-
sale transfer of the Of any interest, legal
equitable. in the same, the contrary
And proof of his compliance toe conditions of this act
the time OF his death, shall De sufficient entItle
+ chem to the patsnt.
SEC 6 Ind be II further enacted Tina, where any set
Element, erection of dwelling, cultivation
portion thereof shall made upon
before the shall bs surveyed then and tina, case
the township in lieu OF said section sixteen par
thereof nay be claimed under this
Sec :. ind be IL further enacted, That exceeding
hundred thousand of land shall
Element under this
Sec. And be IL further enacted, That President
of the United States may, any time, BY proclamation
suspend all further permits AMI settlements under this
by giving months thereof
q. lind BE- IT further enacted, That Commits
soaer OF the General Land 0fee shall. before the
first day of February, Eighteen hundred and forty-ou
port Congress the of every individual haI
~ ne sec.
toR OF TINS specifying the heads of families and
single and the location OF each quarter
pied by each OF said sstters.
ApProved. August 4, lS42.