The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-24

approval Of the President the fact that the settle
ment mas been commenced, and the particular quar-
'or section upon which II is located and also that
sach settler shall within months after the expirs-
ZION Oh nve years from the date of his permit, prove
In IKE manner, the fact of continued residence and
cultivation, required in the second and third cond-
lions herein above prescribed; whereupon, and not
until then, patent shall issue to said settler for such
quarter section.
sec. = lind be IL further enacted, That in OF
'e settlement OF the same quarter section by two OF
more settlers the right 10 the location shall be deter
mihed by priority Of settlement to be ascertaned
aer sueh rules as the Commissioner Of the General
Lahd once, with the approval Of the President, may
prescribe and the subsequent settler settlers shall
oc permitted to locate the quantity, he, she, they,
may be entitled 10 elsewhere within the same town
ship upon vacant public lands
sec D. Ind be further enacted That no right or
donaton shall be acquired under this act, within two
.nnes oil any permanent military post Of the United
states established and garrisoned at the time such
se,uement and residence commenced
oec. =, Ind be Il further enacted, That all sales,
gnts, devses, agreements, bonds, powers TO sell,
transfers, or liens whatsoever, private Judicial, Of
the lands, or any portion thereof acquired by this act
made al any time before patents shall have issued for
inc same, snail be utterly void and without effect, to
every intent and purpose, whether in law equity
ana the purchaser or obgee under (any) such sale,
agreement, bond, or over SELL transfer, or lien,
shall not be entitled 10 back the price
slderation paid therefor, but shall forfeit the
absolutely to such settler or his heirs.
Sec. D. Andbe il further enacted, That upon the
death OF any settler before the end Of the five years
OF before the issuing OF the patent all his rights under
tins act shall descend 10 his widow and heirs al law
" ne leaves widow, and to his heirs Ut law, If he
leaves none, To be held and divided by them accord
ing to theI Tvs of Florida any previous sale or trans
Ter OF the same or of any interest legal or equitable
In the same 10 the contrary Notwithstanding And
proof OF HI mplance with the conditions of this
act, up To the time OF his DEATH shall he sufficient to
entiile them 10 the patent.
Sec. b And be further enacted, That where
any settlement, by the erection of dwelling the
cultivation of any portion thereof shall be made upon
the sixteenth section. before the shall be sur
veyed then and in that case, other lands shall be
lecied by the School Commissioners OF the township,
In lieu of SAID section sixteen such part thereof as
may be claimed under this act.
Sec. 7 and be IL further enacted, That not eI-
ceedng two hundred thousand of land shall be
taken for settlement under this act.
Sec. B find be IL further enacted, That the Pre-
sident of the United States may at any Time by pro-
clamaioD suspend all further permits nd settlements,
uDcer this act by giving three months notice thereof
Sec. 8 Andbe further enacted, That the Com
missioner OF the General Land Office, shall or be-
fore The lot day OF February, eighteen hundred and
forty tour report To Congress the names of every ndi-
dual who shall have made the actual settlement re-
CURED by The first section of this act, specifying the
heads of families, ard the single men, and the oca-
ton OF each quarter section occupied by each OF said
settlers
APPROVED, Augusl A, 1912
A true copy from the roll in this Office
FLETCHER WEBSTER Chief Clerk
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, August 18th, 1912.
'As the surveys progress from time to time, and re-
turns thereof made TO your Office, you will be en-
abled to perfect the description in the 4th column by
inserting the proper description in every case where
it cannot be done in the first instance
tShould you be under the necessity of refusing to
issu. PERMIT in any case you will of course enter
in this docket in the 5th and 9th columns only the
number and date of the Notice filed in that particular
case and state the fact of your refusal to grant the
PERMIT, and the reasons for such refusal and which
also to be endorsed on the "NoTIcE."