Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-06-23
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WHOLE NO. 1877.

SEC. 2. And be 1T further enacted, That the
benefits OF the said act of eleventh February,
eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall moi
be construed as forfeited by the pripates and
lnon-commissoned officers, who have been. or
may he,, promoted 10 the grade of commission
ed officer during their service in Mexico, and
who shall have subsequently fulfilled the con-
dition of their engagements: PROVIDED, Such
promotion shall have been made subsequent
to the original organization of the company,
corps, or regiment to which such privates and
non commissioned officers may have belonged
Appxoyed May 81, lS4S.
[PUBlIC-No. 27.1-An act for the admission
OF the State of Wisconsin into the Union.
Whereas The people of the Territory of
| Wisconsin did. on the first day of February,
eighteen hundred and forty eight. by con-
veniion OF delegates called and assembled for
that purpose form for themselves cOnstitu-
tIon and State government, which said con-
st:tution is republican, and said convention
having asked the admission of said Territory
into the Union as State, on an equal footing
with the original States:
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States Of Amer-
'ca an Congress assembled, That the State of
Wisconsin be. and is hereby, admitted 10 be
one of the United States of America, and is
hereby admitted into the Urion on an equal
footing with the original States, in all respects
whatever, with the boundaries prescribed by
the act of Congress, approved August sixth,
eighteen hundred and forty six, entitled '' An
act to enable the people of Wisconsin Terrific
ry to form constitution and State govern
ment, and for the admission of such State into
the Union.
SEC 2. Hnd be 1t further enacted, That the
assent of Congress is hereby given to the first,
second, fourth, and fifth resolutions adopted
by said convention, and appended to said con-
sttution; and the acts of Congress, referred
to in the said resolutions, are hereby amended,
so that the lands granted by the provisions of
the several acts referred to in the said Gr-t and
I fourth resolutions, and the proceeds of said
lands, and the five per centum of the nett pro-
ceeds of the public lands therein mentioned,
shall be held and disposed of by said State, in
the manner and for the purposes recommended
by said conventions and so that, also, the
lands reserved to the United States by the
provisions Of the act entitled " An act TO grant
quantity of land 10 aid in the Improvement
of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to con-
meet the same by canal in the Territory OF
| Wisconsin, - and, also, the even numbered
sections reserved by the provisions of the act,
entitled g An act to grant quantity of land
to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose
of aiding in opening canal to connect the
the waters of Lake Michigan with those of
Rock river" shall be offered for sale at the
same minimum price, and subject to the same
rights of pre- emption, as other public lands of
the United States Provided, however,, That
no person shall be entitled to pre-emption
by reason of the settlement and cultivation of
any quarter section or other subdivision of
said even numbered sections, which tract, be-
fore the commencement of such settlement,
shall have been claimed by any other person
cultivating and improving the same in good
faith, and which shall have continued to be
claimed, cultivated, and improved in like good
faith by such person, his representatives or
assigns, until the sale OF said tract, and of
which the said prior claim, cultivation, and
Improvement, the person so claiming pre- emp
ton shall have had notice at the time of his
entry and settlements; neither shall any pre-
emption be allowed to any tract, to the injury
of any person, or of the representatives or as
signs of any person claiming and Occupying
the same or any part thereof in good faith, in
his or her right at the passage OF this act, and
owning valuable cultivation or improvements
thereon, which cultivation or Improvements
shall have been assigned by the person so
claiming presumption, or If commenced sub
sequently to the entry and settlement of such
person, shall have been made with his con-
sent or acquiescence. And provided further,
That the liabilities incurred by the Territorial
government of Wisconsin, under the act emit
tied &c An act to grant a quantity or land to
the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose
of aiding in opening a canal to connect the
waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock
river,' hereinbefore referred to- shall be paid
and discharged by the State of Wisconsin.
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That the
purchase of any tract of the said even num-
bered sections mentioned in the preceding sec
ton. and sold since the reservation thereof. at
the minimum price of two dollars and fifty
cents per acre, shall be entitled to receive from
the Commissioner of the General Land Office
a certificate of the quantity of land so purcha
sed, and of the amount of the excess paid
therefor, over and above the value of said
land, at the rate Of one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre; which certificate, to the amount
of such excess, shall be receivable from the
holder thereof or his assigns, in like manner
as SO much money, in payment Of the public
lands of the United States. That, in the event
of the death of any such purchaser before the
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issued in favor of the lawful representatives of
such purchaser.
SEC. L. And be 1t further enacted, That the
| Judge of the district court for the district of
Wisconsin shall hold term of said court in
each and every year at the seat of govern
ment, TO commence on the first Monday in
July, and another term of said court in each
year at Milwaukee, to commence on the first
| Monday of January. He shall also have pow
er to hold special terms for the trial of causes,
and for the determination of all suits or pro-
ceedingS in said courts, at either of the afore-
said places, at his discretion, as the nature
and the amount of the business may require.
The said court shall be opcneded at all times,
for the purpose of hearing and deciding cases
of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, so far
as the same can he done without jury. The
records and papers of said court may be kept
at either Of the places herein designated for
the holding of said court, as the judge in his
discretion shall direct.
SEC 5 Ind be at further enacted, That the
clerks of the district courts of the Territory OF
! Wisconsin shall, before their term of office
expires, certify under seal, and transmit to
the clerk of said court, all records of all I'M
satisfied judgments and of suits pending III