The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-06-07
March 90. 1850.

AN ACT
To amend the act entitled "An act to establish
the price Of the Miami, Wabash, and Erie, and
Ohio Canal lands and to secure their sale to ac-
tual Settlers passed Feb 2, l847.
SEC. |. Be ii enacied by The General As
sembIy Of the Stale Of Ohio, That all the
lands that belong 10 this State by virtue of
the several acts of Congress granting land
to the States ofOhio and Indiana for canal
purposes, shall hereafter be disposed Of 10
actual settlers, agreeably TO the provisions
OF the act to which this is an amendment,
in tractsnot exceedr 6 one hundred and sixty
acres each, at fifty per cent. below their ap'
praised value;providedt that the lands apprais-
ed by Jas Watson Riley, under The resolu'
tons Of the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, passed Feb. rs, 1913, shall be first
offered 1t public sale, in such manner as
the State auditor shall direct, before they
shall come under the provisions Of this att;
and provided also, that should the even al
ternate sections now In dispute between the
United States and the State of Ohio, lying
between the. mouth Of the Auglaize river
and the junction Of the Wabash and Erie
with the Miami canal or any other lands in
the State, be decided on settlement with the
United States to belong 20 the State ofOhlo,
the same shall be sold under the provis-
ions Of this act and the act to which this is
an amendment after having been appraised
and once offered for sale under the direc.
tions of the State auditor.
SEC. 2. That each purchaser oflands un-
der the provisions of this, act shall, before
receiving the certificate of purchase, make
and subscribe an affidavit stating that it il
bona ide his or her intention within twelve
months from and after the date Of said pur
chase, 10 enter upon and improve the tract
of land so purchased, and that he or she ha,
not made said purchase for the purpose o
speculation, but for the purpose ofsecurins
a permanent home for himself or hersel
and family. .. a.
SEC g. That the affidavit required b.
the foregoing section shall be made aDC
subscribed before the officer authorized Il
issue said certificate Of purchase, who shal
preserve the same with the records of hi
office. ........... .... H..t.. .r. ..
SEC, 4. That no deed Of conveyanc,
from the State to such purchaser shall bt
made and delivered until such purchase
shall have actually entered upon and com
menced improving the tract ofand for whicl
he or she holds a certificate Of purchase
and il any purchaser shall refuse or neglec
within twelve months from and after the dat
Of his or her certificate ofpurchase, to ente
upon and improve the tract so purchased the
and in that case such tract Of land shall b.
forfeited and shall revert to the State, pro
rsdad hAt1awor NhaN IN oc h., Aooth ~
any such purchaser before the expiration
oftwelve months from the date OF such pur
chase, the deed Of conveyance from tn
State may issue to his or her legal represen
tatives, without further improvement upo
the tract.
SEQ. 5. That the State Auditor shal
make out list as accurately as possible ofaI
the canal ands) belonging to the State, de
signatipG in what county they lie, and thei
appraised price, and the price to actual set
; tlers, and have the same published for si
: consecutive weeks in the Ohio State Jour
nal, Ohio Statesman, Cincinnati Gazett
and Cleveland Plaindealer, at the usuu
rates Of advertising ia those papers.
SEc. The register and receiver of tn
State land Office at Defiance, shall be al
lowed as a compensation for their services
two per cent. on all sales ofthe canal lands
SEo. I. That all acts and parts Of &C,
conAicting with the provisions Of this acl
are hereby repealed. ..'.i 2 =" ''
: BENJAMIN F, LETTER.
, F3" Speaker Of he House Of Reps.
~a CHARLES c. C0NVERS,
Speaker ofihe Ssnaie.
II March 23, 1850.
i lido hereby certify that have examine
/ and compared the above laws with the origin
, copy and find them 10 be correct.
WIIIIAM IEECQIEg Aud;fo,