Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-12

residing in said Territory who ssha become resider
thereof on or before the s day Of De Acembe eighteen hun
dred and y ana who shall have reside upon and cultivate
the for four consecutive years. and shall otherwise con
form the provisions Of this act the qu anti of one ha
section three hundred and twenty land if sngi
man. and if married man. or If he shall become marie
within year from the first day of December, eighteen hun
ded and fifty, the quantity of section hundred an
forty acres half to himself and the other hail to his vile
be held by her in her right and the Survey, Geners
shall designate the part enUng the husband and vat to tn
wife, and the the records Of his Office and
all where such married persons have complied WI "a th
provisions of this to ene them TO the grant bow
provided whether under the lase provisional government.
Oregon snce and either shall have died before paSe
issues the survivor and children or heirs of the decsase.
shall be entitled to the share interest Of the deceased in
equal proportions except where the deceased shall otherwise
dispose of by testament duly anprope executed accord
ing the laws Of Oregon Provided That no alien shall be-
entitled patent lands granted by this act until he shall
produce the Surveyor General Of Oregon record evidence
that his naturalization citizen Of the United States has
been completed but il any alien, having made bis dscara
ton of intention become citizen Of the United States after
the passage Of this act shall die before his shall
be completed the possesso right acquired by him under the
provisions of this act shall descend his heirs at law or pass
to his devees whom the may be- the patent shall
issue Provided further That In all provided for irs
this section the donation shall embrace the land actually oc
cupied and cultivated by the settler thereon PROVIDED fur
er That all future contracts by person persons en
tied to the benefit Of this act for the sale Of the land which
he they be entitled under this act before he they
have received patent therefor shall be void Provided fur
er ho,cepe That this section shall be construed
to allow those claiming possesso rights under the treaty
with Great Britain relative 10 the Oregon Territory claim
both under this grant and the treaty. but merely to secure
them the election, and confne them single grant of
land.
Sec s. And be further enacted That to all white male
citizens of the United States persons who shall have made
declaration of intention to become such, above the age Of
twenty years. emigang to and settling in said Territory
between the first day of December eighteen hundred and y
and the first day Of December, eighteen hundred and fifty
three, and TO all white male American citizens herenbe
fore provided for becoming oneandtwenty years age in
said Territory and settling there between the times last
said who shall in other respects comply with the foregoing
section and the provisions of this law there shall and here
BY granted the quantity Of section hun
dred and sixty of land, if single man if married.
he shall become married within year from the time Of
trrlvng in said Territory, within year after becoming
twenty years of age aforesaid then the quantity
half section three hundred and twenty acres half
husband and the other half to the wife in her right to
be designated by the Surveyor General aforesaid Preod
ed, acay, That person shall receive patent
more than donation of land in said Territory in his
her own right ProUided That mineral lands shall be
located or granted under the provisions Of this act.
Sec. g. And be Il further enacted That within three
months after the survey has been made o where the survey
has been made before the settlement commenced then within
three months from the commencement of such settlement each
Of said settlers shall notify the Surveyor General be appoint
ed under this act Of the precise tract claimed by them
respectively under this law, and in all shall be in
compact form and where is practicable do the land
divisions but where that be done shall be the duty
the said Surveyor General survey and mark each claim
with the boundaries claimed the request and expense of
the claimant the charge for the in such
ceed the price paid for surveying the public lands The Sur
veyot General shall enter description of such claims in
book to be kept by him for that purpose and temporarily
the township pas the tract designated with
the boundaries and whenever conflict Of boundaries shall
arise prior issuing the patent, the shall be determined
by the Surveyor General: Prouidd That after the first De-
cember next all claims shall be bounded by lines running
east and west and north and south And provided further
That after the survey made, all claims shall be made con-
formity to the same, and in compact form.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted That within twelve
months after the surveys have been mad owhere survey
has been made before the settlement, then within twelve
months from the time the ,element was commenced each
claiming doration right under this act shall prove
to the satisfaction Of the Surveyor General of such other
officer may be appointed by law for that purpose that the
settlement and cultivation required by this act had been
menced specifying the time of the and at
any time after the expiration Of four years from the date Of
such settlement whether made under the laws Of the late
provisional government not shall PROVE in like manner by
two dsnteresed Witnesses the fact Of continued residence and
cultivation required by the fourth section OF this act and upon
such proof being made the Surveyor General other officer
appointed by law for that purpose shall issue certificates
der such rules and regulations may be prescribed by the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office, setting forth the
facts in the and specifying the land to which the parties
are entitled And the said Surveyor General shall return the
proof taken to the Office Of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, and if the said Commissioner shall find valid
the certificates aforesaid upon the surrender thereof
Sec g. And be further enacted, That upon the death Of
settler before the expiration Of the four years continued
possession required by this act all the rights Of the deceased
under this shall descend the heirs law of such settler
including the widow, where left in equal parts and
proof of compliance with the conditions of this up the
time Of the death of such settler shall be sufficient ene
them to the patent.
Sec g. And be further enacted That no claim do
nation right under the provisions Of this sections
teen thirty shall be valid allowed if the residence and
cultivation upon which the is founded shall have
menced after the survey Of the same shall such claim
tach to any tract parcel Of land selected for military post
within mile thereof any other land reserved for
Governmental purposes unless the residence and cultivation
thereof shall have commenced previous the selection
servaton of the same for such purposes.
Sec TO- And be further enacted, That there be and
hereby granted to the Territory Of Oregon the quantity of
two townships Of land in said Territory west Of the Cascade
mountains and be selected in legal subdivisions, after the
has been surveyed by the Legislative Assembly Of said
Territory in such may deem proper, to be
located north and the other south Of the Columbia river aid
in the establishment Of University in the Territory of Ore
gon, in such manner the said Legislative Assembly may
Direct the selection to be approved by the Surveyor General
Sec IL. And be 1t further enacted That what known
as the Oregon city claim, excepting the Abernethy island
which hereby confirmed to the legal assigns Of the Viii
amette Milling and Trading companies, shall be set apart
and be at the disposal Of the Legislative Assembly, the pro-
ceeds thereof to be applied by said Legislative Assembly
the establishment and endowment of University be locat
ed at such place in the Territory the Legislative Assembly
may designate Prouided hoiuere That all lots and parts
Of lots in said claim, sold granted by Doctor John Nc
Laughn previous to the fourth day of March, eighteen hum
ded and forty nine shall be confirmed to the purchaser or
donee, their assigns, to be certified the Commissioner of
the General Land Office BY the Surveyor General patents
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