Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-11-07

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laration according to law, Of his in,en.
ton to become a citizen, OF who shall
make such declaration ON or before
the 6rst day Of December, eighteen
hundred and lifiy-one, now residing in
said Territory. or who shall be come
a resident thereof Oh or before the first
day OF December, eighteen hundred
and fifty, and who shalt have resided
upon aud cultivated the same for four
consecutive years, and shall otherwise
conform to the provisions Of this act,
the quantity Of one-half section or
three hundred and twenty acres Of
land, If a single man, aud if married
man, or il he shall become married
within one year from the first day Of
December, eighteen hundred and fifty,
TIE quantity Of one section or six hun.
dred and forty acres, one half to him
self, and tie other half to his wife, to
be held by her in her own right, and
the Surveyor General shall designate
the part inuring TO the husband and
that to the wife, and enter the same on
the records of his Office; and in all
cases where such married persons have
complied with the provisions cf this
act, SO as to enu,Ie item to the grant
as above provided, whether under the
late provisional government Of Oregon,
or since, and either shall have died
before patent issues, the survivor and
children, or heirs of the deceased,
shall he entitled TO the share or inter.
est of the deceased in equal propor-
tions, except where the deceased shall
otherwise dispose of it by testament. du-
ly and properly executed according to
the laws Of Oregon Provided, That
no alien shall be entitled to a patent to
land granted by this act, until he shall
produce to the Surveyor General of
Oregon. record evidence that his nat
uralization as citizen Of the United
States has been completed +; but if any
alien having made his declaration OF
intention to become citizen Of the
United States after the passage of this
act, shall die before his naturalization
shall he completed, the possessory right
acquired by him under the provisions
of this act shall descend TO his heirs al
law, or pass to his devisees, to whom,
as the case may be, the patent shall is
sue Provided further, That in all
cases provided for in this section, the
donation shall embrace the land actu'
ally occupied and cultivated by the
settler thereon: Providcd further,
That all future contracts by any per-
son or persons en,itleo to the benefit of
this act, for the sale Of the land to
which he or they may be entitled un-
der this act, before lie or they have
received patent therefor, shall be VOID:
Provided further. honeoer, Tint this
section shall not be so construed as to
allow those claiming possessory rights
under tide treaty with Great Britain ie-
lative TO the Oregon Territory, to cl i'm
both under this grant and the treaty.
but merely to secure them the election,
and confne them to single grant Of
land.
SEC. 5 And be Il further enacted,
That to all white male citizens OF the
United States, or persons who shall
have made a declaration Of intention
to become such, above the age Of
twenty-one years, emigratlng To and
settling IN said Territory between the
first day Of December, eighteen hun
dred and fifty, and the first day of De-
cember, eighteen hundred and ffy-
three, and to all white male American
citizens, not herein before provided
for, becoming one and twenty years
of age in said Territory and settling
there between the tin es last aforesaid,
who shalt in other rsp2c,s comply
with the foregoing section and the
provisions ofthls law, there shall be,
and hereby is, granted the quantity of
one-quarter section or one hundred
and sixty acres Of land, if single
man or if married, or if he shall be-
come married within one year from
the time of arriving in said Territory,
or within one year after becoming t"en-
ty-one years of age as aforesaid, then
the quantity Of one-half section or
three hundred and twenty acres, one
half to The husband, and the other half
to the wife in her own right, TO lie de-
signated by the Surveyor General as
aforesaid Provided, oi,Oays, That no
person shall ever receive patent for
more than cne donation of land in said
Territory in his or her own right !:
Provided, That no mineral lands shall
be located or granted under the pro-
visions Of this act.
Sec. 6 And be it further enacted.
That within three months after the sur
vey has been made. or where the sur
vey has been made before the settle
meht commenced, then within three
months from the commencement OF
such settlement, each of said settlers
shall notify the Surveyor General to
be appointed under this act, of the
precise tract Of tracts claimed by them
respectively under this law, and i'll all
cases il shall be in compact form /;
and where it is spracticable so to do, the
land so claimed shall be taken as near
" as practicable by legal subdivisions,
but where that cannot be done it shall
~ ~. d,,y &c tho said SurvevOr Cen