Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-02-01
TPUBLIc-No. IL

AN ACT to grant the right of pre-empon to certain pur
chasers and settlers the "Maison Rouge Grant, in the
event Of the final adjudication Of the title in favor of the
United States.
Of the United STATES Of America in Congress assembled,
That in the of final adjudication by the in favor
of the United aes the "Mason Rouge Grant," under
the Of Congress approved seventeenth June, eighteen
hundred and forty fou entitled An act to provide for
the adjustment Of land claims within the States Of Missouri,
Arkansas and louisiana and in those parts of the States Of
Mississippi and Alabama south Of the thirty first degree Of
north atude and between the Mississippi and Perddo
rivers every person, his heirs legal representatives, who,
prior to the first March, eighteen hundred and forty nine,
purchased land in good tai.h and for valuable consdea
ton from Daniel w. Coxe other persons holding titles
derived under the said Maison Rouge grant, on the Ouacha
river in the State Of Lousana, and who has improved and
cultivated the land so purchased or any part Of IT. shall be
and he hereby authorized to enter with the register Of the
land Office fer the district in which said land may nearly
practicable by legal Subdivisions the whole any portion
of the tract tracts purchased include the residence
and improvement upon paying TO the United States the mini
mum price Of public lands.
Sec @ And be II further enacted That in the event Of
such final adjudication 1t shall be the duty Of the register Of
the proper district publish notice Of the fact in news
paper circulating in the vicinity Of the land with decara
Of the readiness of land Office receive pre- empton
applications under this act and hereupon every person claim
right of preempon under this act shall be allowed
twelve months within which and pay for the land
claimed from and after the date of the first public ADVERTISE
ment and in conformity with such instructions may be
given by the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Provided That notice, specifying the particular tracts
claimed shall be given within three months after such first
advertisement the register of the intention of the claimant
make such purchase Of the United States and that sale
entry she'll be permitted to land within the limits Of the
aforesaid Maison Rouge claim until the expiration Of the afore
said three MONTHS and the lands embraced in the aforesaid
notices of preempon applications shall be liable to sale
other persons public lands unless after the expiration
Of the aforesaid term of twelve months it shall be found that
preempon under this act shall have been established to
the same.
Sec. g. And be further enacted That II the residence
and improvements of two persons entitled to pre-
epon aforesaid shall be found any of the smallest
legal subdivisions of the public lands the may be enter
ed jointly by the pares in order that they may and
divide the same according their several rights and in de-
fault Of Of the parties taking the proper steps
within the time prescribed to secure the benefit Of this act
shall be lawful for any Of the parties Of this class to make
the entry Of the whole such legal subdivision for his sole
benefit [Approved, January 81, 1851.
.y*t. [PUBLIc-No O..
AN ACT to renew and continue in force the charter Of tho
Potomac Insurance Company" of Georgetown.
Be enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States of America in Congress assembled
That the entitled An incorporate Fire Insurance
Company in Georgetown, in the District of Coumbs aP-
proved the second March, eighteen hundred and hiyone
and the entitled An amend the charter OF the Po
tomac Fire Insurance Company Of Georgeown approved
the third Of March, eighteen hundred and thiryseven, be
and the hereby reenaced and extended to the first
day of March, the eighteen hundred and seventy and
until the end Of the next session Of Congress which shall
happen hereafter until which time the said company may
exercise all the powers and have and enjoy all the privileges
and immunes granted to them by the said original Of
incorporation and the amendment thereto any thing to the
contrary thereof Notwithstanding This shall commence
and be in force from tho passage thereof
Sec. o and be further enacted, That the stockholders Of
said company shall be individually liable for the debts and
liabilities Of said corporation to amount equal to the capital
stock held by them respectively provided that such liability
shall be confined the stockholders who such when
such debts contracted or liabilities incurred.
Approved, January ~, 1851.