The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-07

expenses oil the year, and all moneys the
estates OF deceased soldiers, which are Or may
hereafter be. unclaimed for the period of three years
ofsaid soldier soldiers be
repaid by the commissioners of the institution, up
on the demand Of the heirs legal
Of the deceased: Ind provided, oso That from the
first day OF the month, next after the passage OF
this act, there shall be deducted from the pay OF
every non commissioned officer. musician, artif-
GER and private Of the army of the United States,
the sum Of twenty-five cents per month, which
sum so deducted shall, by the pay department OF
the army, be passed 10 the credit of the commits.
sioners Of the army asylum; who are hereby also
authorized to receive all donations Of money or
property made by any person or persons for the
benefit of the institution, and hold the for its
sole and exclusive use: PROVIDED, That the deduc-
ton OF twenty hive cents per month from the pay OF
nom commissioned officers, musicians, artifcere,
apd privates of regiments Of volunteers, or other
corps or regiments raised for limited period, or
Tor a temporary purpose, shall only be made with
their consent
SEC. s. Ind be il further enacted, That the COM
missoners Of this institution, by and with the APP
proval OF the President, be and the same are here
by, authorized and required to procure for imme-
date use, at suitable place or places, site or
sites for the military asylum and If the necessary
buildings cannot be procured with the site sites,
to have the same erected, having duo regard to
the health Of the locations facility of access
nomy. and giving preference TO such places as,
with the most convenience and least cost, will ac
commodatc the persons provided for in this act.
SEC. 8. And be Il further enacted, That the COM
missioners, with the approval Of the Secretary of
for the government Of said institution, and cause
the same to be fitted and furnished for the immedi-
ate reception OF those persons provided for in this
act, and that the Secretary of War report upon the
execution of this duty at the next session Of Con-
gress.
Approved, March 8, 1851.
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AN ACT for the settlement of certain classes of
LAM r. wit he of he
"Baron De Rastrop Grant," and for allowing pre-
emptions to certain actual settlers, in the event
Of the final adjudication of the title OF the said
De Bastrop in favor of the United States.
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
senatiUes Of the United States Of america in Con-
gress assembled, That in the event of final adju-
dicaton by the court in favor Of the United States,
on the "Baron De Bastrop" claim in Louisiana,
under the act OF Congress, approved on the seven
teenth June, one thousand eight hundred and
forty four, entitled "An act to provide for the adj
justment Of land Claims within the States Of Mis-
souri,, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and in those parts
of tho States Of Mississippi and Alabama south of
the thirty first degree of north latitude, and be-
tween the Mississippi and Perdido rivers" the
register and receiver for the Ouachita Land Dis
trict Louisiana, shall give public notice Of the
fact in some newspaper circulating in the vicinity
of tho land; and within twelve months from and
after the date of the first publication of such notice
it shall and may be lawful for any original claim
ants of the classes hereinafter mentioned in this
section of the present act their heirs or legal repre-
sentatives, to file with the aforesaid register and
receiver notices descriptive of their Claims and
specifying their precise localities and area, with the
testimony in support Of the same
FIRST. All bona fde claimants by purchase from
De Bastrop, or those holding under him, where
the land has been occupied and cultivated for
SEcosp. All bona fide claimants Of "head
rights" for not exceeding six hundred and forty
acres their heirs or legal representatives, where
the original claimant came over and settled the
L.. k.xr tk-C
eminent and De Hastrop. even though the land
was not actually sold conveyed to such original
by the said De Bastrop.
THIRD. All bona fide claimants for not exceed
ing six hundred and forty acres, As actual settlers
prior to the twentieth December, eighteen hundred
and three, where they have held such continued
possession to show that they identified them
selves with the ownership of the land.
SEC. 2. And be II further enacted, That after the
expiration of the twelve months aforesaid, il shall
be the duty of the regist0 - receiver, pursuant
to such instructions r az ma given BY the Com
port with the notices, and all tho testimony, to the
General Land Office. specifying all such cases az in
their opinion came within the principles recognised
under the several heads mentioned in the foregoing
section, and which, according TO those principles,
ought to be confirmed. and such in their opinion
ought to be rejected.
SEC. g. And be it further enacted. That it shall be
the duty Of the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office to lay the report Aforesaid before Congress
for final action thereon, and all claims recommend
ed for confirmation shall be reserved from sale un-
til the final action Of Congress on the report afore
said. and oil claims reported rejected shall be
treated as other public lands.
SEC. f. And be ii further enacted, That the claims
numbers forty, forty four, forty five forty six, for
ty seven, forty eight, and fftyone, fayorably rc-
ported on by Daniel J. Sutton register for the
district north of Red river, louisiana and entered
in the first class of his report, dated first january,
eighteen hundred and twenty-one, but, on account
of being within the limits Of the Rastrop grant, have
nded he firm tnrv unf
the second section of the act of Congress- approved
February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and
twenty three, entitled Gan act supplementary to
the several acts for the adjustment of land claims
in the State Of Louisiana" be, and the same shall
be held confirmed, in the event of the final adudica.
ton of the Bastrop claim in favor of the United
States as aforesaid: Provided, That this confrma-
ton shall only operate as REIMBURSEMENT Of title
on the part Of the United States, and shall in no
way prejudice affect any sale or other right ex-
letting at the time when the survey shall Be exc
cuted, of the claims hereby condionally confirmed;
and, in the event Of the final adjudication Of the
Bastrop Grant aforesaid, and upon the return of
approved pats of survey for the claims specified in
this section, REIMBURSEMENT patents shall be issued
in other cases.
SEC. S. And be IL further enacted, That, in the
event of final adjudication in favor of the United
States Of the Bastrop claim. as contemplated by the
first section of this act, every bona fde settler
any part of said land, at the time OF the extension
of the public surveys over the same, who is a man
of family, widow, or single man oyer twenty ono
years of age, and an actual housekeeper thereon,
and who, but for the reservation heretofore made OF
said land for the claim of the said Bastrop, would
have been entitled to right of pre- emption under
some one of the presumption laws, be, and he is
hereby, authorized TO enter the quarter section 80
resided on. by adjoining legal subdivisions so
to include his residence and land cultivated inn
proved, any number Of acres not TO exceed one hum
dred and sixty acres, upon making proof of such
settlement housekeeping, &C., to the satisfaction
Of the register and receiver, in ordinary cases.
at any time within year after the public surveys
are Sc extended over said land.
Approved, March 3, 1851.
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AN ACT for the relief of the American COLOMBIA.
cation Society.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Rspresen
tafves If The United States Of dmsrica in Congress
assembled. That the Secretary Of the Treasury be,
and is hereby, authorized and required, upon equi-
table principles, to settle the claim of the Amer
can Colonization Society for the support and main
tenance, in Liberia, of the Africans rccaptured on
board tho barque Pons, and for all supplies fur
nished them Of every description. and for medical