The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-08-18
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To create fhrre additional land districts in tho
State Of Iowa.
Be enacted bg the Senate and House o.
REPRESENTATIVES of ms Jnitcd Suites Of timer
ira IN Congress assfmjied, That all that por
ton of the public lands in he State Of iowa
living ives, of the range line, dividing range.
seventeen aud eighteen, aud east of the rang,
ltne dividing ranges thirty ore and thirty Ivy
and now included in the district Of lands suffice
20 SHE at f'ai fl Id, shall comprise new lane
district to be called the Charlton district thai
81 nuch Of the public land IN said State now
included in the Iowa and Dubuque land districts
rs lie between the range line dividing range.
sixteen and seventeen, and the range line diVd
q ranrcs thirty three aud Ihrty-four, shat
form new land district t. be called the N,rah
ern district that all that portion Of the public
lands in said State now included in HE dislr:c
subject to sale at Fairh ID and lying west O
the range line dividing faaQes 'hriy one enc
thirty-two, and all thai portion Of The public
lands now included in the Districts subj ct Z
sale at Iowa city and Dubuque, and lying ives
Of the range line dividing ranges thirty-three
and thirty-fo shall form a new land district tc
be called the Missouri river district; and tha
The district Of lands subject to sale at Dubuque
shall hereafter be bounded on The north By
the no.i bern boundary line Of the State o
| Iowa.
SECT .. ind BE- IL further enacted, That the
President be and he is hereby authorized tc
appon by ard with the adv ce and consent o.
the Senate, a register and rec, liver of the
public moneys, for each Of the said districts re-
specfivelv, who shall each be required to reside
at the site Of the respective Office to which they
-may be appointed, and who shall have the same
power perform the same duties, and be entitled
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scrbed by law in relation to other land Offices
OF the United States, sa
Seer. 3. .4ad lie 1t further caGct6d, That the
President is authorized to causc the public lands
in said districts respectively, with the excep
ton of sections numbered sixteen in each town
ship, reserved fer the use Of schools, or sucl
other lands as may BE- selected by law in heu
thereof; and Of such other tracts as he may
select for military err ethar purpos,s,) to be ex-
pissed 10 sale in the same manner and upon the
same terms and conditions as The other public
lands Of the United States
SECT. A, Ind be Il further cnacted, That the
President is hereby authorized TO designate the
.'sss s ~, .it,fls - = ,he Isgi ~';eer ~h~l
,irher places within said districts respectively
whenever in his opinion, il may be deemed ex
padient
Srcr. ;. .3ad be II f"rihtr enacted, That any
location or sales Of land lying in either Of. he
districts hereby created, MADE by the lane
officers at Dubuque, Iowa city, or Fairfield, after
The passage ct this act, and prior to the reccp
by hem of instructions FROM the Comnlissione
Of the General Land Office under tn act, shall
De rs good and valid IN law as If this act hat
not been passed.
- RaDicALlsN RUN M,D.-Robcrt Spencer
in a very ingenious and curious reply to Proud
hons position that 'sproper'y is robbery, say,
that, according to this, man can have no CLAIM
TO the things he consumes for food After ham
mcring this absurd radcalism TO deal Mr.
Spencer continues
And if these are not his before catiny them
how can they become his at all As Locke
asks When do they begin to be his? when
he di@ests or vhen he eats or when he bolts
or when he brings them home? lf no previous
acts make them his property, neither can pro-
gress of assimilation do It; not even their ab-
s"rptlon into The tissues Wherefore, pursuing
the idea, we arrtv> at he conclusion that, as
tie whole OF hrs bones, muscles, skin, &c
have been thus built NJ for nutriu,ent not be-
longing 20 hln, man has no properitv in lis
own flesh and b!ood-can have no valid tide t.
himselt-has no more claim to his own limbs
than he has to the limbs Of another-and has
as good right to his ncie hbors body as his
own.