The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-07-30

merely but for the purpose of securing
a home for himselfor herself aud faInily !;
which affidavit shall be preserved by the
Gommissione: aforesaid, with the records
of his Office. a si8i fa eailass a MI,
Sec. 8. Thatilie affidavit required by
the foregoing section, may be made and
subscribed before said COMMISSIONER,
(who is hereby authorized TO admidistef
oathsin such case. or before any officer
having Ivy law a general authority, to adj
minister ioaths; for administering which,
oath, no fee' shall be chargedoby said
Commissioner. a- so Tl'9sgt 8df 'lsng
Sec. 9. That no deed Of conveyance
from the state to said purchaser, shall be
made and delivered, until such purchaser
shall haveoRctually entered upon and
commenced improving the tract of land
for which he or she holds "a certificate Of
purchase; and aif any purchaser shall
refuse or neglect, witt in twelve months
from and after ile date of his or her Ger.
dhcate Of purchase, to enter upon and
improve the tract so purchased. then and
in that case, such irno, of land shall be
forfeited, and shall revert to the State;
Provided, however, that in case of the
death of any such purchaser, before the
expiration of twelve months from the date
of such purchase, the deed of conveyance
from the state may issue TO his or her
legal heirs, without further improvement
upon the tract.ss ga. AZ 2a s 8H,
loSec. TO- That all lands not at this
time sold or for sale at the State Laud
Office aforesaid ,ihe title 10 which may
hereafter be confirmed TO the State Of
Ohio by the government of the Uaied
STATES, or proper department thereof,
under the several acisof Congress grant.
ing lands to the state of. Ohoor Indiana,
for canalo purposes, allbea6rst offered
by said Commissioner at public sale, in
such nanneras The. Auditoflof Slate may
direct = after which, all lands offered at
such sale and not sold, shall be sabjecttoa
entry under the provisions ofllhis aet.,ir3|
+ Sec. IL. The said Land Commits,
sioner shall make return Of his sales Of
the lands sold by him as such Commis-
sioner, and pay over to the Treasurer Of
Sta.esalli moneys in, bis handsoihe pro-
ceeds of;sncb sales, and fully settle with
the Auditor Vt 1Slaie, as often as once in
three months, and at such times o(lener
than three months as the Auditor of State
may direct; and The said Commissioner
shall be governed by the. Instructions of
the Auditor Of State, in relation to the
Tine and manner of paying over such
making returns, and settling
with said Auditor, and keeping the books
ofh office.a. '9 .esaoN ss s.rt5S
Sec. IL % That the act passed Feb
ruary Sth, lS47, entitled san act 10 es.
tablish the price Of the Miami, Wabash
and Erie, and Ohio canal lands, and to
secure. their sale to actual settlers" and
The act amendatory thereto, passed March
23d, a. d. 1850, be, and the same are
hereby re epealed. ai Ea be-
Sec. l3. That the appraisement Of
all lands now subiec, to. entry or sale at
said State Land Office at Defiance, which
have been heretofore appraised in pur.
suance of law, at more than two dollars
per acre, is hereby reduced TO lie sum Of
two dollars per acre. and such lands shall
be sold under the provisions Of this acI,
in the same manner as snch lands would
be, if originally appraised at two dollars
per acre; Provided, that the provisionso of
this section shall extend only to pur-
chasers intending to become actual SET
Tiers ON The land purchased.
Sec Ia. That from and after the first
day of January, A. d. 1853, the reduc-
ton in price Of lands 10 actual settlers,
provided in section seven of this act,
shall be seveniy-fve per cent. in the
stead of fifty per cent specified in said
section. rs aSuRr
Sec. Is. This act SHALL take effect on
the first day of June, A, D. 1852. t
alta JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker ofthe House OF Representatives.
" .a WILLIAM MEDILL,
d,r President Of the Senate.
April l6, 1862. aYs aa
-igs4 % s ,fs
eai - ss AN ACT # -
To authorize the Courts of Common
Pleas, and the Judges thereof in
vacation, to arrange the business upon
the dockets Of said Couts. s-a
SEC. 1. Be Il enacted By The General
Assembly of The State of Ohio. That the
Court of Common Pleas, in the several
of this State, and the Judges
Ihereof, in vacation, may, whenever the
state of the chancery docket in such
court requires il, order that at such sub |
sequent terms Of The court as they may
deem expedient, the chancery causes
shall 5e first heard, and that all wriis OF
venire facias for petit juiies, and subpoena,
retnrnable to such Term, shall be issued,
to the second or any subse:-
uuent day Of the tenn, as the judges of
said courts may by such order direct;
md at such terms, the court shall FIRST
hear the causes on the chancery docket,