The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-06-29

To ENCOURAGE AGRICULTURE, TO rRov1


HoMEsrEADs FOR ALL AND LAND LIMIFA-
TON.
B, i enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representa- ICES OF The United States Of amer
sca IN Congress assembled, That, any person
Whois lle mead Ola family, or arrived al
legal are, male or female, and "A citizen OF
OF the. United States, shall, from ard aft er
the passage OF this act, be entitled to enter
Tree OF cost, not exceeding one quarter sect
ion (l60 acres OF vacant or appropriated
public lands 10 be located in a body, and in
conformity with the legal subdivisions OF the
public lands, and after the same shall have
been surveyed by order OF the General gov
ernment.
See end. -1ad JeH further enacted,
That the person applying for the benefits OF
this act, Shall, upon application to the Reg
lister of the Land office IN tie district where
he or she Is about to make such entry make
aft Iayit OF record before the Register that
there is no occupant upon the land, and
that lie or she is not the owner OF any land
and thereupon, he or she shall be permitted
TO enter the quantity Of land specified aiore-
said in the same manner as though the mo-
ney was paid therefor; Pro0ided hooever
thai no certificate shall be given Lor patent
issue therefor, until the expiration Of tire
years from the date OF such entry; and if,
1T the expiration Of such time, the person
making such entry, If he be dead, his wild
py, or in case OF her death, his heirs or de-
yisee, or in case Of female making such
entry, her heirs or deyisec, in case of her
death, shall prove by two creditable Wit
nesses, that he, she or they, have continued
10 reside thereon, not having allenated the
same or any part thereof, then, in such case
he, she or they shall be entitled to patent
or title in fee SIMPLE, as in other cases pro-
rided for by law, And provided further,
that iu case of the death OF father and mo-
ther, leaving an infant child or children
and the executor, or administrator, or guar
dian, may at any time within two wears af-
Ter the death Of the last surviving parent,
sell said land for the benefit of such child
or children, but for no other purpose what
ever; and the purchaser shall be entitled
10 patent from the Uuited States there
for.
Sec. 3rd. did 30 i further enacted,
TIIat abe Registe: Of each aud ali land etli-
ces shall note all sach applications or entri-
es, and make return thereof to the General
Land Office every three months, together
with the proof upon which they have been
founded.
sec. 9th And be Il farther enacted
That no land acquired under the provisions
pf this act. shall, in any way or event, be-
ccme liable Tor the satisfaction of any debt
Or debts coutracred prior to the issue OF the
patent therefor.
Tee. 9Th. -Anh Il be further enacted
That, ifany person who may haye flied an
application with the Register or made the
tnlfy as authorized by Tie second section Of
this act, shall have actually changed bis or
lIer residence, or abandoned the said entry
prior to the expiration Of the five years, for
Inore than six months atany one tine, and
@notnot Their on the land 10 located, 1t shall
revert 10 tbs government and be disposed
sof as other lands are by law; and which vol
untary abandonment shall be determined OF
decided BY the afiidayits of two credible
silnesses, sworn before the Register.
Sec 9th. And be II further enacted,
That any person offoreign birth, who shall
have declared bis intention to pecome cit
igen ofthe United States atthe time Of fling
lis affidavit and making entry, under the
The second section ofthis act, and actually
he come d cilizen asreqalred by the natur-
alixation laws Of the United States before
fI,e issiie of the patent, shallbe upon an e'
aual footing under this act with the native
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