The Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.T. [i.e. N.M.]) 1851-1854, 1853-03-05

lands in the districts hereby created, as
may be necessary for the sale ofthe pub
lie lands, in compliance with the provis-
ions ofthis act.
Approved, July 80, 1852.
CHAR. LXXYII.-An Act to create
three additional Land Districts in the
State of Iowa.
BE ID eaGcted by the Senate and House
of Representatives OF the United States
Of America in Congress assembled, That
all that portion of the public lands in the
State of Iowa, lying west of the range
line dividing ranges seventeen and cigh-
teen. and east Of the range line dividing
angesthirty-onc and thmty-two,i ,iand now
included in the district OF lands subject
to sale at Fairfield, shall comprise a now
land district, to be called the Charlton
District; that so much ofthe public lands
in said State, now included in the Iowa
and Dubuque land districts, as lie be-
tween the range line dividing ranges
sixteen and seventeen, and the range line
dividing ranges thirty.three and thirty
four, shall form a new land district, to be
called the Northern District. that all
that portion Of the public lands in said
State, now included in the district sub
iect to sale at Fairfield, and lying west
of the range line dividing ranges thirty
one and thirty-two, and all that portion
of the public lands now included in the
districts subject to sale at Iowa City and
Dubuque, and lying west Of the range
line dividing ranges thirty-three and
thirty-four, shall form new land district,
to be called the Missouri River District
and that the district Of lands subject to
sale at Dubuque shall hereafter be bound
ed on the north by the northern bounda.
ry line of the State of Iowa.
SEC. 2. And be II .fwMer enacted,
That the President be, and he is hereby
authorized to appoint, by and with the
advice and consent Of tha Senate, a reg.
lister and receiver Of the public moneys
for each ofthe said districts, respectively
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 powers, perform the same
duties, and be entitled to the same com
pensation as are, OF may bc prescribed
by law in relation to other land.ohices OF
the United States.
SEC. 3. Aa8Je IL fHtIp eaacted,
That the President is authorized to cause
the public lands in said districts, respec-
lively, (with the exception of sections
numbered sixteen in each township re-
served ior the use of schools, or such
other lands as may be selected by law in
lien thereof, and of such other tracts as
he may select for military purposes,) to
be exposed to sale in the same manner
and upon the same terms and conditions
as the other lands of the United States,
SEC. 4. Aad be ii furtAor enacted,
That the President is hereby authorized
to designate the sites at which each Of
the several Offices shall be established,
and to remove the same to any Other
places within said districts respectively,
whenever, in his opinion, it may be
deemed expedient,
SEC. 5. find be il ,fartIer enacted,
That any location or sales of land lying
in either of the districts hereby created,
made by the land,oflicers at Dubuque,
Iowa City, or Fairfield, after the passage
ofthis act, and prior to the receipt by
them Of instructions from the Commis
sioner of the General-Land Office under
this act, shall be as good and valid inlaw
as if this act had not been passed.
Approved, August 2, 1852,
Char. LXXVlII.- An Act to protect
actual Settlers upon the Land on the
Line of the Central Railroad and
Branches, by granting Presumption
Rights thereto.
Be II enacted by the Senate and II
of Representatives of tho United States
Of America in Congress assembled, Thai
each and every person nowan actual set.
tier and occupant, and who, on the Goth
day Of September, in the year Of oul
Lord one thousand eight hundred an fifty
had made such an actual settlement and
improvement as would have entitled him
to Alright Of prc6mptlon under the act O
September fourth, eighteen hundred and
forty-one, but for his failure to give tho
requisite notice under that law, or to fiIC
proof within due time, on any tract 0
land now owned by the United States
and situated within the limits reserved
from sale by order of the Government
because otthe grant Of alternate sections