Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-02-21
BY A nth GRITTY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed during The Second Session Of the Thirty
Congress

| fPUBLIc AcT-No. 221
AN ACT to amend act entitled "An create tho
Office Of surveyor general Of the public lands in Ore
gon and provide for the survey and to make dona.
ton to the settlers of the said public lands" ap-
proved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred
and fifty.
Llues Of the United States Of Anerica IN Congress
bd That all persons who have located may hereafter
locate lands in the Territory of Oregon in accordance
with the provisions Of entitled AN act to create
the Office OF surveyor general ofthe public lands in Ore
gon and to provide for the survey and make donations
to the settlers of the said public lands approved Sep
lember twenty seventh eighteen hundred and fifty and
OF which survey shall have been made may hereafter
be had in lieu of the term ofcontnued occupation after
settlement as provided by said shall be permitted,
alter occupation for two years ofthe land claimed
pay into the hands of the surveyor general of said Ter
cry at the rate ofone dollar and twenty five cents
acre tor the lands claimed, located ard surveyed
aioresad and upon the death ofany settler before the
expiration of the two years continued possession re-
CURED by this act all the rights OF the deceased under
TINS act sha descend to the heirs ataw of such settler
including the dow, where one left equal parts: and
proof compliance with the conditions of this act up to
the time OF the death of such settler shall be sufficient
entitie them to The patent.
SEC. 2. And be 1t further enacted That upon the
payment OF for lands aforesaid to the aid
veyor general he shall issue bis cert Of such On
men together with accurate copy survey ofho
land SO located and purcha to the purchaser thereof
and upon the filing of which said certificate and copy of
survey in the office of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office patent shall issue therefor in other
SEES.
SECS AndbeI further enacted That i shall be the
dny OF the SAID surveyor general to keep and preserve
record OF all the moneys so received and to make
cut and transmit quarterly. 10 the Commissioner OF the
General land Office an accur e report of the moneys
| SO received by him afuresa d.
SEC a. And be further enacted, That it sha he the
doty efihe said surveyor genera Immediately upon he
taxing effect OF this act to enter into security in the
MY hoasand dollars conditioned Tor The
eording to law: Procaded howerer That IN order 10
compensate the surveyor general oil said Territory for
the add ional abos and responsibility imposed upon
nm by this act In receiving, sae-keeping paying over.
end accounting Tor the moneys Aforesaid he shall re
ceive per cenum all such sums which shall in.
cnde The PAYMENT for cerh hire together with all COS
aud expenses incidental such special services in any
one yea: Prouded. The salary and centagc Of SAID
su veyor general and for clerk hire shall not exceed
| tuur thousand dollars for one year,
SEC s. And bet further enacted, That the provisions
Oh se act to which tins Is an be- and the me
are hereby extended and continued n force until the first
day of December eighteen hundred and iftyive.
SEC g. And be at farther enacted That every person
entitled to the benefit of the fourth section of the act
which this is who resident in said Terri
tory prior the first of December eighteen hun
ded and fifty shall be and hereby required to file with
the general of said Territory advance of the
time when the public surveys shall be extended the
particular land claimed by him, where those surveys
shall not have been made previous to the date of this
act notice in writing, setting forth his claim the ben.
ets Off said section and citing all required particulars in
reference to such settlement claa and ali persons fail
ing to give such notice prior the first Decem
Der eighteen hundred and ythree shall be thereafter
debarred from receiving benefit under said fourth
section. And all persons who. the first December
eighteen hundred and fifty three shall have settled on
surveyed ands in said Territory in virtue of the provi
sions of the fifth section of the of which this is
amendatoy, who shall fail to give notice in writing of
such settlement specifying the particulars thereof to the
surveyor general of said Territory or prior to tho
first of April eighteen hundred and ty-fve shall be
from ever receiving the benefits ofsad
| fifth section.
SEC Z. And belt further enacted That from and after
the first of April eighteen hundred and y-fve all pub
lie lands within the limits of the townships surveyed in
said Territory, west of the Cascade mountains which
shall have been claimed under the provisions of the
I fourth of Will his ia
amendatory reserved for public by law order
OF tle President and excepting also mineral lands shall
be subject to public sale and private entry other pub
lie lands OF the United States and as he shall
deem expedent the President of the United States shalt
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate ap
point receivers of public moneys for the Territory of
west of the Cascade mountains, who shall give bond
and security in the penalty of fifty thousand dollars for
the faithful discharge of his official trust and whose
duties under the laws in relation the public lands of
the United States in said Territory sha be the same as
those of other like officers of the United States and who
shall be allowed exceeding five hundred dollars per
for the keeping and accounting for the pub
lie moneys by him received including all charges for Of
flee and clerk hire; and such time the Presi-
dent of the United States shall deem pcden no shall
appoint by ana with the advc. aud the Senate
register of the land Office for the Territory of Oregon
west OF tho Cascade mountains, who shall enter into
bond with sufficient security for his official duties as
other like officers and whose duties and authority under
the direction of the Secretary of the Interior shall be
the those imposed by law other like officers
consistently with the provisions of this of the
of which this is amendatory and whose CONDENSATION
shall be equal to that allow ed the receiver of public
moneys to be appointed under this and until such re-
gster shall have been appointed and entered upon the
discharge of his official duties the surveyor general OF
Oregon shall perform all the duties which shall appeltain
to such office.
SEC s. And be it further enacted That each widow
now residing IN Oregon Territory ard such others as
shall locate in said Territory whose husband had he
lived, would have been entitled claim under she
provisions of the act to which this is an amendment
shall be entitled under the provisions and require ents
OF said act to the quantity of land that she would
have been but for the death OF her husbands and that in
NH To he nration
OF the four ntinued possession required by said
act to which this is amendment all the rights of the
deceased shall nure unto and be vested in the heirs at
law of such widow.
SEC g. And be further enacted That all reserva ton
heretofore, well hereafter made in pursuance
che fourteenth section OF the act to which this is
amendment SHALL 10. magazines, arsenas, dock yards,
ted to amount exceeding twenty for each
and every of SAID objects any point place, apd
tor rts to an amount not exceeding SIX hundred and
forty acres at any point place: Pgopded, That II
1t shall be deemed necessary in the judgment of the
PRESIDENT to include in any such reservation the i'm
prevement OF any settler made previous such reser-
walton, shall, in such case, be the duty OF the Secre
ary OF War The value of such improvements 10
certained; and the amount ascsrained shall BIZ
paid 10 the party en- lied thereto, of any money In
the treasury note h rwis appropriated.
SEC. TO- And beN further enacted, That the said sur
veyor al in the discharge of his duties under this
act, shall be subject all the provisions OF the
tied IAN act to provide for the better sanitation OF the
treasury, and for Inc Collection, transfer
and disbursement OF the public revenue" approved
August sixth, eighteen hundred and fory-sx; and all
acts and OF acts conflict with The provisions of
this act be, and the are hereby repea !ed.
Approved February H. 1853.