The Empire County argus. [volume] (Coloma, El Dorado County, Cal.) 1853-1857, 1853-11-19
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The Pre-EInptidn Art

E act provides for the appointment of n register of
the land Office and receiver of nbc money for Cali
ioih' WIN each salary of three thsand dollars pcr an
NUM- ana the president may if he shod deem necessary
uue TINS state with two three md district and an
p igister ana receiver for each district All the pub
S III inc state, whether surveyed or unsrveyed with
the exception of sections 10 and 81 ybi. orc ,oJ m
hG state Tor the purposes of public shools in each town
snip ana with the exception lard nnnr
the authority of this act reserved b. pmnacn onho,l
W ana excepting also the lands caimc ndcr onv fnregn
grant or title and the mineral lands shall he biec 70
the prescription laws of 4h september III w;tb III &
ecetons conditions and limitations herein cxccnt os 10
herein otherwise provided and shall seon IT, ot 80
OF arc returned TO the Office of the reastar h. h Co.,
sac, after six months public notice tho satn of tba
lmc ana place ct sale under the laws rules and rernlnons
now governing such sales such may he lands ro
ca by presumption, the usual notice of acb coip, sbo h
hCd within three months after the return Of the Mats s
Nc!S W 'le land Office and proof povmrnt ebo bo
made por tn the day appointed by the nrcsiJnnts n,
nation Tor the commcnt cmcnt of the sale nc,or sncb
lands the entry of such claims to be made by legal subd
Visions according to the united states Survey and in ho.
most compast form. Aud provided further That rho act
OF persons having heretofore had the bcne IF sad nF Of
the ih OF september ISL shall impose bar to their OBJ
tanning the benefits of this act all of 1 lands that
shall remain usoli after having been proclaimed and
lie land and at the minimum price pcr4 rc md the
register and receiver shall not be encao any nor st-
age or fees except for deciding prc-empton csss wbcN
each of them shall be allowed the fees are allowed
to other like officers but the receiver shall be entitled r.
his actu2 necessary expenses going and returning maxi
ing his deposits. provided that nothing in this act hall b
construed to authorize any settlement to be madeon any
public lands not surveyed, unless the same be madcwitbn
one year from the passage of this act shall any bt f
such settlers be recognized by virtue of settlement or
improvement made Of such unsurveyed lands subcoepf o
that day; And provided further, that this shall o bc
construed to authorize any settlement to be made q onv
tract OF land III the occupation possession of any lan
be, or TO grant any presumption right to the sahc-
here any settlement, by the erection of dwellugouso
or the cultivation of any portion of the and shall
upon the sixteenth and hry-sXth sections. befo, the
same shall be surveyed where such sections may ro
served for public uses, taken by private claims hcr
lands shall be selected by the pepper authorities q the
state in leu thereof agrccably the of congress an
proved ON the twentieth of may, eighteen hundred twnty-
SIN Ghtllcd An act to appropriate lands for the support
before providcdto and which shall be subject to aprva
by the secretary ofthe interior no person shall ni
settlement or location upon any tract or parcel of hi
selected for military post within mile of such ~
or any other lsnds reserved by competent o
shall any person obtain the benefits of this act by sea-
ment or location on mineral lands. ohf r
The public lands not being mineral lands, occupiet nc
towns villages, shall not be ubdvided subject to a
Or appropriated by settlers, under the provisions Of l
ac but the whole of such lands whether settled of he
fore after the survey of the same shall be subject 10
provisions of the act entitled An for the relief OF he
citizens OF towns upon the lands of the united states AMIR
certain circumstances Improved may %, 1S44 excut
such towns as are located mineral lands ter
habtans Of which shall have the right of occupation md
cultivation ony until such time congress snail dspos If
the shall any lands specially reserved for puHc
uses Ne appropriated under the provisions of this act me
quantity oftWo entire townships, scvcny-two sections
shall be granted to this state, for the of seminary If
learning And ten entire sections for the purpose oferet
ing the pubic buildings OF that state jy30-lftd