Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-26

lsy lss- lhas ave y.A.sl .sssal,,a,s ssal. A. 49,,
which have bssn 30 sasSst 20 ehy moro Than Ave ys.r
aud lees than tsa yeA tiny for those which nav,
been 80 subject TO entry than ten years and .ss
twenty years. aud twenty-five cents per acre for ,So..
which have been so subject to entry more than twenty
Tho fourth section provides that wbepsvsr Ga,
through which such railroad canal pssscs and In vbt
.ne sau ands ne shall desire to do IL may select a.
pre- emper, all tho lands so reserved at the minimun
prices designated In the third section of this net hn ,h
Senate must take and pay in cash for sai land rhi
o IRON, mo tune when set apart by tho Secretary
OF the Interior or otherwise its right such of them
remain unsod shall DO forfeited. hut before the
ton Of this period the State may sell the lands thus re
title shall vest In the puchasee until he psrs 10 ,h
eeiver Of the proper laud office of the United State. r
ns use Of the United States the price herein 6red as the
price per acre for which the lands shall be solid - s
The ath section provides that In tho event or d;g
ence between the Postmaster General and tho .,".J
company as to The compensation for carrying tho mails
the matter shall he settled by mutual ayrcsms,, h.,
tho Postmaster General and tho Goyernnn 81 ~
which such railroad lice. ~ 'o W
The sixth section provides that the lands nv
any State under tho provision OF the third section oI ,b
act shall DO applied by said State for the Of
tue railroad or canal for which thcy were ami
mat no lands shall be included within the opeaton Of
gu shed ~ A'
The seventh section provides that this act shall in no
way apply 10 town or village property either in ots or
nor De 80 construed interfere with any
prescription claim, lands reserved "a, schoois
aue OF reserved sections railroad grants or other
purposes under any existing laws of the United Sates
nor 10 any OF the mineral lands OF the United S,t,s
The eighth section provides that any FREQ vh;, n,,
VINO - the head OF family. who has AT The av
OF wehy-one years, aud capsbe of holding land, under
.ne laws OF the State in which the lands lie or IL they lie
in Territory then any person who il cap,b. n ,c;
ing prescription under the laws OF the United states
sh from aud aiter the passage OF this act be entitled 10
enter one-uarter section OF vacant aud
public lands, and more which nav NJ H.. lin. m,
application Is made DO subject private entry or ou,p-
uy equal thereto to be located in body Ia conformity
4 ,itvta ~ a., ..t.l..t
that lands ceded by any Indian treaty spuatnr for the
payment to such Indians OF the proceeds tho sales
OF tne eeded lands shall not be subjected to the operations
IN this act except at the graduated prices fixed therefor
Tho ninth section provides that tho applying for
the beue6t of the foregoing eighth section sh, ,nnn
application to the register of the land office ia which he
or she Is about TO make such entry make affidavit before
the said register that he she IL the head of family or
Is tweny-one years of age ana that such application Ia
made Tor his or her exclusive use aud benefit those
specially mentioned therein and either directly or in
directly Tor the use benefit of other person or pe
sons whomsoevst aud upon making the affidavit herein
required and hng 1t with the register, he she shall
hereupon be permitted TO enter the quantity OF land ana
ched provided that certificate be given or p,ent
Issued therefor until the expiration Of five years from The
uas sucn entry and until the person persons enti
tied to the land entered shall have paid for tho same
twenty hve cents per acre. n the lands have been in
market more than twenty years. twelve and half cent,
per acre ana H. at the expiration Of such time the per-
son making such entry shall prove, by two credible wit
neses that he or she has continued to reside upon and
cultivate said land and still reside upon the same and In
sueh case he or she shall be entitled patent as in
other cases provided for by law and all such persons "a
are speched IN the eighth section aud are now settled
upon lands subject TO entry by this act shall be entitled
10 It's dement's, upon the expiration OF FIVE years from the
date OF such settlement The benefits of this and the
proceeding section of this shall be extended to the
settlers upon the public lands in California upon the pay
ment Of one dollar per acre.
tenth section provides that the register of the land
Office shall keep register of all entries and mako return
thereof to the General Lsnd Office
The eleventh section provides that any person who NAV
nave filed mis- her affidavit an intention to se,e
quarter section OF land under the provisions of hs act
may al any time acquire title thereto by paving the u
graduate price for the same But no person or persops
snail be allowed to file declaration of intention to settle
Tor the purpose Of claiming the benefit Of the provisions of
THIS act in regard to five years seem emit after the
class in which said lands lie ~