The Shasta courier., 1854-03-11
PRE-EwPTEONS ON THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN


By an Act of 3d March, 1913, the pfe-eInp-
ton laws were extended over California These
laws Authorised settlements To be made on pub
lie lands ia this State not get surveyed, II made
rithin one gear from the passage OF the Act OF 3D.
March last, (ls53); but such settlements will
not be recognized under these laws II made sub
sequent 10 that period
The 10th and 32d sections which have been
donated to the State for school purposes II set
tied on can be held by pre-emptors, and the
State may select other lands Ia lieu OF those
thus settled oa-
By this Act lands preserved oa account of
claims under French Spanish, other grants,
which have been, or shall be hereafter declared
by the Supresue Court of the United States TO be
invalid, will be entitled TO the right OF pre-emp-
ton after the lands have been released from res
ervaton, in the same manner ii 40 reserya-
ton existed.
The person claiming the benefit of these acts
must be ii citiZon of the United States or have
declared his intentions TO become such; must
be the head of a family, widow, or single
man over tue age OF tweaty-one years. These
lands may be paid for by uihtary land warrants
at the rate OF 81 - per acre. Bat one Warrant
can be used Ill each pre-emption case. Parties
settling such land are required to file their
deciara:ory statements with the proper Register,
containing the precise day of settlement, &c.
within three mouths after the filing OF the town
affidavit, and payment of these lands may be
made at any time previous to the day fixed by
the President's s proclaim rton for the commence
ment OF the public sale of lands included III tie
tract.
The tracts liable TO entry under this act are
a reeaiar quarter section. Notwithstanding It's
quantity may be few acres or less than
one hundred and sixty acres; any lesser subdl-
vision or ang adjoipiRg legal snbdtrisons, the ag
grcgate number of acres III which does not
ceed one hundred aud sixty acres. But these
regular quarter sections cannot OF course be
known until the legal surveys by the United
States have been made.
The heirs OF parties who die before consuma-
ting their claims by the filing of the proper pa
pers. Sc, will have the right to perfect the
claim.
BY this act a person who has once fled dec
laration for one tract of land cannot, at any iu
ture period, file second declaraiiou too another
tract.
No person who is proprietor of 800 acres OF
land in any State or Territory of the United
States, is entitled TO the benefit of this act.
No person who shall quit or abandon his resi-
dence on his own laiid i'll California, 10 reside
on the public lands, Is entitled to The bene1t ol
this Act.
No assignment or transfer OF pre-emption
rights can be recognized of entries made with
CASH or revolutionary landscrpt. The patents
must issuc 10 the claimants, Ia whose names all
such eutries must be made; but where the
claim has been located by military warrant
(made assgnable per Act of Congress approved
March %, 1872 the certificate of location may
he assigned and the patents will be issued to
the assignee.
The following descriptions of lands are ex-
empt from the operations of these Acts:
/. Lands Included by any reservation 10y any
treaty. law proclamation by the President oil
the United States, and lands reserved iof sd
lines or any other purposes.
= Lands reserved for the support OF schools,
EXCEPT as to sections sixteenth aud thirty-slx on
ansAIreyed land, as hereinbetore mentioned.
g. ANY Indian reservat on 10 which the title
has been or may be extinguished by the United
States ut amy time during the operation OF tins
Act.
4. Sections of land reserved to the United
States alternate to other sections, which may
hereafter be granted to the State for the con-
Struc;ion of any canal. railroad, or other public
Improvement. except where the settlements
may be made on such land between the time OF
reservation aud the final allotment referred to III
ia the Act OF Sd March. 1888 Chapter lf3, sec
ond session, 32d Congress.
J. Sections or fractions of sections included
within the limits of any Incorporated town.
6. Every portion of the public lands which
has been selected as "A site for city or town
7. Every parcel or lot of land, actually set
tied and occupied for the purpose oil trade, and
not agriculture.
s. All lands on which are situated any known
salines or mines.
g. Lands reserved bv competent authority,
aud those claimed by any foreign grant or title
10. Lands IN the possession or occupation oil
an Indian tribe
IL. Lands occupied for a military post, or
within one mile of such post
Those claiming the benefit of this Act are re-
quired To furnish proof by one or more disinter-
esttd witnesses of the facts necessary to estab-
li>h the three requisites pointed out IN these IN
str,ctions. viz: citizenship. family relations or