Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1854-07-29

1nG HAOmeSteaO ana 0Gfa0uat1Om E8111s
The following are the homestead provisions of Mr..
Hunters bill, which passed the United States Sen.
ate on Thursday last
head ofa family who has arrived at the age of FL
years. and is capable of holding lands under the laws
Of the State in which the lands lie SHALL from and
after the passage of this act be entitled enter
quarter section of vacant and unappropriated public
lands, and no more, which may, at the time the ap.
plicaton is made, be subject to private entry, or
quantity equal thereto, be located in one body in
conformity with the legal subdivisions of the public
lands.
Sec. 9. That the person applying for the benefit
of the eighth section of this act SHALL upon applica-
ton to the register of the land Office in which he or
she is about to make such entry, make affidavit be-
fore said register that he she is the head of fam
lily, or Is twcnty-one years of age and that such ap
piication is made for his her exclusive use or ben.
eft and those specially mentioned therein, and not
either directly indirectly for the benefit of
any other person or persons whomsoever, and upon
making the affidavit beren required and filing it
with the register, he or she SHALL thereupon, be per-
mitted to enter the quantity of land specified, pro-
vided, however, that no certificate shall be given
patent issued therefor, until the expiration of five
years from the date of such entry and until the per-
persons entitled to land entered shall have
paid for the twenty-five cents per acre. OF, if
the lands have been in market more than twenty
years, twelve and half cents per acre."
The graduation clause of the same bill is as fol-
lows:
"That the minimum price of the public lands of
the U. States shall remain unchanged until the
eighteen hundred and fifty -ve but after that period
the price shall be reduced according to the following
scale All lands which shall have been offered at
public SALE and remaining unsold five years, shall
be reduced to the price of one dollar per acre all
lands which shall have been offered at public sale,
and remaining unsold ten years. shall be reduced to
seventy-hve cents and all lands which shall
have been offered at public SALE and remaining un-
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and all lands which shall have been offered at pub
lie sale, and remaining unsold twenty years shall
thereafter be reduced to price of twenty-five cents
and all lands which shall have been offered
at public sale, and shall remain unsod thirty years
thereafter, shall be reduced price of twelve and
half cents acre; Provided That the graduated
process from fifty cents to twenty-five cents an
acre, shall not take place until the lands in the fifty
cent class shall have been exposed to sale for period
of at least two years. the price of fifty cents per
acre. after which the price of the said lands shall
be reduced to twenty five cents per acre"
The following is the vote of the Senate by which
Mr.. Hunters substitute for the original homestead
bill adopted and the bill ordered to its engross
ment, Democratic Senator voting in the negative:
YEAs-Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Bright Benja-
min, Brodhead Brown, Butler, Glass; Clay, Dodge of
Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Evans, Fitzpa-
trick, Geyer, Gwin, Houston, Hunter, James, John-
son, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Petit Rusk,
Sebastian, Shields, slideil. Stuart Thompson
of Kentucky, Thompson of New Jersey, Toombs
Toucry, and Walker-34
NAYs-Messrs Allen Badger, Bell Chase, Daw-
son, Fessenden, Fish, Foot, Gillette Jones Of Tenn
Pratt Sumner, and Wade-l3.
On Friday the Senate finally passed the Home
stead bill, by vote of s6 yeas to IL nays, having
deprived it of its homestead feature in its title-ma
king that read "a bill graduate and reduce the
price of the public lands and for other purposes"
This bill will have to be acted on by the House,
and, Congress will adjourn Friday next it is
not probable that it will be passed.