The Shasta courier., 1854-03-04
PRESCRIPTIONS ON THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN.
what is Necessary 10 secure the

lie lands in this State not get surveyed, At made
rithin one year from the passage of the Act of Sd
March last, (lS53); but such settlements will
not be recognized under these laws if made snb.
sequent to that period.
The 10th and 32d sections which have been
donated to the State for school purposes. If set
tied on. can be held by pre-emptors, aud the
State may select other lands III lieu OF those
thus settled on.
By this Act lands reserved on account of
claims under French, Spanish, or other grants,
which have been, shall be hereafter declared
by the Supreme Court of the United States to be
Invalid, will be entitled to the hight OF pre-emp-
ton after the lands have been released from res
ervation. in the same manner as ii no reserva-
ton existed"
The person claiming the benefit of these acts
must be a citizon OF the United States or have
declared his intentions to become such; must
be the head Of family, widow or a single
man over the age of twenty-one years. These
lands may be paid for by military land warrants
1t the rate of 81 % per acre. But warrant
IAN be used in each pre-emption case. Parties
settling such land required to file their
declara:ory statements with the proper Register,
;oniaining the precise day of settlement, SC.
within three months after the filing of the town
ship plat in said Registers Office. The proof,
.fiidavit, and payment of these lands may be
made at any time previous 10 the day fixed by
;he Presidents proclaim ton for the commences
ment of the public sale of lands iuclnded in the
tract.
lhe tracts liable to entry under this act are
rceniar qnnrter section, Notwithstanding It's
quantity may be few acres more or less than
me hundred and sixty acres; any lesser subdl-
-ision, auy adjoiniRe legak subdicisioss the ag
3regate number of acres in which does not ex-
c1ed one hundred and sixty acres. Bat 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
Sc, will have the right to perfect The
claim.
By this act person who has once fled q dec
iaration for one tract of land cannot at any tIi-
iure period file second declaration for another
tract.
No person who is proprietor of 800 acres of
land in any State 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 land in California, to reside
on the public lands is entitled to the benefit of
this Act.
No assignment or traI cr of pre-emptIon
rights can be recognized of entries made with
cash, or revolutionary landscript. The patents
must issue to the claimants, in whose names all
such entries must be made but where the
claim has been located by military warrant,
(made assignable per Act of Congress. approved
March %. 1852, the certificate of location may
be ass gned 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 by any
treaty, law or proclamation by the President of
the United States, and lands reserved for sa-
lines or any other purposes.
.. Land, reserved for the support Of schools,
except as to sections sixteenth and thirty-six on
mnsnnveyed land as hereinbefore mentioned.
3. Any Indian reservat on to which the title
has been, or may be extinguisled by the United
States at any time during the operation of this
Act.
4. Sections of land reserved to the United
States, alternate to other sections, which may
hereatter be granted to the State for the con-
struction of any canal, railroad, other public
improy ement except where the settlements
may be made on such land between the time OF
reservation and the final allotment referred to in
in the Act of Sd March, 1853, Chapter l43, Sec
ond session, 32d Congress
5. Sections, or fractions of sections included
within the limits OF any Incorporated town.
g. Every portion of the public lands which
has been selected site for city or town.
T. Every parcel or lot Of land actually set
tied and occupied for the purpose OF trade. and
not agriculture.
8. All lands OH which are situated any known
salines or mines.
9. Lands reserved by competent authority
and those claimed by any foreign grant or title
10. Lands IN the possession or occupation Of
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-
luired to furnish proof by or more disinter-
ested witnesses, of the facts necessary TO estab-
lish the three requisites pointed out in these in-
structions, viz: citizenship, family relations or
age, and the inhabitation of the tract sought