Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-09-14
Hom.stsad Bill.

II luC Uilf ptONluCot uthtg Niot uhy "h'N
, persons who is the head Of a lamily, or who
has arrived at the age Of twepty-one years
and is a citizen Of the United States, shall be
entitled 10 enter fres Of cost one quarter sec
! tior OF vacant and unsppropTinted public
land, which al the time o fapplication may DE-
/ subject 10 private entry, Of one dollar and
twenty. five cents per acre, or a quantity equal
thereto, TO be located in a body in conformity
with the legal subdivisions OF the public lands
after the same shall be surveyed.
Second. The person Supplying for the bene-
ft of thus act shall upon application Of the
register of the land Office in which he OF she
is about to make such entry, make affidavit
before the said register that he or she is the
head Of a family, Of twenty one years Of oge
and upon making tho affidavit and fling it
with the register, he or she shall thererpon
be permitted TO enter the quantity OF land al
ready speci6ed-provided that no certificate
shall be given or patent issued therefor, until
the expiration of FIVE years from the dale Of
such; and at the expiration of such time the
person making such entry, or if he be dead,
his widow, or in case of her death, his heirs
or ~devisee, or in case Of n widow making
such entry, her heirs or d~eviSee, IN case Of
her death, shall prove by two credible wit
nesses; he, she or they have continued to re-
side upon and cultivate SAID land, and still re-
side upon the ame and have not ~alielated it,
or any part t ereoE.
Then, in such case he shall, orihey shall
be entitled TO a patent. as in other cases pro-
WIDEN for by law, provided further, in case, of
death Of both father and mother, leaving an
infant child, or children, under twsnty-one
years Of age, the right and the fee shall inure
TO the benefit Of said infant child Of children,
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may, at any time within two years sfter the
death of the surviving parent, and in accord
ance with the avs Of the State in which such
children, for the time being, have thar domi-
Gil, sell land for the benefit of said infant, but
for no other purpose, and the purchaser snail
acquire the absolute title by the purchase, and
be entitled 10 a patent from the United States,
Third. All land acquired under this act
shall in no event become liable 10 satisfaction
Of any debts contracted prior to the. issuing Of
the patent therefor.
Fourth. In case tho person who has flsd
the affidavit required, shall have changed his
or her residence, or abandoned said entry for
more than six months at one time, in that
event the land so entered is to revert back
to the government is subject 10 an appeal 10
the general land Office.
ri tn. If any individual. now a resident OF
any one Of the States or Territories, and pot n
citizen Of the United States. but at the fima
of making such application for the benefit Of
this act shall have filed a declaration Of nlte u
ton, as required BY the naturalization laws
of the United States, and shall become a GILL
zen Of the same before the issuance Of the
patent, as made and provided fot in this act.
ShaH be placed VSOn an equal foo.ing irih the
natire barn citizen gfthe United Shtfs.
Sixth. No individual is permitted TO make
more than one entry under The provisions Of
this act, and the commiSsio .eT of the Gem
eral Land Office is required to prepare and is
sue such rules and rcgu atoms consistent with
this act as shall be necessary and proper 10
carry its provisions into effect, aud The regis
tiers and receivers of the several land offices
shall be entitled 10 receive the same compen-
Sation for any lands entered under The provis-
ions of this act that they are now entitled 10
receive when The same quantity Of land is en-.
tered with money, one-half 10 be paid by the
person making the application, at The time Of
so doing. and the other half on the issue Of
the certificate, by the person to whom It
may be issued provided, however, that alI
persons entering land under this act shall !. as
far az may be practicable in making such en-
tries, be confined 10. each a~!iernate quarter
and to lSGd subjectte private sntty;
and provided nothing in this act shall be SO
ss 10 impair or interfere, in anymsn-
ner whatever, with existing pre- smpti6l rights.
Aud provided further, that lh= provisions Of
this act shall be 80 construed as 10 authorize
The class of persons provided for who may
not own one hundred ana sixty acres OF land,
to enter free of cost any public lands sdjoinin-
ing his OF her farm, subject to pri.ste entry a.
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