Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-22
(PUBLIc-No. 1851

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AN ACF to provide for the construction Of military road
in the Territory Of Utah.
Be enacted By the Senate and House of Representatives
eth United States Of america in Congress assembled, That
there be and is hereby appropriated the Of twenty
five thousand dollars out Of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated to be expended under the
direction Of the Secretary of War; in the construction Of
military road within the Territories of Utah and New
Mexico, commencing at Great Salt Lake City and run
ming, by the way Of Provo City, Fillmore City, Parovan
and Cedar City, to the eastern boundary Of California in
the direction of the Cajon Pass.
Approved, July II, 1854.
IPuBLIc-No &c.
AN ACT to authorize the President Of the United States
to to be surveyed the tract of land in the Terrific
ry of Minnesota belonging the half breeds mixed
boods of the Dacotah or Sioux nation Of Indians and
for other purposes.
BE enacted By the Senate and House of Representatives
the United States Of America Congress assembled That
the President be and he is hereby authorized to exchange
with the halbreeds or mixed boods Of the Dacoah or
Sioux nation Of Indians who entitled interest
therein for the tract Of land lying the west side Of
Lake Pepn and the Mississippi river in the Territory Of
Minnesota which set apart and granted for their
and benefit by the ninth article Of the treaty of
Prairie du Chen Of the fifteenth day Of July, thou
sand eight hundred and thirty and for that purpose he
hereby authorised be issued to said persons
the execution by them by the legal representatives
Of such may be minors, Of full and complete reln
punishment by them to the United States Of all their right
title and interest according to such form shall be
prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Of
fee in and said Of land reservation, certif
Gates scrip for the same amount of land to which each
individual would be entitled in Of division Of the
said grant or reservation pro rata among the camants
which said certificates scrip may any of
the lands within said reservation not occupied by
ual and bona fde settlers Of the half breeds mixed
bood such other have gone into said Ter
rtory by authority Of law upon any other unoccuped
lands subject to empon private SALE upon any
other unsurveyed lands not reserved by Government,
upon which they have respectively made improvements
Provided That said certificates scrip shall not embrace
more than six hundred and forty less than forty
each and provided that the shall be equally
apportioned nearly practicable among those enti
tied to interest in said reservation And provided fur
er That transfer conveyance Of any Of said cert
fcates or scrip shall be valid
Sec. g. And be further enacted, That the President be
and he is hereby authorized to to be ascerained
the number and names Of the mxed-bloods
who entitled participate in the benefits of the said
grant reservation aforesaid before the issue Of the
certificates scrip provided for in the preceding section
Sec. g. And belt further enacted That from and after the
passage Of this the President s authorized to have
the lands within the said surveyed and exposed
public sale at the land Offices for the districts in which
said lands may lie, according to the boundaries Of the
several land Districts recently established by Congress-
the manner as other public lands
Approved, July II, 1854.
IPUBLIc-No. 37.1
AN ACT to amend the act approved September twenty
seven, eighteen hundred and fifty, to create the office
of surveyor general Of the public lands in Oregon &c.,
airy nineteen, eighteen hundred and three
BE enacted By the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States Of America Congress assembled That
the donations hereafter to be surveyed in Oregon and
Washington Territories claimed under any of the prov
sons Of the act to create the Office Of surveyor general
of the public lands in Oregon &c. approved September
twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and fifty, shall in
case include town site, lands settled upon for pur
poses of business trade and not for agriculture and
all legal subdivisions included in whole in part in such
sites, settled upon for purposes of business
trade and not for agriculture shall be subject to the
operations of the act Of May twenty three eighteen hum
dred and forty four for the relief of citizens Of towns
upon lands Of the United States under certain crcum
Stances whether such settlements made before
after the surveys: Provided hospe That the period Of
years occupancy required Of settlers before they
purchase the lands claimed them under the provisions
the first section Of the act Of February fourteen. egh
hundred and fifty three above mentioned shall be
| and the same is hereby reduced to one year.
Sec. 2. And be further enacted, That the proviso to
the fourth section Of the act Of twenysevenh Septem
ber eighteen hundred and fifty, above mentioned, by
which all contracts for the sale Of lands claimed under
that law before the issue Of the patents therefor de-
cared void, shall be and the same is hereby repealed:
Propde That sale shall be deemed valid unless the
vendor shall have resided four years upon the land
Sec. g. And Be further enacted That the pre- emption
privilege granted by the Of fourth September egh-
teen hundred and forty-one, shall be and the same is
hereby extended to the lands in Oregon and Washington
fully claimed entered reserved under the provisions
of this act, the Of which it is amendatory
excluded by the terms OF the said act Of eighteen hum
dred and fortyone with the exception of unsuryeyed
lands above mentioned and all settlers unsurvey
ed lands in said Territories shall give notice the
general other duly authorized officer of the par
tcuar tract claimed under this section within six months
after the survey Of such lands is made and returned
And ali persons claiming donations under this aot or the
acts of which 1t is amendatory shall in like give
notice to the surveyor general other duly authorized
officer Of the particular lands claimed as such donations
within thirty days after being requested do by such
officer an5, failing such notice in either case the claim
ant claimants shall forfeit oil right and claim thereto
PROVIDED horere That the time limited by the sixth Sec
ton Of the act Of eighteen hundred and 6fythree in
which claimants under the act Of eighteen hundred and
ffy required to give notice Of their claims shall be