The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-08-04


same shall be withdrawn from sale or entry
By public advertisement Of the Secretary OF
the Interior, except in the mannet and form
hereinafter prescribed. The price OF these
lands shall be one dollar per acre for those
which have not yet been offered ut public
SALE or for those which have been subject 10
private entry less than Eve years; seventy
i've cents for those which have been 40 sub
ject 10 entry more than FIVE years and less than
ter years; ilty cents for those which have
been SO subject to entry more than ten years
and less than twenty years; and twenty-five
cents per acre lE those which have been 50
SUI ject to entry more than twenty years.
The fourth section provides that whenever
State through which uch railroad or canal
passes, and in which the said lands lie, shall
desire to do 50, itmay select, as preempter,
all the lands so reserved at the minimum pri-
ces designated in the third section Of this act; |;
bu, the SIate must take up and pay in caeh
for said land witlin ten years from the time
when set apart by the Secretary of the Inter-
lioi, or otherwise its right to such Of them as
remain unsol1 shall be forfeited. But before
the expiration of this periol the State may
sell the lands thus reserved to individuals or
corporations, provided that no title shall vest
in the purchaser until he pays to the receiver
OF the proper land Office OF the United States
for the use of the United States, the price
herein fixed as the price per acre for which
tAs lands shall be sold.
The fifth section provides shat, in the event
OF difference between tho Postmaster Gem
erai and the railroad company as to tho COM
pensation Tor carrying he mails, the matter
shall be settled by mutual agreement between
the Postmaster-General aud the Governor of
the State in whi2a such railroad lies.
The sixth'seeiAn provides that the lands
purchased by any State, under the provision
of the third section OF this act, shall be ap-
piled by said State for the construction of the
iairoad or canal for which they were reserved;
and that no Ian Is shall b, inclulsd within
the operation of this act tc which the Indian
title has not been extinguisbcd.
The seventh section provides that this act
shall in no way apply to town or village prop
orty, either inlots or uutlots, nor be 50 con
strued as to interfere with any preemp;ions
claim, or to lands Ieserued for schools, saline
or reserved sections on railroad grants, OF
other purposes, under any existing laws o
the United States, nor to any Of the mnera
lands of the United States.
|. The eight section provides that any free
white person, who is the head of a family, o
who har urrlveda the age Of twenty-ont
years, and is capable of holdrg lands unde
the laws OF the States in which the land
lie, or if they lie in a Territory, then any per
son who is capable of acquiring preemptor
uneer the laws of the United States, shall
from and utter the passage of this act, be en-
titled to enter one-qunrter section Of vacant
and unapprUpriated public lands, and no, more
which may at the time the application is
made be subject entry, or quantity equa
thereto, to be located in body in conformity
with the legal subdivisions of the public lands
provided that lands cedcd by any Indian
treaty siipulating for the payment to such In
dams ut the net proceeds of tho aa cs Of the
ceded lands shatl net be subjected to the
operations Of this act, except at the graduated
prces fixed therefor.
The ninth section provides that the person
applying tor the benefit ofthe foregoing eight
section shall, upon application to the registc
of the land office in. which he or she is abuu
to make such entry, affidavit before the said
Register that he or she is the head Of a family
or Is tweuty-one years. OF fages and that suan
application Is made for his or her exclusive
use aud benefit, and those specially mention
ed herein, and not either directly or indirect
Iy for the use or benefit Of any other person
whonsoever; and upon making the affidavit
herein required, and filing 1t with the Regis
ter he or she shallthereupon be rermit ted tt
enter the quantity of land specified: proviG
that no certificate can be given or patent iss
! ued therefor until the expiration OF five year.
from the date of such entry, and until th
, person or persons entitled to the land so en-
tered shall have paid for the same twenty-five
cents per acre, or, if the lands have been il
morket more than tH0nky years, twalvo and
a halt cents per ocreyHu II, at the expiration
of such time, the persons making such entry
shnll prove, by two credible witnesses, tina
he or she has continued to reside upon ant
cultivate said land, aud still reside the came
and in such case, he or she shall be entitle,
- q n,tcpt, AZ in other cases provided for by
pll such persons as are specified il
| the eight section, ""' b., ,bis ,,., sL,I
upon lands subject to en". 9"'
be entitled to its benefits, NJ an III. e"'' '"'
of five years from the date OF such setiemcn..
Tne bcnellrs OF this and thepreceding section
Of this act shall be extended to the settlers
uponthc public lands in California, upon pay
mont of one dollar per acre,
The rcnth section provides that the Reg
ster o. the llul OH lie SHALL keep register
hf all entries, az mlkercturn thereof to the
General Land Olliac
The eleventh section provides that any
person who may havo filed hi, or hor aili lavit
of nn intention to settle a quarter section OF
land under the provisions Of Tits act may at
any time acquire title thereto by ply'ns tho
full graduated price tor the same. But no
person or persons shall be allowed to file a
declaration o, Intention to settle for thu pur
pose of claiming the benefit OF the provisions
OF this act, in regardto we years actual set
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