Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-08-01

sy the rv Of Provo Cry Fillmore City, Purovan and Ce-
t C:y. the eastern boundary oi CGioTia N Tue 0'
T,c:oM OF the Cnjon Pass
Approved, July Il, 1851.
Public No 90.
AZ ACT authorize the Presdcn; OF the United states
% CAUSE 10 be surveyed the tract o.. land III the Territory
Oi M.nc.ota belonging the hali'breedS or mixed.
!s o the pseo,sh Sioux nation OF Indians and tor
h. il anmt:Sa Ny the Senate and House Of Representa-.
,is of ,h, United S,"s of America in Congress assc.
Md Ths, The prc.ii be and he is hereby authorized
10 cXcnnIgr win the hsltbreCds or n:Ncd'bo"ds ni inc
Dncoah Of Indians vino are entitled TO an
o lake Pn the Mississippi river n the Territory OF
Mane-ot', whc set apart and granted os thrr use
Hd n'n": by the ninth article 9t me Fea'S ot
.,ht hundred and dirty; and 10. that purpose hc i
hereby authorized 10 bc Issued 10 sad persons
The execution by them, or hy Ike legal r"prcrcahves
Of such Is may be minor OF ill and complete rrn-
Qg-ni by them the Un:tea states OF al thciT rght
a.e and according 10 -uc form as shn!l DC PIE
,,-,oe by ,c Commissioner o! TIE General Land Once
IN and % sn ;rqct o. iand or reservation, certificates u
scrip o the same o! land 10 which eHch individual
would be c';'ied in case oi division .! 'Ie Sne ssa VI
-csyvs!on pro the clamans wh!ch emu Ger
aacse. or scrip muy be located upon any of inc aads
sh!a ssi reservation not now occupied by actual ana
I'd" -ccrs OF the hatbrccds or mixed 'b!oods Or
uch o,nr r-ns as have gone into sid Territory Ly
aOy 0: .aw or upon any other unoccup!ed lands sub
p!..nr;on or private Sale or upon any other ni
v.r.yr! lands no reserved by Government upon which
'ey nave respectively made improvements; provided
Tat . ca'". scrip shall not embrace more than
hundred aid tor;y less than forty acres each and
provided tia, the shall tie equally hpportioncd, RS
prac:icub among those entitled 10 M Incredt
a Ind provided further. That no t'ans
coIvcysncc any Of said certificates .: scrip: shall
X - valid
-r5 and b. further enacted, That the President be
~! i ':rv authorised cdusc 10 be asccrh!ned the
esII. aii rsiss of chai breeds or mixed bous who
I;e rrln Ia participate in the henets OF the SAID grant
reservation Aforesaid before the issue OF the ccrtih
cs,".or scrp provided for in the preceding section
Sr. and he il further ennctcd That trcin end after
The ,,l," this nc, the President is authorised I" have
te Ind w! tn" said reserve surveyed and exposed 10
public c the land Offices for the districts IN which
nH aas -y lie according the boundaries OF the sew.
sd d.icts recently established by Congress in the
aa'e manner a. o:h'r public lands.
approved, July Il. lsJi.
Irublc-No. -
AS ACT 10 amend the act approved September twenty:
seren eighteen hundred und ity to create the Office OF
ir'":or general OF the public lands in Oregon &e ana
I'o Gc act ainendutory thereof, approved February
E.aci'en, eighteen hundred and hitytlrce
!"r cnactcdby the Senate and liou-c vi Representatives
SMe ni"d states OF America Congress assembled nat
e.oa,!oas hereafter bc surveyed in Oregon and WASH
Oa Territories claimed under any OF the provisions Of
| @ 20 create the Office o Surveyor general OF the Pubhc
iis IN OREGON. &C approved september tweny-srvcn,
tEeen hundred and hiy, shall in include town
we or lands settled upon Tor purposes o! business ur trade
~ no, agriculture; and all legal subdivisions included IN
aoe or IN part in such sites, settled upon for pr
e' OF u.ncs trade and not for agriculture shall be
EJECT 10 the operations of the act OF May ,wcn:ythr
seen hundred and cr,yfour tor tue relief ot citizens
Clowns upon lands Of the United States under certain cir
INSTANCES, whether such settlements were made before
Ahrr the surveys Provided however, That the period
o Wear, occupancy required Of settlers before they cun
'a4'e the lands claimed by them unuer the provisions
aTs' section Of the act Of February fourteen eighteen
L'ei uni h.;yhrcc above mentioned. shall be ana the
: ~ hereby reduced to ono year.
~ :: And be il further enacted, That the proviso
Hg:l section OF the net OF twenty seventh Septcni.
=, 1!a:"cn hundred and fifty, above mentioned, by
A contracts for the snle of lands claimed under that
AZ >Nft In. issue the patents therefor are declared
- sal ne aud the same il hereby repealed: Provided
10 sale sall BE- deemed valid unless the vendor shall
.''e..leL t.ur years upon the land =.
~ and be /, further enacted, That the presumption
t'-sS- Granted by the act of fourth September, cigl
sand'" and forty lone. shall be and the same Is here
:! ce:Gei 10 the lands in Oregon and sshinston Terri
- "a.:he. surveyed or unsurveycd, not rshtiully
- en;r:cl reserved, under the provisions OF this
~ ae Scts Of which il is amcndatory, nor excluded
e term: OF the said act Of eighteen hundred and forty
~, "Na The exception Of nnsurvcyed lands as above
"eI; hnd all settlers on unsurvcyed lanus III saiu
"s:ss shall give notice TO the surveyor general or
I GUY authorized officer Of the particular tract claim
'h section. within Fix months after the survey oil
aais Is made and returned. And all persons claim
G!a''ons under this act the acts vi winch II Is
'iE!l In like manner give notice TO the survey
or other duly authorized officer Of the particu
sa claimed ns such donations within thirty days at
requested to do by such officer; and failing
Ouee III either case, the claimant or claimants shall
- f. eH nigh, and claim thereto: Provided. however,
80. ae Hie lnnNcd 10y the sixth section Of the act OF
60 AGid!td and Ny-.nrcc, in which claimants under
o' eighteen hundred and hy, required to give no.
claims shall he and the is hereby extended
"'s' o december eighteen hundred hul hy.fve eN
"a case- where the surveyor general shall request
~ t" rs tie above provided
~ aal be Il further enacted, Thu. in hcu OF the
h'his Of land granted 10 the Territory OF Oregon
s. s-'4 section Of the act Of eighteen hundred uud
M ullvcIsiic- there shall be reserved each of the
;t.s oi Washington and Oregon two stownrhils of
'ty'six sections each to be selected i'll legal sub
'o' university purposes, under the direction OF
sr'sss'aiuIee VI seid Territories respectively.
w., D. And be 1t further enacted That in any case |
o'lhans have been may be left in either Of the
ssl, whose parents or either Of them. if living
e.- been entitled to donation under this act or
Ell " hnce Of which it is amendatory, said orphSrs
;'.ted to quarter section Of land on due proof
,'s 10 the satisfaction of the Surveyor General
St s r decision Of the Secretary OF the Interior
to @ 70 De set ot TO them by the Secretary General in
Ted h"rni land not reserved otherwise appropr
,Ss any aw Of Congress and in OF the death
as. b any OF said orphans after their lands shall
hsb, aeelsnaed by the Surveyor General the right
sp. VI Tie deceased shall vest in the survivor
NJ w. ana be 1t further enacted That all the provisions
aq Tue scts Of which it il amendatory shall be
sne, ~ " 81 the lunds in Oregon and Washington Ter
in -; .r the purpose vi carrying said into
t.sy st eFTioriee. the President shall be and he Is
%a t t9r!sed 10 appoint Register and Receiver for
''fr'''ries whose powers, duties, obligations !