The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-08-04
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Mr. nending az Congress.

Irc 10 the following scale. For lands which
Iii have been offered at public sale and remain
asoId FIVE years, 81 per acre; for lands which
Ill have been offered at public sale and remain
eli ten wears, rs cents acre; for lands which
Iii have been Offered at public sale and remain
eoId fifteen years, SO cents an acre; for lands
L;ob shall have teen offered Of public sale and |
main unsold twenty years, 25 cents an acre
- for lands which shall have been offered at
anb!ic sale and remain unsOld thirty years, l2a
on,s an acre provided that The graduating pro-
oss from so cents TO 25 cents acre, shall not
Ike Mace until the lands in the so class shall
have been exposed to sale for period of at least
TWO wears al The price OF so cents per acre, after
Which the price of the said lands shall be reduced
10 % cents per acre.
The I'd section provides that whenever State
shall desire TO acquire pre-empton right TO oil
the lands or all the lands OF any certain class
and price, within its borders, for urher purposes
Than a railroad or canal and signifies the same TO
The President of the United States by act of its
LEGISLATURE they shall be granted on the following
terms That said State may fix the price OF said
lands above that prescribed in the LIST section of
this acl, reserving the excess 10 ITSELF provided
that the title shall not pass to The purchaser until
no has paid the price fixed in the said LIST section
to the United States, and that the lands shall be
subject 10 The same legal subdivisions in the sale
and survey as provided by law; and
provided further that any State which shall accept
1.-THE provisions OF this act, and shall prc-empt any
hands under ii, shall take them in full of the five
per cent fund thereafter to become due from the
proceeds of said lands. But any State accepting
lhe provisions of This and the proceeding section
sha take the LANDS at The price fixed for each
particular class, and no lands shall be sold by them
Tor % cents until they shall have been
previously subject 10 entry through period of two
years at the price Of so cents per acre, 10 be paid
10 the L nited States.
The 81 section provides that whenever a State
shall charter a railroad canal to run through
the lands of the United Sraus and such State shall
accept the benefit Of !he provisions hereinafter pre-
scribcd by an ACT to b" pass al general session
al its Legislature, upon due notice being given of
The fact the Secretary Of the Interior, il shall be
lis duty 10 set apart, of the public lands, seven
tn usand six hundred and eighty acres per mile of
railroad or canal, within twelve miles each side,
and as near ;he route Of such railroad or canal
possible. and The shall be Withdrawn from
sale entry by public advertisements OF the Score.
ary ol the Interior, except IN the manner and
1rn hereinafter prescribed. The price of these
lands shall be g per acre for those which have
10: Yet lern offered public sale, or for those
which have been sutjec 10 private entry less than
five Years; 15 cents for those which have been
su subj ct 10 entry more than Eve years and less
than ten years; 50 cents for those which have
been subject entry more than ten years and
less than twenty years. and 25 cents per acre for
those which have been sub rct to entry more than
twenty years.
The h srcrion provides that whenever State
through which such railroad or canal pnssPs and
N which the said lands lie, shall desire to do So
mav select pre- cmptnr. all the lands reserved
AT The minimum PRICES designated in the 81 section
@ of THIS act; but the State Must take up and paw in
cash for said lend within ten years from the time
wh'n nrart by the Secretary of The Interior, or
otherwise its right TO such Of them remain I'M
IN 4 + L
of his period the State may sell the lands thus
reserved to indie or corporations, provided
hat title shall vest in The purchaser until he
pays 10 tho receiver of the proper land Office of
the United States for the of the United States,
The price h.~rein fixed the price per acre for
which the lands shall be sold.
TIL, h SECTION provides that idsIhe event OF a
difference between the Postmaster General and
the railroad company to the compensation for
carrying the mails. the matter shall be seirleG by
mutual agreement between the Postmaster General
and the Governor Of the State in which such rail-
road lies
The h section provides that the lands pur.
chased by any Safe, under the provision OF the
81 section of This act, shall be- applied by said
Safe frr construction of the railroad or canal for
which they were reserved; and that lands
shall be Included within the operation Of this act
TO which The Indian title ms not been extngnished.
The 9TH SECTION provides that this act shall in
no way apply to town village property, either
n-!uts lots nor be construed as to interfere
with any Pre-emprion claim, or TO any lands re-
served for schools, or Other purposes under any
existing laws OF the United States. nor to any Of
the mineral lands of the United States
The Sh section provides that any free white
NJ person, who is the head Of family, VINO has
arrived Mt The age OF 2l years ard is capable of
holding lands under the laws Of the State in which
the lands he, they lie in Territory. then any
person who is capable Of acquiring Pre-rmPiion
under the laws OF the U. S. shat, from and after
the passage OF this act, bn entitled 10 enter one
quarter section Of vacant and unappropriaied pub
lie lands, and no more, which may at The time the
application is made be subject TO private entry,
quantity equal thereto, 10 be located in body
in conformity with the legal subdivision of the
public lands provided That land. coded BY any
Indian treaty stiPularing for the Paymen: to such
Indians OF the nett proceeds Of the sales OF the
ded lands shall be subject to the operations Of
This act, except the graduated prices fixed there
for.
The 9th section provides that the person apply
ing for the benefit ofIhe foregoing SIh section shall,
upon application to the register Of The land Office
III which he or she is about to make such entry,
make affidavit before the said register that he or
she IS the head OF family, is 81 years OF age,
and that such application is made for his or her
exclusive use aud benefit, and those sneciullv