Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-08-23


The following IS the law of the land. Il will
help to settle great deal of the vacant land i'll
our State Gal Advertiser.
AN ACT TO graduate and reduce the price of
public lands to actual settlers and cultivators-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America III
Congress assembled That all of the public lands
of the United States which shall have been in mar
ket for ten years or upwards, prior to the time
of application TO enter the same under the provs-
ions of this act and still remaining unsoId, shall
be subject to sale at the price OF one dollar per
acre and all of the lands of the United States that
shall have been in market for fifteen years up
wards, aforesaid and still remaining unsold shall
De subject TO sale at seventy five cents per acre ;
and all of the lands of the United States that shall
have been in market for twenty years upwards,
aforesaid, and still remaining unsold shall be
subject TO sale at fifty cents per acre. and all othe
lands of the United States that shall have been in
market for twenty-five years and upwards as afore
said and still remaining unsold, shall be subject
sale al twenty five cents per and all lands of
the United States that shall have been in market
for thirty years more, shall b. subject to sale
at twelve and a-half cents per Provided, This
section shall not be so construed TO extend to
the lands reserved to the United States, in acts
granting lands to States for railroads other in
ternal Improvements, or to mineral lands held at
over one dollar and twenty five cents per
Sec. g find be il further enacted, That upon
every reduction In price under the provisions OF
this act, the occupant and settler upon the lands
shall have the right of pre- emption at such grad
uated price, upon the same terms, conditions, re-
strlctions, and limitations, upon which the public
lands of the United States sub ect to the
right of pre- emption until within thirty days pre-
ceeding the next graduation reduction that shall
take place; and If not purchased, shall again
be subject TO the right of pre- emption for eleven
months, as before, and Sc on from time to time, as
reductions take place Prorided, That nothing in
this act shall be construed to interfere with
any right which has or may accrue by virtue of
any act granting pre- empton to actual settlers up
on public lands.
Sec. 3. find be 1t further enacted That any per
son applying to enter any of the aforesaid lands
shall be required to make affidavit. before the reg
lister receiver of the proper land Office, that he
or she enters the same for his or her use and
for the purpose of actual settlement and cultiva-
ton, or for the use OF an adjoining farm or panta-
! ton owned or occupied by him or herself and to-
gether With said entry he or she has not acquired
| from the United States, under the provisions OF
this ac:, more than three hundred acres according
| to Inc established surveys; and if any person or
| persons taking such oath OF affidavit shall swear
falsely in the premises he or she shall be subject
| to all the pains and penalties of perjury.
| Passed the House of Representatives April H.
/ 1854.
! InIIN Wy EnDNI-V