The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-23
Homestead Bill.

Homestead BILL
The House, some time since made the bill reported
from the Committee on Public Lands by Mr. Cobb, OF
Alabama, for the encouragement OF agriculture com.
meree, and manufaciures-commonly called the home.
stead bithe special order of the day for Tuesday. the
4th Of April next.
The Speaker. Thursday last. by permission Of the
House. had leave introduce substitute for the said
bill, TO be taken up with the original bill in Committee Of
The Whole on the state OF the Union as part OF the
special order Il Is as follows;
bin dispose Of re public lands lying within the limits
Of the States OF The United States
Be ssaet,d c That all public lands within the
States Of Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana, Arkansas
Forida Missouri, Illinois. Indiana Ohio, Michigan, Iowa.
Wiscoasin and California, with the exception Of the sites
Of fosaons, navy and doekynds, arsenas mag zines
and all other public buiidng shall after the day of
- eighteen hundred and istyhve, be dsposed Of the
States Within the limits OF which they respectively
situated, they having previously complied with the follow
ing conditions
First That said shall severay pass acts to be
eyocabe that they will quarterly the sales of the said
land shall progress, into The treasury OF tie United
States, at the most convenient places Of deposit, and
such officer may be appointed receive the same
centum the of the sales lands
including under Sales grants and donations by the States
estimating the lands the selling price the time the
grant donation, fore the first day e. each
succeeding year.
law, shall remain unchanged until the day OF --
aforesaid but after that period the price may be reduced
by the States respectively, according to the following
scale all lands heretofore offered public and then
remaining unsod ten years upward preceding the
--- day OF ---- aforesaid, may be reduced by said
States price less than dollar per acre and all
lands that may have been offered public SALE and re-
naming unsod fifteen upward preceding said
- day OF -, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
five, may thereafter be reduced by said States price
not less than seVenyye cents per acre and all lands that
may have been offered puolc sale, and remaining un-
sold twenty years upward preceding the said day
OF , eighteen hundred and filtyfve, may then be re-
duced by said States price less than fifty per
and all lands that may have been offered public
sale, and remaining unsold twenty-five years upward
preceding the said --- day of -, eighteen hundred
and fifty ve may thereafter be reduced by said States
price not less than twenty five cents per and all
lands that may have been offered public sale, and
naming nnsod thirty upward preceding the said
- day of -, eighteen hundred and ffty-6ve, shall
be coded immeda tely the States in which said lands
are situate Presided, That all lands which shall remain
unod after having been offered public sale for years.
and which do not under the above provisions, shall
be subject to the provisions of empton, graduation
and disposition aforesaid at the respective periods OF ten,
fifteen, twenty twenty-five and thirty years after said sale,
commencing from the expiration of year: after the
same had been offered at public sale
Third That the lands shall be subject the legal
subdivisions in the sale and survey provided by
law reseving for each township and fac tiona township
the sixteenth section, the substitute for the Of schools
heretofore provided the land offered
Tor sae shall be hrst offered By the State public auction
except in of preem pton and be sold cash only
IN the manner now provided by law And any land
or hereafter remaining unsod after the shall have
been offered Tor sale public auction, shall be subject
entry for cash only, according the graduation which may
be hxed by the States respectively under the provisions
this act and that the which may be force
at the Time OF asserting this act shall remain
except modified by this act unless with the assent
Congress Prorded That any OF said lands may after they
shall have become subject private entry be Sold at the
option Of the purchaser, in quarersections without any
Limitation whatever.
Fourth. This disposition the public lands together
with the potion OF the sales be retained by States
respectively under the provisions this act shall be
foil Of the hveper-centum fund, any part thereof
already accrued to any STATE and the said States shall BE-
exclusively liable for all charges that may hereafter se
from the sarveys.s sales, and management public
lands and exiting uishment OF Indian title within limits
OF said States, re- pecuycly ."
Filth That on failure TO comply with any OF the above
conditions, violation Of the the part Of
the sad St,es the cesson herein made the State failing
comply with, violating said condition, .bal be thereby
rendered null and void snd ali grants tides thereafter
BY said State for any portion Of the public land,
within the limits OF the tame, coded by this act shalt be-
and hereby declared be- null and void and Of eff
feet whatever
SEC 2 And b IL fwfltr enacted That upon every re-
ducon in the price Of said lands, which shall take place
by the graduating process Of this BILL the legislatures Of
the several States Ia which the lands situated shall at
their discretion have power 70 the respective
cupsns settlers upon any OF said lands rights OF pre-
emf tion such graduated reduced prices; which
rights shall extend period Of ninety days from and
after the dsies Which the respective graduaions shall
take place and any lands taken upby the
settlers within that period shall be liable to DO
entered purchased by any other person. until the mex,
graduation reduction ia price shall take place. when
shall, II previously purchased, be again subject The
right Of pTe-emPuon for ninety days, before and
ffom time tine, said reductions shall take place.
Sso. 3. dnd b. u ffhsr Enacted, THAT Whenever ID,
President Of the United States shall be officially notified
that any the states Aforesaid bave passed
pAnce 9TH tie above conditions, shall be his duty after
The - day o. - aforesaid, forthwith a1er the pas,
sge Of said act II passed Subsequent to that period,
adopt sueh MEASURES he shall link proper close the
land offices including the surveying department, within
the mits Of said ss,e and that the commission, Of all
officers connected herewith shall expire day to be
dxed ~ him. which day shall not be beyond months
TO- from the day he scsiYed the official notification OF ihs
passage OF said act
sro 4 Ard b. Il further enacted, That such notifies.
ton being made The said State shall be relieved from all
oompaois acts ordinances mposing restrictions on The
right said any lands by her authority subse-
auen the thereof oeded by this act and all maps
tides records books documents, and papers, IN the Cen
ea Land Office Washington relative to said lands, or
duplicates thereof where The originals cannot properly be
transferred shall be subject to the order and disposition OF
the executive Of said State n such manner as the eRsa
"a res Of said STA les may respectively sppointf
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to the following
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