The Shasta courier., 1854-04-01
on THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN.
what is Necessary 10 secure the

Bv an Act ot 3D. March. lSp3, tie pre-emp-
ton laws were extended over California. These
| laws authorised settlements TO be made on pub
| lie lands in this State not get surveyed. If made
.ritAiu one gear from the passage OF the Act OF 3d
March last, (lSJ3); but such settlements will
not be recognized under these laws IT made sub
sequent To that period
The 10th and Bad sections which have been
donated TO the State for school purposes. it set
tied on, eau be held by pre-emptors, and The
State may select other lands III lieu OF those
llus settled on.
By this Act lands reserved on account of
claims under French, Spanish, or other grants,
which have been, or shall be hereafter declared
by the Supreme Court of the United States to be
invalid, will be entitled 10 the right of pre-emp-
tion after The lands have been released from res
ervation in he same manner as ii no reserva-
tion existed" ;"
The person claiming the benefit of these acts
must be IA citizon OF the United States, have
declared his intentions to become such must
be the head of family or widow. or single
man over the age of twen,y-one years. These
lauds may be paid for by military land warrants
al the rate ot 81 - per acre. But one warrant
can be used III each pre-emptlon case. Parties
settling such land required to file their
declara;ory statements with the proper Register,
containing the precise day OF settlement &c.
within three months after the filing of the town
affidavit and payment of these lands may be
made at any time previous to the day fixed by
The Presidents proclam ton for the commence
nent OF the pubic sale OF lands included in the
tract.
The tracts liable to entry under this act are
"a regular quarter section. notwithstanding its
quantity may be few ncres more or less than
hundred and sixty acres any lesser subdi-
vision. arg adjoining Lrgaf subdicisions, the ag
asr.ft. lier If t.tfr IN e.
ceed hundred aud sixty acres. But these
regular quarter sections cannot ot course he
known until the legal surveys by the United
States have been made.
The heirs of parties who die before consuma-
ting their claims by tue filing of the proper pa
pers. &c, will have the right TO perfect the
claim.
By this act a person who has once filed dec
latation for tract OF land. cannot, at any fu-
ture period. file second declaration for another
tract.
No person who is proprietor OF $40 acres OF
land in anv State Territory OF the United
States, is entitled to the benefit of this act.
No person who shall quit OF abandon his resi-
deuce ON his own land in California to reside
on the public lands is entitled 10 the bensft OF
this Act.
No signnent or transfer Of pre-emption
rights can be recognized of entries made with
cash, or Revolutionary landscript. The patents
must issue TO the claimants. in whose names all
such entries must be made; but where the
claim has been located by military warrant.
{made assignable per Act OF Congress approved
March - 1852 J the certificate ot location may
be assigned. aud the patents Will be issued to
The assignee
The foliovins descriptions of lands are ex-
cnpt from the operations of these Acts:
l. Lands included by any reservation by any
treaty. law. or proclamation by tue President OF
the United States. and lands reserved Tor sa-
lines or any other purposes.
= Laud reserved ior the support of schools,
except as to sections sixteenth and ihiriy-six on
unsarrcycd land, as herenbeture mentioned.
3. Any Indian reservat on 10 which the utle
has been. or may lie exiinguisled by the United
States at any time during the operation OF THIS
Act.
l. Sections of land reserved to The United
States alternate to other sections, which may
hereafter be granted To the State for the con-
sirueiion of amy canal, raiiroad, or other public
Improvement. except where the settlements
ulay be made on such land between the time of
reservation and the final allotment referred 10 IN
In the Act OF 3d March. 1888, Chapter l43, Sec
ond session, 32d Congress.
s. Sections, or fractions of sections included
within the limits OF any Incorporated town.
G. Every portion OF the public lands which
has been selected ms site Tor a city or town.
2. Every parcel or iot oil land, actuaify set
tied and occupied for the purpose OF trade, and
not agriculture.
s. All laIsl ON which are situated any known
salines or mines.
9. Lands reserved by competent authority,
and those claimed by any foreign graut or title.
10. Lands in the possession or occupation OF
an Indian tribe.
H. Lands occupied for a military post, or
within one mile of such post.
Those claiming the benefit of this Act are re-
quired tu furnish proof by one or more disinter-
ested witnesses. of the facts necessary TO estab-
li>h the three requisites pointed out IN these IN
>truciions. viz: citizenship. family relations or
age and tia. inllabitation of the tract sought.
f.. c. GILLETTE.