The Kansas herald of freedom., 1855-01-20

had not occurred.
The only things required of a purcha-
ser of public lands are, that he shall make
an application in writing to the register
for the tract desired to be entered, and
pay to the receiver the purchase money
He viii find blank application at any
land Office where such purchase may be
desired to be made.
AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF PRE-ENPrtoS
| CLAIMANT. ss
/, JOHN Doe, claiming the right of pre-
emption under the provisions of the aci
of Congress, entitled can act to appro-
pirate the proceeds of the sale of the pub
lie lands and togrant presumption rights .
approved September 4th, 184l, to the
northwest quarter of section number two,
of township number six north, of range
number two west, subject to sale at Chi
cago, do solemnly swear or affirm as the
case may be that l have never had the
/ benefit of the right of fpre-emption under
this act; that | am not the owner OF
three hundred and twenty acres of land
/ in any State or Territory of the United
States, nor have settled upon and i'm
proved said land to sell the same ON spec
ulation, but in good faith to appropriate
it to my owncxclusive use and benefit
and that have not, directly or indirect
ly, made any agreement or contract, in
any way or manner, with any person or
persons whatsoever, by which the title
which l may acquire from the govern
ment of the United States should inure,
in whole or in part, to the benefit of any
person except myself JOHN DOE.
1,JoHN SMITH, register Tor JOHN JOKES,
receiver, of the land Office at Chicago,
do hereby certify that the above affidavit
was taken and subscribed before me, this
first day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty.
JOHN SMITH, Register,
or JOHN JONES, Receiver.
AN ACT to appropriate the proceeds Of the sales
of the public lands, and to grant presumption
rights.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
That from and after the passage of this
act, every person, being the head of a
family, or widow, or single man, over the
age of twenty -one years, and being cit
izen of the United States, or having filed
his declaration of intention to become a
citizen, as required by the naturalization
laws, who, since the first day of June, A.
D. eighteen hundred and forty, has made,
or shall hereafter make, settlement in
person on the public lands to which the
Indian title had been, at the time of such
settlement, extinguished, and who shall
inhabit and improve the same, and who
has or shall erect dwelling thereon,
shall be, and is hereby, authorized to en-
ter with the register of the land office for
the district in which such land may lie,
by legal subdivisions, any number of
acres not exceeding one hundred and
sixty, or a quarter section of land, to in
clude the residence of such claimant, up
on paying to the United States the mini
mum price of such land, subject, how
ever, to the following limitations and
exceptions: No person shall be entitled
to more than one pre-emptiye right by
virtue OF this act; no person who is the
proprietor of three hundred and twenty
acres of land in any State or Territory of
the United States, and no person who shall
quit or abandon his residence on his own
land to reside on the public land in the
same State or Territory, shall acquire any
right of pre-emption under this act; no
lands included in any reservation, by any
treaty, law, or proclamation of the Pres
ident of the United States, or reserved
for salines, or for other purposes no
lands reserved for the support of schools
= no sections of land reserved to
the United States alternate to other Sec
tons granted to any of the States for the
construction of any canal, railroad, or
other public improvement no sections
or fractions of sections included within
the limits of any incorporated town; no
portions of the public lands which have
been selected as the site for city or town ;
no parcel OF lot of land actually settled
and occupied for the purposes of trade
and not agriculture and no lands on
which are situated any known salines or
mines, shall be liable to entry under and
by virtue of the provisions of this act.
And so much of the proyiso of the act
of twenty second of June, eighteen hum
dred and thirty eight, or any order of the
President of the United States, as directs
certain reservations to be made in favor of
certain claims under the treaty of Dane
ing-rabbit creek, be, and the same is
hereby, repealed: Pyousded, That such
repeal shall not affect any title to any tract
of land secured in virtue of said treaty.
SEC. IL. And be It further enacted,
That when two or more persons shall
have settled on the same quarter section
of land, the right of pre-emption shall
be in him or her who made the first set
tlement, provided such persons shall con-
form to the other provisions of this act ;
and all questions as to the right of pre-
emption arising between different settlers
shall be settled By the register and re-
ceiver of the district within which the
land is situated, subject to an appeal to
and revision by the Secretary Of the