The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-10-07

set apart In lieu OF the sections sixteen dnd thirty
six OF the aforesaid reserved townships, shall be
| reserved from sale for the support Of common
schools in said respective Territories and be sub
ject TO the restrictions In all respects as
herein before provided for other sections set apar,
| 10 the use OF common schools.
Sec %. And be II further enacted, That, for
the purpose Of en- couraging the speedy settlement
OF our new Territories OF Kansas and Nebraska by
population OF Efficient force to defend themselves
against all depredations of The Indians, of other
evildsposed persons, and thus to relieve Inc gov
ernment ofthe burden and expense ofmaintaining,
at great cost and Inconvenience, military post and
palrong troops in those remote Territories, every
white person, being The head OF a family and a
citizen of the United States or who if OF foreign
birth, shall have made declaration, in du form
of law of intention TO become citizen of the
United States, who shall locate upon any Of the
lands of the United States intended Tor sale in said
Territories, and improve and cultivate ihe same,
at any time before the lst day Of January, 1858,
and shall &C ntinue TO reside thereon for year
with his or her family shall be entitled to continue
such occupancy for that time, and afterwards TO
the LIST day of January, 1860 as by preemplion,
and until such lands shall be surveyed by the Uni
ted States, and ready for sale by filing notice Of
such preemption, with the register Of the land
office ofihe district in which such location may be
made, ii the same is embraced in any land district,
and, IL not so embraced with the register Of the
nearest land Office; which notice shall be according
tary OF the Interior shall prescribe And il shall
be the duty of said Secretary to such public
notice Of his aforesaid regulations touching pre-
emptions TO he given in said Territory as he may
deem necessary for the benefit OF preemplors. and
also by publication in two newspapers OF general
circulation in Washington city. And when any
person entitled TO the benefit OF preemp;ion, shall
file his notice of the same as shall be directed the
register Of such land Office sh all give 10 such per-
sonsa certificate thereof And The lands specified
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public or private sale, by any other person Than
such preemptor or in the event Of the death,
then OF the legal heir, heirs, OF the preemptor
until after the said first day OF January, 1860 -
But such preempor. or in the event CT deaih
then the heir or heirs Of the preemp,or, NAV. at
any Time after the filing OF such notice--if still
occu pying said lands when said lands shall have
been surveyed and ready for sale-before the said
1st day of january. 1860, be permitted TO enter
said preem ted lands, not exceeding in quantity
one quarter section according 20 the legal surveys
and the legal divisions into quarter sections, or
less quantities, at the price OF five cents per acre
by making proof, in such way as said Secretary
shall direct, of such cultivation and occupancy
as above required 10 the receiver OF the proper
land Office; but no such preemption or purchase
shall embrace such lands in more than one quar-
ter section Whenever il shall be found by the
SURVEYS, when m ade, that more than one person,
entitled 10 preemption, is located upon The same
quarter section, such person may enter such quar-
ter section in common; and also other lands, asby
preemplon under this act, not exceeding how.
ever in amount, one quarter section for every
one preemplor and in no case exceeding in the
aggregate four quarter sections for any such CON-
mon preempton; or il such common occupants
agree thereto. they may enter their said land sep
arately, instead as above provided in common
Propide That nothing in this act shall be so con
strued as 10 authorize any preempion, or purchase
under rrC c npiion, Of any lands in either of said
,;aor hv this nv cd a
al purpose, or ofany lands which have been; or
shall hereafter be, reserved by Congress for any
other purpose whatever, from sale; or Of aBy sa-
lin Glands, lands containing mines OF gold, sill
yer, copper, lead, quicksilver, plalina, zinc, or
lin And where the lands in said Territories or
either of them, shall be surveyed, any person
or persons who may have located upon any such
reservations may locate and have preempton
RIGHT Of purchase Of other lands subject thereto
according TO the provision OF this act in either
OF said Territories, without having resided upon
or cultivated thesame. by giving notice and max
ing proof and payment above provided: And
provided further That the right Of p:sempton
shall not in any case, or in any manner whatever,
be assignable; nor shall any person who shall az
seri and give notice OF one preempton right be
permitted 10 assert another or change that 10 diff
ferent location or tract of land, except as above
specified, and except also where ii shall be made
to appear to tho receiver of the proper land Office
that such person has been deprived OF the benefit
of the first claim by prior and better claim OF
another person TO the same tract OF land; being es.
tabshed 10 the satisfaction OF such receiver. Nor
shall anything herein contained be construed 10
allow any one TO enter upon or assert any preemp-
lion or other claim 10 any lands IN either Of said
Territories TO which the Indian title has not I'll ea-
dy been extnguishcd. Nor shall The provisions
OF ;hs act apply to any case OF s. tement or oca-
tion within either Of said Territories which has
been or shall be made before the passage of this act
Sec "a And be il further enacted, That
much OF the fourteenth section and also so much
Of the thrtysccond section, OF the act passed al the
first session Of the thirty third Congress, com
monty known as the Kansas Nebraska act, as
reads as follows, TO wi Except the eighth sec
ton of the act preparatory 10 the admission OF Mis-
souri, into the Union, approved March 6, 1870,
which, being inconsistent with the principle OF
non intervention by Congress with slavery in the
States and Territories, as recognized by the legs-
lation of 1850, commonly called the compromise
measures, is hereby declared imperative and void,
il being the true intent and meaning OF this act
not To legislate slavery into any territory State,
nor 10 exclude il therefrom but to leave the people
thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their do
nestle institutions in their own way, subject only
to the Constitution of the United Staes: Provided
That nothing herein contained shall be construed
to revive or put in force any law or regulation
which NAV haze existed prior 10 the act of6th of
March, 1920, either protecting. establishing pro
hibiling, or aboishing slavery" I've, and the
same is hereby repealed; and the said eighth Sec
tion OF said act the 9th OF March, 1920, is here
by revived, and declared 10 he in full force and ef-
feet within the said Territories OF Kansas and Ne
braska: Provided however, That any person
lawfully held 10 service in either of said Terrific
ries shall not be discharged from such service by
reason OF such repeal and revival of ideighth sec
tion, fsuch person shall be permanently removed
from such Territory or Territories prior to the first
day of January 1858; and any child or children,
born in either OF said Territories of any female
lawfully held to service, if in like ma nner re-
moved without said Territories beforethe expira
tion OF that date, shalln be, by reason Of any
thing in this act emancipaed from any service
IL might have owed had this act never been
passed. And provided further, That any per-
son lawfully held to service In any other Slate
or Territory of The United States, and escaping
into either the Territory OF Kansas or Nebraska.
may be reclaimed and removed to the person or
place where such service Is due, under any ser
vice The United States which shall be in force
upon the subject.
Sec. 25. And be II further enacted, That all
other parts OF the aforesaid. Kansas-Nebraska act
which relate TO the said Territory of Kansas,
ooI .ofhc In M nj no lavirU which