The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-23
WHOLE NUMBER 7Sg.

at public or private sale, by any other per-
son than such pre-emplOr, or, in the event
Of death, then Of the legal heir or heirs Of
the pre.emptor, until after the said first day
Of January, eighteen hundred and sixty
But such pre-emptor, or, in the event OF
death, then the heir or ,,heits Of the pre-
emptor, may at any time after the filling Of
such rotice-if still occupying said lands
when said lands shall have been surveyed
and ready for sale-before the said first day
of January, eighteen hundred, and sixty, be
permitted to enter said pre-empted lands, not
exceeding in quantity one quarter section,
according 10 the legal surveys and the legal
divisions into quarter sections, or less quan.
titles, at the price Of FIVE cents per acre, by
making proof, in such way as sad secretary
shall direct, of such cultivation and occu.
pancy as above required, to the receiver Of
the proper land office; but no such pre-ehP!
tiun or purchase shall embrace lands in more
than one quarter section. Whenever 1t
shall be found by the surveys, when hradei
that more than one person, entitled to pre-
emption, is located upon the same quarter
section in common, and also other lands as
by pre-. empton under this act, not exceedings
however in amount one quarter section for
every one pre-emptOr, and in no case ex-
ceeding in the aggregate four quarter sec
tions for any common prescription; or, If
such common occupants agree thereto, they
may enter their sail lands separately, iT-
stead as above provided in common: Pro-
vided, That nothing in this act shall be so
construed as to authorize any presumption,
or purchase under a presumption, of any
lands in either Of said Territories reserved
by this act for any educational purpose, or =
of any lands which have been, or shall here.
after be, reserved by Congress, for any
other purpose whatever, from sale; or Of any
saline lands containing mines, of gold, sill.
yer, copper, lead. quicksilver, platina, zinc,
or tin. And where the lands in said Terri.
tories, or either of them, shall be surveyedI
any person or persons who may have loca-
ted upon any such reservations may locate /,
and have pre- emptivn right OF purchase Of
other land subject thereto, according to the
provisions of this act, in either Of said Ter.
ritores, without having resided upon or cul:
tivGted the same, by giving notice and mok-
! ing proof and payment as above provid6d:
And pr0uided, further, That the right of pre-
emptOn shall not, in any case, or in any
! hat h. hon
any petsoh who shall assert and give notice,
Of one pre.emption right be permitted to
assert another, or change that to different
location or tract of land, except as above
specified, and except also where it shall be
made to appear to the receiver of the pro-
per land Office that such person has been de-
prived of the benefit OF the first claim by
prior and better claim of another person to
the same tract of land, being established TO-
the satisfaction Of such receiver. Nor shall
anything herein contained be construed 10
allow any one to enter upon or assert any
pre- emption or claim TO any lands in either
of said Territories to which the Indian.
title has not already been extingushed.-
Nor shall the provisions of this act ap-
ply to any case Of settlement or location
within either of said Territories which has
been or shall be made before the passageo of
this act. .. .. E...f
SEC. "a. And be it further enacted, THAT
so much the fourteenth section, and also
so much or the thirty-second section, Of the
act passed at the first session of the thirty
third Congress, commonly known as the
Kansas. Nebraska act, as reads as follows,
to wit: Except the eighth section of the
act preparatory to the admission of Missouri
into the Union. approved March sixth, eigh-
teen hundred and twenty, which, being in%
) consistent with the principle Of non-inter-
veution by Congress with slavery in the
States and Territories, as recognized by the
legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty,
) commonly called the compromise measuress
; is hereby declared imperative and void; it
being the true intent and meaning of this act
not to legislate slavery into any Territory or
State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to
leave the people thereof perfectly free to
form and regulate their domestic institutions
, in their own way, subject only to the Consti-
tuition of the Unified States; PROVIDED, That
nothing herein contained shall be construed
> to revive or put in force any law or regula.
D ton which may have existed prior TO the act
of sixth March, eighteen hundred and twen-
tY, either protecting, establishing, prohibit
ing or abolishiDg slavery"-be and the same
) is hereby repealed and the said eighth sec
ton of said act of sixth March, eighteen
f hundred and twenty, is hereby revived and
declared to be in fall force and effect within
the said Territories of Kansas anda Nebras-
ku: Provided, houever, That any person
lawfully held to service in either of said
E Territories shall rot be discharged from
such service by reason ofsuch repeal and re.
vival of said eighth section, if such person
shall be permanently removed from such
Territory or Territories prior to the first
; day of January. eighteen hundred and ffty-
5 eight; and any child or children born In
either Of said Territories, OF any female iaw-
fully held to service, if in like manner re-
moved without SAID Territories before the
q expiration ofthat date, shall not be, by, fea-
9 son of anything in this act, .emancipated
. from any service it might have. owed had
! this act never been passed; And proUided
further, Tbatany person lawfully held Ito
service in any other State or TerFitory,.M of
5 the United States, and escaping into either
/, the Territory ofKansas or Nebraska. may
be rec laimed and removed to the person OF
: place where such service is due, under ANY
law ofthe United States which shall be in
9 force upon the subject.
! SEC. 25. And be i further enacted, That
ali other nnRfs ff fha aforesaid KanaAa.Ne.