The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-08-07
PFe~EMpticq Circulars.
CIRCULARS
To Registers and Receivers of the United States
Land Offices
GENERAL LAND OFFIcE.)
Septem Der 10, 1S41.

September 10, 1S41
GENTLEMEN Annexed is a COPY of
that portion of an act of Congress ap-
proved on the 4th instant, eutitled can
act to appropriate the proceeds of the
sales of the public lands, and to grant
pre-emption rights" which has relation
to the subject of pre-emptions Your
attention is directed to the several pro-
visions of that portion of said act, and
your observance enjoined of the rules
hereinafter stated. as prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in accord
snce with the 18th section of said act
The individual claiming the benefits of
said act must be
First. A citizen of the United States,
or have filed his declaration of intention
to Become citizen.
Second. Either the head of family, or
widow, or a single man over the age of
tWenty-one years
Third. An inhabitant of the tract sought
to be entered, upon which, in person, he
has made settlement and erected dwell
ing-hOuse since the 1st of June, 1910, and
PRIOR to the time when the land is applied
Tor; which land must, at the date of the SET
HeH'eHt, have had the Indian title ertin-
gat'hed and been surveyed by the United
States.
A person failing in any one of these re-
qusites can have no claim by virtue of
this act
A person bringing himself within each
OF the above requirements by proof salts
factory to the Register and Receiver of
the land district in which the lands NAV
lie, taken pursuant to the rules hereinaf-
ter prescribed, will, after having taken the
afhdavlt required by the act, be entitled
70 enter by legal subdivisions, any num-
Der OF acres not exceeding one hundred
and sixty, or quarter section, to include
MS residence, and he may avail himself
OF the same at any time prior to the day
Of the commencement of the public sale,
including said tract, where the land has
not yet been proclaimed.
Where the land was subject to private
entry at the date of the law, and a settle
ment shall thereafter be made upon such
land, or where the land shall hereafter be-
come subject TO private entry, and after
hdt PERIOD q settlement shall be fn0ole. which
the settler is desirous of securing under
this act, such notice of his intention must
be given within thirty days after the date
OF such settlement. Such notice. in all
cases, must be a written one, describing
tue land settled upon, and declaring the
intention of such person to claim the same
under the provisions of this act. (See
Jo'1as and b, hereto aanered)
In the first case the proof, affidavit, and
payment, must be made within ttrelve
MOatas =; after the passage Of this act; and
IN the second case within t,celre months
a''er the date of such settlement.
Iaese declaratoty statements are to be
regularly numbered by the Register in the
o.aer OF the date of their reception, and
.u'ered IN suitable book, columned off,
SNOW the number, date when received,
ns'he t. OF the party, and description of the
uac' Claimed and monthly abstracts of
'ue same are to be furnished to the Gene
returns.
ihe existence of these claims should be
;au'cated on the township plats by mark
s, Win red irlk, cross (X) on the spot
:peG by the tract claimed; and, also,
WIN red ink, noting on the same spot the
auiuoer OF the declaratory statement, in
usa' and very small figures, SO as not too
.'acn 70 Interfere with the regular ammo
- .a'iohs which will have to be made when
b.s. G ,esuiar proof and payment shall have
IS Zen ~ made by the claimant and his entry
.he tract eonsummated. The exist
oi such claims should also be noted,
tr.rt s,ca1; S IN their appropriate places in the
A.. ne Tracts liable to entry under this
tons: " '"' io'io"ins ueSisua-
a1a. A regular quarter section. not.
.'.anoing .c,a. It's quantity may be few
S. So more or less than one hundred and
OF quarter section which, though
pav;"'l, Iai iE quantity BY the passage of a
borrs o,e stream through the same, is still
sectional lines. '."' a''1 '"' '''
second A fractional section. containing
~ over one hundred and sixty acres. OF
y Eaet being detached or anomalous
GO; y made pursuant to law, and not ex.
srlng said quantity.
tonS ara' %; Two adjoining half quarter sec.
na-.s | tin all cases to be separated by 8
s;as sa and south line, except on the north
VI townships, where the surveys are
Of Ks act Of Congress of 1854, opsned the land,
weed dfss fes snd Nehrasks, which were not sur