The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-02-19


paying at the time OF such purchase TWEEN
ty,fye per cent, of tho purchase price and
the balance Of principal, at the option of
the purchaser, ANY time within ten years
thereafter, and paying interest annually
on said balance Of principal; and said
Commissioner shall, upon the payment of
said twenty-five per cent issue to said
purchaser certificate agreeable to tho
terms Of said sale, which certificate shall
be void IL said purchaser or his assigns
shall not, within one year thereafter, set
tie upon and become an actual and perma-
nent resident thereon aud cultivate and
improve the same.
Sec. 9. Every settler or occupant of said
lands ut the time of the passage of this
act. and who shall have been settler there
on on the first day of December, one thou
sand eight hundred and fitty-seven, and
which lands are valuable mainly as agri-
cultural lands, is authorized to enter with
the Commissioner Of the Land Office, by
legal subdivisions, any number Of acres
not above quarter section, in one body,
TO include his Improvements; and any per-
son owning and occupying lauds adjoining
any swamp lands on the first day Of De-
cenber one thousand eight hundred and
f.ty-seven, valuable mainly for agricultu-
raj purpo ,cs, is also authorized 10 enter
with the Commissioner OF the Land Office,
by legal subdivisions, any number ofacres
not TO exceed one hundred and sixty acres,
including the land aud improvements so
owned and occupied by said claimant.
Sec. TO- ii two or more persons are set
tied upon and claim the same quarter sec
ton, the said quarter section shall be divi-
ded between the first two settlers, if By a
line cast and west, or north and south,
the improvements Of each can be included
on a half-quartcr section; and in such case
each Of said persons shall be entitled to
enter half quartcr section elsewhere upon
said lands.
Sec. IL. Any person claiming pre-cmp-
ton under this act, shall make proof OF
settlement within sixty days from the pas
sage of this act. T. the Commissioner, to
his satisfaction, in such manner as herein
after directed, and agreeable to such rules
and regulations as shall be from time to
time prescribed by sueh Commissioner ;
and shall also. within the same tine, make
proof of the character and quality OF said
land claimed and said Com missioner shall
make entry in book kept !or that pur-
pose, that said land is claimed.
See. l.. No person shall be entitled to
more than one pre-emption right by viz
tue Of this at, nor shall any person be en-
titled TO any rights of presumption under
this act, who is at the same time the pro-
prietor Of half quarter section of land in
any State or Territory Of the United States
AMI no section or fraction Of sections inclu
dcd within tic limits of any incorporated
village or city, and no part Of l lot settled
and occupied for purposes q trade anc
not l5f a~rlcuitu!cj ann no IahdS on Wnlch
az kn9wa s7iincs c. Mincs sh1li b liable
u entry BY sc.cm. lin By virtue Of this
act.
So. IS. Be'cra aay person SHALL be en-
titled 20 cuteraay lands byp omftion un-
der tho provisions Of this net, such person
shall make proof to tho Commis ;2nyr o!
the State Land Once, by lis affidavit and
other testimony, in such manner rs s1ia
Comm oncrshall direct, that said land Is
valuable mainly rs farming land, and not
Cox timber; that he has resided upon the
same since the first day Of December, one
thousand ci-'t hundred and ffty-seyen
that he O. she he's never had the benefit oi
any nra-empt.ou under this act that he o.
she IS no, the owner Of a half quarter sec
.iyn oi land in any State or Territory OF the
/ United States, and that he or she has not
1blnloned residence on other lands still
owned by hin or her to reside upon SAID
I land claimed under this act; and II am
such person shallsw ar falsely IN The prem
ises, they shall be liable to all tao pains
aal penalties o. perjury.
SEC. i. Any person pre-emptng IN
der this act, shall, Within enc year from
tn, PASSAGE Of this act, pay to the Stat,
Treasurer twenty-five per cent. OF TIC min
imum price of said land, and the Commits
soncr orthc Land Once shall issue to him
u71n the payment Of said twenty-five pc
cent, certificate requiring the paymcn
Of the balance Of principal at any time, Al
the option Of tn, purchaser, not excecdin:
tn wears from the date Of said certificate
and the payment of interest annually, anC
said certificate shall be void, and all pay
ments thereon forfeited, if default b
made thereon.
Sec. Is. Tho part paid swamp land.
heretofore sold, and which shall hereafter
be sold, shall be assessed in the same man
nsr, and the taxes thereon shall b. collect
ell IN the same manner, in oil respects, a
part paid primary school lands.
Sec Is. All of said swamp lands stua
ted IN the townships g. iansing and Mcri
diam in the county Of lngham, and in the
townships of Dewitt aud Bath, county o.
Clinton, except such as have been occupied
by persons entitled to presumption under
this act at Least thirty days next previou,
10 the passage Of this act, shall be reserved
I from SAL, by said Commissioner, and poses