The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-02-16

cent. OF the purchase price, and the bal
ance Of the principle At. tho option Of the
purchaser any time within ten years there
after, and paying interest annually on said
balance Of principle; and said Commits
sioner shall, upon the payment Of said
twenty five per cent, issue to said purcha-
ser certificate agreeable TO the terms Of
said sale, which certificate shall be VI id if
said purchaser or his assigns shall not with
In one yetr thereafter settle upon and be-
come an actual and permanent resident
thereon and cultivate and improve the same.
Sec. 0. Every settler or occupant of said
lands at the time Of the passage of this
act, and who shall have been a settler
thereon on tho lst of December, 1857,
and which lands arc valuable mainly rs
agricultural lands, is authorized to enter
with the Commissioner of tho Land Office
by legal subdivisions, any number of acres
not above one quarter section, in one boddy,
TO ihclude his improvements. And any
person owning and occupying land adjoin-
ing any swamp lands on the first day of
December, 1857, valuable mainly for ag-
ricultural purposes is also authorized TO en-
ter, with the commissioner of the land
office by legal subdivisions, any number of
acres not exceeding one hundred and sixty
acres including the land and Improvements
so annexed and occupied 10y said claimant.
Sec. 10. If two or more pcrsons aie set
tied upon the same quarter section the
quarter section shall be divided between
the two first settlers, IL by line cast and
west, or north and south the improvements
of each can be included on half quarter
section, and in such case each of said per-
sons shall be eV titled to enter half quar-
ter section elsewhere upon said lands.
Sec. II. Any person claiming pre- emp
tion under this act, shall make roof Of
settlement within sixty days from the pas
sage of this act, TO the Committee, to his
satisfaction, in such manner as hereinafter
directed, and greeablc to such rules and
regulations as shall be from time TO time
prescribed by such Commissioner, and shall
also, within the Same time, make rroof Of
the character and quality of said land
claimed, and said Commissioner shall
make entry in book kept for that purpose,
that said land is claimed.
Sec. IL. No person shall be entitled to
more thar one rre-cmpton right by virtue
of this act--nor shall any person be enti-
tied TO any rights Of pre-emption 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 to reside upon any Of said lands
shall be entitled to pre- cmpt under the
provisions OF this act and 10 section or
fraction Of sections included within the
lhnlls OF any incorporated village or city,
and no part Of a lot seillcd aud occupied
for purposes of trade and not for agricuI.
ture, and no lands ON which are known sa.
lines or mince rloll Le Hath ,mtJ l.,
pre- emption by virtue Of tlis act
Sec. 3. Before say person shall be en-
titled TO enter any lands by pre- emp,ion
under the provisions Of this act, such per.
son shall make proof to the Commissioner
Of the State Land Office by this affidavit
sud other testimony, in such manner ms
said Commissioner shall direct, that said
land is valuable mainly as farming land,
and not for timber, that he has resided
upon the same since the first day of De.
ccmbci, 1857, and that he or she has new
er had the bcuefit f any Pre- cmpton un-
der tins act, that he or she is not the own.
er OF half quarter section Of land in any
State or Territory Of the United States,
and that ho or she has not abandoned
residence on other lands still owned Ivy
hnn or her, to reside upon said land claim.
ed under this act, and il any such crson
shall swear falsely in the premises, they
shall be liable TO all tho pains and penal
ties of perjury.
Sec. Ia. Any person pre-empting under
this act, shall within one year from the
passage of this ac,, pay to the State Treas.
urer twenty-five per cent. Of the minimum
price of said land, and the Commissioner
of the Land Office shaI issue TO him, upon
the payment of said twenty five per cent
a certificate requiring the payment OF the
balance Of principal at any time at the
option of the purchaser not exceeding ten
years from the date Of said certificate, and
the payment Of interest annually, and said
certificate shah be void and all payments
thereon forfeited if default be made there
on.
Sec. Is. The part paid swamp lands
heretofore sold and which shall hereafter
be sold shall be assessed in the same man
ner, and the taxes thereupon shall be col
ccled in the same manner in all respects,
rs part paid primary school lands.
Sec. l6. All of said swamp lands stu.
ate in the townships of Lansing and Me-
-idian, in the county of Ingbam, and in
he townships of Dewitt and Bath, coun.
y OF Clinton, except such as have been
occupied by persons entitled to prc-cmp-
ion under this act at least thirty DAYS
leSt previous TO the passage Of this act,
hall be reserved from sale 10y said Com
missioner, and possession OF the same shall
'c Immediately delivered over to the Agri
ultu:al College for lis use, and for the
purposes of drainage and reclamation in
ecordance with the provisions of the act
# Congress donating the same to the
state
Sec. 2. All the provisions of law now
force, not inconsistent with this act, and
pplicablc to the public lands If this State
ball be held to apply to said swamp lands.