Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-11-16
Cairo and Fulton RaiIroad /

oaiLo aAo uIton hallTOad NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIM<Ts.
 OFFICE CAIRO X FuLroH R. R. %.,)
 Little Rock, Nov. 3, 1859. TNHE act of the Legislature oYtbe State A oi Arkansas, approved November 26th. 1856. which is entitled "an act to aflend an act to aid in the construction of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad, approved January 18th. 1853" for which see sessjeh laws of s56-pace s'r' provides, among other things as follows:
 "SEc. ,. Every person, who, on the 9th day of February, 1853, occupied, by residence and cultjva ton thereon, any tract of land comprised in the grant made by virtue of and under the provisions of such act ot Congress of February 9th. 1853. may purchase from said Cairo and Fulton Railroad Com pany, at two dollars and fifty cents per acre. the legal subdivision of such land as shall nclude his residence and actual Improvements not to exceed one quarter section, by complying with the follow ing conditiOns:-
 "SEC 5. Such claimant shall, within three months after said lands are selected and confirmed to said Company, and list or plat thereof filed in the Recorders office in the county in which such lands may lie, file with the Auditor of State his own affidavit accompanied by the afiidavits of two dslnterested free holders of his county describnc the land claimed by legal sub divisions proyno the fact of such occupancy, residence and cultivation upon such legal subdivision with view to actual N'' ''ioH anu scttieHeLt, DelOre the day above speeihed Sald Company may, by giving reasona- D!e houce to such claimant, appear before the Au- dtor and controyert the facts set forth in sucb i davits, and the Auditor may swear witnesses hear prool, and, for cause shown, set aside any such cialm' PROVIDED, That no such claim shall be set aside for msdescription, or error in form only founded on mistake; but on affidavit showing such mistake, reasonable time may be given for the til ing ot corrected proof.
 SEC 1. Said claimant shall, after thrne months or as soon thereafter said Company shall be in a condition to make title, pay to said Company the consideration for said land as herein before provid- ed:-whereupon he shall be entitled to receive from sad company deed for the same: but in case of failure to hle sad proof pay said consideration money, within the respective times specified the right to make such purchase shall cease
 "oEc. Q. There is hereby reserved to said Com. pahV, ana the deeds to be given said claimants un |. Ger the provislons ot ths Act, shall contain re- seryaton ot two hundred feet in width through ol tracts Of land So conveyed if required for the reht ot way for said road.''
 NOTICE is hereby given, that on the 9tb d,v of June, lso9, Supplemental Schedule or list of iahds comprised III the aforesaid grant, comprsinr 4o,loo 0i-lUO acres, was furnished at the General Lana Ofnce, and has been delivered to this comnanv also that lists ot such lands have been filed in oihces of the Recorders of the respective counties Tn winch such lands lie, for the information of whom It may concern, as required in section three above given.
 All persons claiming the benefit of the provisions or said act are notified to file and perfect their proofs within the time therein prescribed
 Nov.9, 1859. St