The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-04

AZ urosided for in section three of the said act
SEC. q. and Be It far6aer enacted. Ira
each actual settler upon lands of the United
| States which have not been offered at nnbI;c
ale. upon filing his declaration or claim as
! now required By law, shall be entitled to two
wears from the commencement of his occupa-
ton or settlement, or if the lands have mot
been surveyed, two years from the recent of
the approved plat of such lands at the district
land Office, within which to complete Il proofs
of his said claim, and to enter and pay for the
land so claimed, at minimum price of such
lands and where such settlements have al
| ready been made in good faith. the claimant
shall be entitled to the said period of two
Years from and after the date of this act -
Provided that no claim of pre-emption shall
be allowed for more than one hundred and
sixty acres. or one quarter section of land, nor
shall any such claim be admitted under the
nroyisons of this act, unless there shall have
been at least three months of actual and con-
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of the
land so claimed from the date of settlement,
and proof thereof made according to law =
Provided. further, That any claimant under |
the pre-emption laws may take less than one |
hundred and sixty acres BY legal subdivisions:
Provided, further, That all persons who are
pre-emtors on the date Of the passage of this
act, shall, upon the payment to the proper au-
thority, of sixty-two and one-half cents per
acre, If paid within two years from the passage
of this act, be entitled to a patent from the
Government, and now provided by the exis-
ting prevention laws.
SEC. s. .And be it further enacted, That the
fifth section of the act entitled IAN act in adj
dition to an act more efectualiy to provide for
the punishment of certain crimes against the
United States, and for other purposes" ap-
proved the third OF March, in the year eigh-
teen hundred and fiffy-seyen, shall extend to
all oaths, affirmations. and affidavits, required
Or authorized by this act.
Sec g. -And Be IL further enacted, That
nothing in this act shall be so construed as to
lreyent any person who has awaited him or
herself Of the benefit of the first section of
his act from paying the minimum price, or
he price to which the same may have gradua-
ed, for the quantity Of land so entered at any
ime alter an actual settlement of six months,
nd before the expiration of the five years and
blaming patent therefor from the Govern
nent, as in other cases provided by law.
SEC. 10. -4ad Be it further enacted, That
u lands lying within the limits of State
which have been subject to sale at private en-
ry, and which remain unsold after the lapse
{ thirty five years, shall be, and the same are
ereby, coded to the State in which the same
nay be situated Provided, These cessions
hall in no way invalidate any inceptive pre-
mption right or location, nor any sale or
ales which may be made by the United
tates before the lands hereby coded shall be
ertitied to the State, as they are hereby re-
uired to be, under such regulations as may
e prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: I
nd provided. further, That no cessions shall
Ike effect until after the States, by legisla- /,
We act, shall have assented to the same.