The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-22

ya,s the lor NE term OF ave years I'D sun ~,
upon lie (and that neither tilg sail Ia ~ he
u ~ thereof has beer aera,ed) then, IN o"4e -
| she o. they, upon the payment of twehty live isI
poe scrf fgr The quantity entered shall be enti.
40, ptn. d1 n.her in case OF the death Of both father
and ng her leaving MINOR child or children, the right
aud TN zee shall nure % she oeneu. o, sao mv I'm. ,
chilrca. add lie glardisn sha be althorzi 70 pcrec'
ne en,ry tr ste banefciares as II there had ben con
tftcd rcscos of the settler for i've years froYiaca
tia; nothing ia THE section shall be 30 eoistI a.
embrace or /, rpy wry include any quarter section
land whict fay ps&emption right has been aclieu
prior passage Of this act and proyidsa lurlel
thai ali c,tres m se aufr The provisions of tbs, section
upon aaGs which haven been offered for puDis say,
shall be- c,ned amt upo sections designated " ouo
numbers
Sec 2 Aube il frtaer en,sssl that the Register OF
the land Office shall all aucf applications on the rSs
books and pats OF his office and Keep register OF al
such entries ara make return Nereof to the Generas
Land Once together with tie proof spon which 'hey nave
been founded
Sec g. And be it further enacted than land acquired
under the provisions of this act SHALL ia any event. oe
come liable to the satisfaction OF any debt OF debts until
after the issuing OF the patent therefor.
sec e. And be it further enacted that II at any time
after fling the affidavit required inthe erss section OF
this act and before the expiration OF the hve years aoe
said II shall be proved after due notice TO the settler TO
the satisfaction Of the Register Of the land Office that the
person having filed such aAdav shall have sworn false
y IN particular, shall have voluntarily abandoned
the possession and cultivaton Of the saia land Tor more
entry then, and in either Of those events the Rgiser
shall cancel the entry and the land so entered Shall re-
vert to the government and be disposed OF As 0snef pTD
Secretary Of the Interior. Asd in no case shall
any land, the entry whereof shall have been
chase. until the same Shall have been reported the
General land Once and by the drecton of the President
OF the United States again advertisecan offered Al pubic
sale.
secb And be 10 further enacted, chat l. any person,
Tcrritores and not citizen of the United States, but
who OF making such application Tor the pcnen.
of this act shall have filed declaration OF INTENTION as
required by the naturalization laws Of the United States
asd shall have become citizen OF the same before lne
person shall be entitled 10 all the rights conferred by TINS
Fec G. And be il f,rthsr enacted, that individual
shall be permitted to make more than one entry under
the provisions This act and that the Secretary OF the
Interior hereby required to prepare and ISSUE from
time 20 lime such rules and regulations consistent with
this act, shall be necessary aud proper to carry
its provisions into effect, and that the registers and
receivers OF the several land offices shall be entitled
receive upon the cling OF the hr affidavit, the sum Of
iay each and like upon the issuing OF the
hnal certificate But this shah not be construed TO
large the ma xnum compensation prescribed by
LAW for any register receiver. Provided that nothing
m his act Shall be 20 construed to impair the existing
pre- pton dona,on graduation Laws, to embrace
lands which have been reserved ~ be sold or entered at
The prcc OF TWO dollars ami CAV cents er acre; but no
entry under said graduation shall be allowed until
proof of actual settlement and cultivation OF occu'
pancy icr least three months as provided FOR in Sec
sec l. And be il further enacted. Thai each actual set
tier upon Lands OF the Cnited states which have not
been offered public sale upon fling his declara-
tion chim as now required by law, shall be
entitled 10 two years ison the commencement OF his
uryeyed two years from, the receipt Of the approved
plot such u's At the district land office, within which
complete the proofs bis si c.aim aud TO enter aud
pay for the land 50 claimed at minimum price OF such
lands: aud where settlements have already been
in good faith the claimant shan be entitled TO the
period Of years from and after the date of this
Provided that no claim oi prcenpon shall be al
lowed To- than QUE hundred and sixty acres, OF one
quarter Con of land nor shall any such claim be ai
under Tie prov sous CT this act unless there shall
ben q, least three months Of actual and continuous
esidcnce N and cultivation Of, the baud clamed,
from the date OF settlement and proof thereof made &C
cordng 10 law Provided further that all persons who
prc-empore the date OF the passage OF this act
shall upon the ~ the ant hority OF sixty
and half cents pee u paid within two years
fon the passage or this act be enttledto patent from
the government, provided by the existing
pre-cmp ION laws Provided further, ,ss any claimant
under prescription laws may take less than leo acres
Oy legal subdivisions.
see Ana he IL further enacted that the th section
Of the entitled san act in addition 10 an act more
eectuay provide for the punishment Of certain crimes
against the United States, and for other purposes ap.
proved the third Of March, in the year eighteen hundred
and y shall extend 10 all oatha, ahrmations and
affdavits required or authorized by this act.
Sec Q. And be II further enacted, that nothing In this
act shall be construed 10 prevent any who
has avsed him herself of tho beneat OF the rst sec
tions OF this act from paying the minimum price or the
price to which the same may have graduated for the
quantity OF land entered at any time after actual
settlement o. six mouths and before the expiration OF
the Ave years and obtaining patent therefor from the
government, as In other cases provided by law
Sec TO- And be 1t further enacted. that ell lands lying
within the limits of State which have been subject TO
sale at private entry, and which remain ulsod after the
lapse OF thirty five years, shall be- and the
hereby ceded the State In which the may be 81
tuated Provided, these cessions shall in way iuva
any nceptve preempton, right or location nor any
sale sales which be made by the United states be
fore the hereby coded shall be certified To the state
as they hereby required 10 be- under such regulation
may be prescribed by the Secretary OF the Interior
and ided further, that ccs.pns shall take effect
until after the States By legislative act, shall have as
sented TO the same.