Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-08-23

AN ACT confirming certain land entries und,
! the third section of the act of third Murch,
eighteen hundred and itv five, entitled ; "A n
net making appropriations Tor the service OF the
Post Office Department. during the fiscal year
ending the thirteenth June, eighteen hundred
and fifty six"
BE il enacted by The Senate and House Of R,pre.
sentatiues of The Uaitrd Statcs Of Amcrica in C0a
gress assmblcd, That all entries which have here
tolore been allowed by registers and receivers, and
IN regard To which no adv rse claims have arisen
under decisions Of the Secretary ol the Interior,
or of the Commissioner Of the General Land
Office, setting asile such entries, under that por
ton of the lhrd provso to the first section Of on
act approved third March, eighteen hundred Al
tity five, entitled "An act making nppropIiati' ms
for the service OF the Post Office Department dur
ing the fiscal year ending the thirteth OF Juna,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty six" In the
following words ~ hat each contractor eng aged,
| in carrying The mails through any oi the 1erri-
tories west OF the Mississippi shall have the priv
| ilege OF occupying stations at the rate OF not
more than ono Tor every twenty miles oi the rou't
| on which he carries mail, aud shall have pre-
empton right therein when the same shall he
brought into market to the entent OF six hundrtt
aud forty acres, to he taken contiguOusly, aud Il
include his Improvements; but no such pre- emp
ton right shalt extend to any pass IN n mountain
ur any other drtlc," be, aud the same IL hereby
confirmed, subject 10 any bona iide claim under
any law of the United States to the whole q, any
locations made prior or subsequent TO the date o
the selection thcreuiby the persons aforesaid; ant
the Commissioner OF tho General Land Dh ~ II
hereby directed To Issue patent Tor the lands en-
braced IN snll entries upon payment OF one dullu
and twenty five cents per acre Tor the land em
bruccd in ouch patents Proudtd, That each con
tractor shall satisfy the Secretary OF the interior
that he has complied with the terms ui his con
tract, aud that said entries have been ussi aud oG
cupied ns stations On the line OF the route durirl
the existence ot his contract; and that the pruvis
ions OF this act shall be restricted to one and The
first bona hide set oi pre- 'cmpions on one aud th'
same line ul route.
SIC 2 iRi be a. further enacted, That NJ
rights, from anl after the passage OF this net sha
accrue under the provisions Oi the aforesaid act o
| third ol Mur,h, eighteen hundred and hty hive
which provisions are hereby repealed, saving al
rights heretofore acquired, or those provided in
In the oregoin 3; nnl that for rhe purpose Of acil
lilanng the transportation of the public mails o
the United States west of tho Miss ssIppi river {,
the Pacf fc ocean, ana intermediate POINTS, The
secretary ol the Interior he, aud he Is hereby
authorized, upon the application ot the PustmaaiCI
General, 10 reserve as mail stations, iur the Us,
aud occupancy of mail contractors during the ex
lstence ui their contracts, IA quantity OF puhli,
lands, not exceeding the area ui one secliun II
, any aud all such localities n in his Judgment M,
deemed necr ssary or advisable to be taken wher
r the public surveys have been mnde according Il
i the lines oi those surveys but where stations hay,
been er may hereafter he designed IN advance Il
the public surveys, SUCH stations shall he laid oil
under The direction Of the Postmaster Gen, raj, II
n square form, ih power TO order the aduSImen II
hereafter OF such buundarit =, to conform 10 ih
- lines nj the public surveys, ii such adjustment b
l. deemed advisable, which lands thus reserved Il
= stations shall be held as permanent mail servic
T. reservation not subject Ia the operation of nm
existing pre- empuon or other general Ian lave
.. SIC BE n JH'iher enacted, Tint Whenever
from any cnuso, any Of the reservations mad
:, under tho second s,clun oi this act, shalt be- u
~ longer needed Tor the purposes originally intend
o cd, or the convenience ot the service shall uquir
lr achange o location, the reservation thus blnlnr
v ed by tho Postmaster General shall In aid e.
1t into suiIabls os par els aud sold ut puhc sal
10 the high 81 bidder after ut leust thr mln,l
public notice, under The direction Of the Socrolar
at tho ln,eIi0', ana patents therefor shall issue
IN ia the ease OF the sale oi other public lands al
!, all laws or parts oi laws herenhoore passed gran
4 ing tho pre empunn privilege To mai contractor
:. he, aud the same aro hereby repealed but this r
y peal is not to affect any rights which may ha'
y actually vested under th6so laws before the pa
sage Of this act.
e. App owed June 81, 1860