Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-06-11

SEC. 5. And be It further enacted,
That if, at any time after the filing Of
the affidavit, asrcquircd in the section of
this act, and before the expiration Of the
FIVE years aforesaid. it shall be proven,
after due notice to the settler, to the sat
isfacton Of the Register OF the Land
Office, that the person having filed such
affidavit shall have actually changed his
or her residence or abandoned the said
land or shall have ceased to occupy SAID
land for more than six months at any
time, then, and in that event. the land
so entered shall revert to the Govern
! ment.
SEC. 6. And be II further enacted,
That no individual shall be permitted to
acquire title to more than one quarter
section under the provisions of this act;
and that the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office is hereby required to
prepare and Issue such rules and regula-
tons, consistent with this act, as shall be
necessary and proper to carry its provi-
sions into effect; and that the Registers
and Receivers of the several Land Off
ces shall be entitled to receive the same
compensation for any lands entered I'M
der the protection of this act that they
arc now entitled to receive when the
same quality of land is entered with
money, one-half to be paid by the person
making the application at the time OF 50
doing, and the other half on the issue OF
the certificate by the person to whom it
NAV he issued; but this shall not be con-
strued to enlarge the maximum of com
pensaton now prescribed by Jaw for any
Register or Receiver: Provided, That
nothing contained in this act shall be SO
constructed as to impair or interfere in
any manner whatever with existing pre-
emption rights: And provided, further,
That all persons who may have filed
their applications for pre- emption
right, prior to the passage Of this act,
shall be entitled TO all the privileges of
this act: Provided, further, That no
person who has served, or may hereafter
serve, fol period Of not less than four
teen days in tho army or navy Of the
United States, either regular or volunteer,
under the laws thereof, during the exist
ence of an actual war, domestic or for
eign. shall be deprived of the benefits Of
this net on account of not having attained
the age of twenty-ono years.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted,
That the fifth section of the net entitled
&" An act in addition to an act more eff
fectually to provide for the punishment
OF certain crimes against the United
States. and for other purposes" approved
the Sd of March, in the year 1857, shall
extend to all oaths, afirmations, and
afidayits, required or authorized by this
act.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,
That nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued as to prevent any person who has
availed him or herself of the benefit Of
the first section of this net from paying
the minimum price, or the price to
which the same may have graduated, for
the quantity of land SO entered, at any
time before the expiration of the five
years, and obtaining patent therefor
from the Government, as in other cases
provided by law, on making proof of
settlement and cultivation rs provided by
existing laws granting pre- emption
rights