The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-06-03
EVANSVILLE, IND. TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 5. Isea

acsJshal In any event become liable to the
satisfaction ofany debt or debts contracted
prior to the Issuing of the patent therefor
Sec. 8. Ass8 belt further enacted. That if
at any time after the fling of the affidavit
as required in the second section of thi:
act, and before the expiration of the Eve
years aforesaid, it shall be proven, after due
notice to the settler, TO the satisfaction ol
the register of the land Office, that the Der.
son having fled such affidavit shall have
actually changed his or her residence, or
abandoned the said land for more than six
months at any time, then and in that event
tue land so entered shall revert to the Gov
ernment.
See. 6. AAd be Il further sena ted. That no
1ndiglduala shall be permitted to acquire
titie to more than one quarter section un.
der the provisions of this act; and that the
commissioner of the General Land Office is
hereby required TO prepare and issue such
rules aud regulations, consistent with this
act, as shall be necessary and proper 10
3 carry its provisions Into effect; and that
the register and receivers of the several
land Offices shall be entitled to receive the
Same compensation for any lands entered
under the provisions of this act that they
are now entitled 10 receive when the same
quantity Of land is entered with money,
one-ba + 10 be paid by the person making
the application at the time of sodOing, aud
me other half on the issue of the certificate
by the person to whom it may be issued
but this shall not be construed to enlarge
the maximum compensation now prescribed
by law for any register or receiver: Pro-
Otded, That nothing contained in this act
shall be so construed as to impair or inter
fFrfere IN any manner whatever with ex-
lstlng pre- emption rights: And pr0eided
further, That all who my have fled their
applications for pre-emption right prior
to the passage of this act shall be entitled
to all privileges Of this act: PROVIDED fur
ther, That no person who has served, or
may hereafter serve, for a period of not less
than fourteen days in the army or navy If
the United States, either regular or vonn-
teer, under the laws thereof, during the ex-
lsttnce of an actual war, domestic or for
eign, shall be deprived of he benefits of
tins act on account of not having attained |
the age of twenty one years.
Sec. Z. And be 1t further enacted. That
the fifth section of the act entIled An
act in addition to an act more effsctualiy to
provide for the punishment of certain |
crimes against the United States, and for |
other purposes approved the third of
March, in the year eighteen hundred aud |
fifty seven, shall extend to all oaths, affirm !
atoms and affidaViIs, required or authorized |
by this act.
Sec. 8. And be 10 further enacted That /
EothtHg in this act ehall be SO constructed |
"a 10 prevent any person who has aVailed |
him or 9eTself of the benefits of the first |
section of this act from paying the mini |
mum price, or the price to which the same |
may have graduated, for the quantity of |
land so entered at any time before the ex- !
piration of the five years, and obtaining a |
patent therefor from the Government, as in |
other cases provided by law, on making |
proof OF settlement and cultivation as pro- |
vided by existing laws granting pre-emp-
ton rights.
Approved. May 20, 1852. ------