Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-05-24

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The IIome.,end Rlll.

The following Is q correct COPY Of the Home,
stead bill ss passed BY both houses Of Congress
and signed BY the President:
AN ACr 10 secure omeseads to Actual setters on ths
Pubiic DOMAIN, and 10 rr,yde bountv far soia,s1s
10 lieu VI drants VI the Public Lands.
Be II enaeted by Me Snafe and House Of Rsp.
Tcss"tdtioss Of the Umt,d St4tes Of AmeyicI Tn
COnyress Assembled. rhaS suy pelsOu who il
tne mead VI u iHmily, or who has arrived at the
ege Oi twenty-0ne care, and 10 u citizen OF the
United Ssates, or who shall have filed hls do
clarAtOn VI Intention to become such, as re-
qulred by the naturalization laws OF the UuiLed
S.atee, aud who has never borne arms against
the Uoited States Government, or given aid
aid comloIt 10 Its eDemiee, sha Ii, from and after
the l,t 0i January, 1863 be entitled to enter one
quAter sectlun, Or u les, quantity, Of uuaDpro.
piinIed public lands, upJn which said q, rsOn may
have filed Lre-empuUn claim, Ur which may,
nI the ume The application 10 made, be SUBJECT
TO pre- ewptlon at 81 25. Or |, ss per acre; or
eighty acres or lees VI tuch ubapptO OpIis.ed
IaLdrJ ahd alter the same shall have beeu cut
veJeC: PiOutded, That any person O~Diug aud
residing ou ia.d IN ~, uuGer the provisions Of
this acs, euter other lauds slug cOuiik x uuus tO
bis Or her said laud, which sb III not, with the
Iand sO already uSu.d aud occupied, exceed Ia
the aggregate $50 acres
SEciI N 2. Aud b. u (uTfh,T enacted That
the pe.sOn applying iOr the D,n~i OF this act
shall, upon application TO the Register VI the
LtDO-Oiico u which he Or she 10 aUuuL to m h o
such eut!, IN AXE Ill Iavlt before the said Regis
ter Or Receiver that he or she is tue beau VI u
iamily, Ur ID t~euty one years or more of age,
or shall have ptrlOI service ia the amy vi
the UUited Scatter, AMI that he has neVrr horne
arms against the GVvetnmeut Of The Uuiu d
.ates, Or gwen aid aud comfort 10 ils ene mics
aud that such application Is IN ide ior his or her
exclusive use aud beutft aud that sRId entTy
is made Tor the purpose Uf actual settlement Z
aud cultivation, aud nOT ether directly or indi-
rtctly for the use Or beDeGt OF any o. her persOn
or persons whOmsoever /; aud upon iliug the
SAID ali iaVit wi h the Register or Receiver, aud
Ou pay ment OF $lO, lie or she shall thereupon
be permitted to euter the quantity Of lard speci-
fed Pouid,d, hOD,uer, That no certificate
shall be given or patent Issued therefor uuul the
expiration Of five years from the date OF such
euTy; aud it, ut the tx pr4tion OF such time or
At any time within tWO years thereafter, the
person making such entry-or if he De dead
bis widow: or IN case OF her death, his heirs or
devisee; or IN cLse of a widow making euch
entry, her heirs or devisee, ia case of her death
shall prove by two credible witnesses that he,
che, or they have resided upon or cultivated
the same for the term OF Eve years Immediately
succeeding the time OF fillug the affidavit atui q
eaid, and shall M ke O6iddot that no paTt OF said
land has GesH ottnated and that he has borne ue
Gkgiance 10 The GOueTHmehtCt Ct the United Siaes
LheJ, III such case, be, ehe, Ur they, II a. Iuat
time cit z n Of The UOi .eu S.ites, shall be en-
tiled 10 u Oateut, as in mLher cases o DIVIDED Tor
by law. Aud pTOOlded further, That 10 case OF
the death vi DULn iatUeT aud mother, leaving an
intabt chid, or children, uuder t.en y-Une ears
OF age the rIs BIT and lee shall enure 10 the ben
eft OF said infant child OI children; and the ex-
ucutor, administrator, or guardian may, at any
tune aithn two years AiEer The death of the
surviving parent, aud in aecuFdance with the
lawS OF the State 10 which euch children Tor the
ii me being have Their dOmicll sell said iaud ior
the beDe6I of said lbiants, out for no other pur
| poee aud the purchaser shall acquire the absu
Lutte title by purchase, aud De eutItied TO a pat
eUt IRON tue United StateR, on pay ment Of th,
| Office fees AGd sum OF m Duey herein specified.
| sac. 3. And te IL J1ythtT eRachd, That tht
Register vi tue l. ,uo- OIhce shall bote all such
sppIIc IIioDs On tue trAct books aud plAts OF hit
[ Id 80, AUD Keep register VI ali such eDtries
aid make return thtrrof TO the General L,ud
| Ofice, together with the proof upon which theJ
have Oeeu loud.
Sac. A. And be it furth,r enacted, That nc
lauus atq rIIed uLder tne p, oVlSour vi this &C
shall III any event become liable to the sati,.
faction ot auy debt Or debts contracted prior IC
the is-uiug OF The patent theF, for
Exc. S. Ahd be 1t further enacted, That if, a.
any llme alter Ibe thUg Oi Ihe affidavit, at
| required Ia the sec lou U! this act, aud before
the x Jiration vi tDe i've years aforesaid il sh a
be proven, alter due uO,ice TO the settler, 4
the ed isiac .ton oil the register Of the land OF
| h.L lnt. tar.nn h.vInu lad snch III 10 vi
snail have scGuaIiy changed his or her resi-
deuce, Ur abaudODtd the said land, shall hav
ceased u occupy said land ior more than Oh
mOnths at aUy time, lhe1 aud In that even
| The land 81 eL tered shall revert 70 the Govern
ment
sac. 6 And be Il further eGct,d. That no in
diViduAl su All be peiuILted " s,Qnre title Il
mUIe than QUE quarter Sec lou under the pruVis
lOus Ut lhIy ar, aud tha , the Com IN ouer Z
the General l. .nd Otfi;e is hereby required Il
prepare aud issue sucn rules and regulations
lconsisteut with this ac, ~ shall be Ut G, s.ar
aud proper to cHIy ns PROVISIONS lutu tffe ecI
an that the reg steis and ecelV-Is OF ,be se,
e.ai lSLd iices rhal, Oe 'nut ed o receive th
same cU upeUsaiOu tor any Iauus en cred Jude
the prUvIsJ0s vi this acL LnAS theS are now I'll
uLltd " Ieceive when the same O itlit. OF lsIt
Is entered with mo. ey, one.htli 10 be pa b.
tie person making The apple, ,tiou at the thu
vi 81 uoing, aud tue OShtr h ,lf ON The issue q
the c,rlhcate b. the person 10 whom H. ma, b
ISSUED, 0u. tiis shall nos be construed 10 ell
large The maxtmum OF com pensatlon now pie
scrIoed by la~ for any register or receiver
PrOUided, That nothing contained 10 tuis III
shall 90 so cJnstrued as ~ impair or inleIfeI
iu aUy mauDer Whatever wi h x ing prtemI
tion righ Q ARd prOUided further, Thai all pei
suus WaU may have flied tueir applications 4,
a preemptiOn right ptior to the passage OF thl
act shall oe enuded 10 all privileges OF this act
PrOU,ded, further That no Iefson who ha
served, Or may hereafter serve, Tor period Q
not less than ID days ia the army or navy
the United States, either regular or voluntetl
under the laws thereof. during the exlsteL ce
an actual war, domestic or ioreigp, shall
deprived oi the bentfts of this act on accouI
OF not having attained the age OF tWenty-on
years :. q
SEC I. And be Il further enacted, Toa. II Q fif
secuon Of The act euutlsd "Aa act in adul.lo
to an act more effectually to provide for th
punishment Of certain crimes against th
United States, and for other purposeS," aptro,
I'd the Sd OF March, in the year 1857, shall e,
tend TO all ostha, nfhrma,ions aud stfidavits, r,
quired or authorized by this act. WI
SEC. 8. Aad be Il further enacted, That nothin
in this act shall be so Construed as to prevel
any person who has awaited him or herself
the benift Of the first section Of this act fro
paying tie minimum plice, or the price
which the same tnay have graduated, for Il
quantity OF laud 80 entered at any time befo
tue expiration If the FIVE years, and obtainiI
pateLt therefor from the Government, US
other cases provided by lag, on making pro