The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-07-17
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LAWS OF THE UNITED State
Pls,ed at ne Second Session u de- Thirig ''re'ta

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Az ACT 10 secure homsteads 70 actual settlers on the
public domain
b. q enacted bv fs SENATE aHd ifsu,s Of Repr,ssaia
iiuos az he Uaiici siaies Of Amcfoa Coagrnt az
ssIabod, That any person who Is The head Of nmiiy
or Nhe has arrived the age Of iwenty-one years,
and IL citizen Of the United states, or who shall
have nlfd his declnrati1n Intention 20 become
such required By he naturalization laws Of the
United States, and wh1 has never borne
arms against the United states Government
or give aid and comfort 60 it, enemies shall,
from and after the hrs1 Of January, eighteen hun
dfod and sixty three be entitled Go eutor one QUAR-
Ter section or "a less quantity Of inappropriate pub
DC lands, upon which said person may have flea
presumption claim, or wifi ca may, AZ the time The
application s made De subject to pre- ompuon at one
dollar AMI twenty-five cents, or loss Dor -acre
eighty acres less Of such uuaprupriatei lands, at
two dollars aud my cents per acre, to bc u1atoI n
body, in conformity 10 The legal subdivisions of e
public lands, and afer the same shall have been
surveyed Ir0rided That amy person owning and re-
siding land may under DE provisions of This act,
enter other land lying contiguous 90 his or her Sail
land, which shall not, with the land 80 already own
cd and occupied exceed in the aggregate one hun
drod and sixty acres,
applying for The benefit Of this act shall, upon APP
pIiaa ton 20 the register OF the land ohce ga which
he she is the head Of family or Is twenty one OF
more years Ofage, or shaehaye performed service
In the army navy of ths United States, and that
he has never borne arms against the Government Of
The United States OF given aid ana comfort 70 is enc
mics, aud that such Application b. made for bis on her
exclusive and benefit and that said entry s. made
for the purpose uf actual settlement ami cultivation,
aud not either directly or indirectly for the
beneht Of any other person OF persons whomsocyer
and upon filing the said fdaVit with the register
receiver, aud on payment Of ten dollars he or She
shall horeupon DE permitted To enter The quantity Of
land specified: Proeided h9rerer, That no certihcat
shall be given cor patent hsued therefor
until the expiration Of hyc years from the
date Of such entry and iE at the expiration ut
such time, 20 any time within two years thereafter,
the person making snch oniryor % De- Do acad, hla
widow in u her death, his heirs duf iseo;
or in case OF widow making such entry her hoirs
dcyisec, iH Of her death-shall prove 10y two
ere liable witnesses that ne she they have resi-
dod upon cultivated the same for the term of hvo
years Immediately succeeding the time of fling The
anilavit aforesaid, and shall make aindayit that NO
part Of said land has boon aenated and that he has
borne true allegiance 90 the Government Oftho Uni
tel STATES then, On such case he she, or they II at
that time citizen Of the United States, shall be on
titled to patent as in other cases provided for by
law And pr0vided, FURTHER, That IN case Of the death
ofhoth father and mother, leaving an infant child,
on children, under wenty-one years age, the right
and fee shall 10 the benefit Of said infant child
children and the executor adminisira or,or guar
dian may, at any tine within two years after the
death Of the surviving PARENT anu ia accordance with
the laws of the STATE Ia which such children for the
time being have their domci, sell said land for tho
benefit Of said infants, but for no other purpose ana
the purchaser shall acquire the absolute title 10y the
purchase, ana be entitled "a patent from the United
states, payment Of the Office fees aud sum Of mon
| ey herein specified.
Sec 3. aud be II dniLe enacted, That the register
ofthe land Office shall note all such applications on
! the tract books and pats of his once and Keep a
register Of all such entries, and make return thereof
TO the General ana Office, together with the proof
upon which they have been founded.
Sec A. And be Il tuyuer enacted, That no lands ac.
quired under the provisions of this act shall la any
event become liable 10 the satisfaction fanny debt or
debts contracted prior 10 the issuing Of the patent
| therefor
! See g. ind Be Il further enacted, That ir at any
! time after the filing of the AFFIDAVIT as required Ia
the second section OF this act, aud before tho eXpra-
lion of the 1--WE years aforesaid 1t shall be proven,
In bn ffr n fiff
register Of the land office, that the person having III
cd such AFFIDAVIT shall have actually changed his or
] her residence, or abandoned the said lana for more
than six months az any time, then ana IN that event
the land entered shall revert % the Government.
Sec. g. And be a. 6puisr enacted, That no iRiyilual
shah be permitted 10 acquire title TO more Uan one
quarter section under the provision of this act ami
that the Commissioner Of the General Land Office Is
hereby ye uiret 90 prepare and issue such general
rules au regulations, consistent with this act, as
shall De necessary ami proper 20 carry It's provisions
into elect ana that the registers and receivers OF
the several au1 offices shall be entitled % receive the
same compensation for any lgus entered under the
provisions of this act that thS are now entitled TO
receive when the same quantity OF land is entered
with money, half 10 be pait hy the person max
ing the application at the time ui doing, ami the
other half ON the issue Of the certificate by the per
son TO whom may De issued but this shah not be
| construed 10 enlarge the maximum OF compensation
nbw prescribed 10y law for any register receiver
Pg0giisd That nothing contained in this act shall be
construed as 20 impair or intefcre in any manner
whuevcr with existing pre- cmpuon rights: and pro-
their applications Tor pre emptiuu right prior to
the passage OF ia is act shall De- emitted tu ali prgi
eyos Of this act Irorided further, That no person
who has served, may hereafter serve, for period
Of less than fourteen days in the army or navy ul
the UntodStatos either regular ouuteer under the
labs thereof during the existence of AN actual war,
domestic foreign, shall bo deprived OF the benefits
of this act ON account Of not having attained the age
Of twenty one years.
Sec. 7. And Be further ou1o'el, That he fifth sec
ton Of the act entitled An act in aid ton 90 an act
more eHectuilly 10 provide for che punishment Of
certain crimes against the United states AMI Or 9th
er purposes approved the third of March, in che
year eighteen hundred AMI hitysoycu, shall extend
% all oaths, atirnatons, ANA aihiavts, required
| authorized by this act.
/ Sec. 3. and BE- h Further enacted That nothing in
! this act shall De So construed as Co prevent amy
] person who has avai'et him or herself u
the benefits OF the hrt section of this act from pay
! ing tic minimum price, or the price 90 which tha
same may have grauluttcd, for the quantity 0. land
so euterciat amy time before the expiration of CAS-,
years, aud obtaining patent therefor from the GOV
eminent, as IN other cases provided by law ON ma,
j king proof Of settlement ani cultivation provides
/ by existing hws granting pre- emption rights.
! Approved, May ~, lsd2