Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-10-24

for said county of Brown and when 90 sul1
veyed, plated. and recorded, he shah Gauss
each and all said lots to be sold separately 1t
public auction, giving not not less than two
months notice Of the time and place of such
sale BY advertising the same in such news
papers and for such per iod Of time % he
may deem best: Every such lot shall be
hot paid for within twenty foor hours Acm
the time Of purchase, it shall be liable 10 be
fesold under the order of the commissioner
of the general. land-ofice Aforesaid, but 10
sale shall be binding until approved BY the
Secretary Of the Interior.
Sec. 2. Axd be tt further enacted, That
it shall be the duty of the President to cause
patents to be issued in due form of law for
each and every such lot as soon as may be
after the parchase Of and payment for the
same.
Sec. 8. And be il .fxrher exdciSd. That
it shall also be the duty Of the commissioner
of the land-officc to cause so much of the
public domain adjacent to said reserve a.
lies between said Beaver Dam Run and
Duck Creek to be re-surveyed into lots, the
lines of which shall conform as near as may
be to the lines of the survey formerly made
by Albert g. Ellis, and shall cause certified
plats thereof to be returned as is provided
by law in the case of other surveys of the
public domain; and he shall thereupon pro.
ceed to dispose of the same as other public
lands are disposed Of, saving to every person
who upon the passage of this act may be in
possession of any part of said lands, and
shall have made improvements thereon, Is
provided under the pre-emptioh laws OF the
United States, the right to purchase any lots
SO improved, lying contiguous to each other,
and not exceeding in the ag regate eighty
acres, upon making proof of such possession
and improvements, and paying for such lots
the sum of one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, within six months after public nd.
tice shall be given of the time and place for
making such proof and payment
Sec. 4. And be it .fnriAsr enacted; That
the commissioner of the general land-dfite
shall cause the military reserve of Foft
Crawford, in the county of Crawford. in the
same State, to be surveyed and disposed Of
in the manner prescribed in the first sections
of this act for the disposition of the Fort
Howard Reserve.
APPROVED, March 8, 1863. ' ,
cPURuic Nh. tho.
An act to amend an Act entitled "An Act
to promote the Progress Of the useful
Arts"
Be it enacted 1y the Senate and Hosse Of
Representatives. Of the United States ofAxteSs
ica in C0sgress assembled. That % much
section seven of the act entitled .An act to
promote the progress of the useful. ATS" ap.
proved July four; eighteen hundred and thff.
ty-six, as requires renewed of the oath, be,
and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. And be 1t further esacted, That.
whereas, the falling off of the revenue IT
the patent-offcc required reduction Of the
compensation Of the examiners and clerks, of
Other employees in the Office after the thirty.
first day of August, eighteen hundred aid
sixty-one, that the commissioned Of patents
be, and he is hereby, authorized, whichever
the revenue Of the office will justify him in
SO doing. to pay them such sums. in addition
to what they shall already have received, q
will make their compensation the came q Il
was at that time: .f- .-s.s7.-
Sec. 8. And be IL .fat,1tr enacted; That
every patent shall be dated as Of day not
later than six months after the time Ut which
it was passed and allowed, and notice thereof
sent the applicant or his agent. And If tho
final fee for such patent be not paid within
the said six months. the patent shall be
withheld, and therein described shall become
public property. as against the applicant
therefor: Prorided. That in all cases where
patents have been allowed previous to the
passage Of this act, the said six thohtha
shall BE teekoncd ftcm the date Of such pc.
sage.
ArrRovEb, March 8, 1893. ..' 'a'-' -
Po1fcY OF THE ApNIxtsrRAfIax TSsk.