The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-09
Laws of the United States.
PASSED At THE SECOND SESSION
-' OF THE THIRTY FOURTH CON,
GRE0N
Am Act to authoriza tha Issninp nf patan,s for


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AZ; !" su. I t3e issuing OF ratents Tor
SCI Sia IAN Janus 10 .ne Town Oh Stockprldge,
9 n vi lsGonSip, anu lor ot1er purposes.
&c y eHec'sq e. y w 1e c oHc LOUISE Repre-
se"o',ves y usS T MY oto1es q Amersca :" Cons
feSS hssensVte~I Anat upon sSusiaesory proof be-
ing maue tnat an oceupanWsl OF unpatented land
ia '1s .o"n OF otockorogey Oalumet County, in
tS SSase VI M'sIpns . Mnnon nss, Dy treaty or
v.nei wlss usen aLlo.seu W aGy Individual menu
pers Oh tne SIockDtloge OF Munsee tribe OF ln>
anus, are .he PuISu sa gLantees, OF assignees
81 s3cu g St ~ Hues, tne fresident OF
tue Oni.eo Eotases 20 oI'norlszeo 10 issue patents
lor the iand so occupleo 70 such purchasers gran.
tees or asslgn,ees, respectively Provided, That
IN case OF Cosnc.ng ciama TO ahy OF the 'ots OF
lana tne cOhnlsstoher OF the general land otnce
y autnotizeu 20 near the proofs OF the respec-
claimants are Justly entitled to said land, and pa
cs;on '"a'' We 'SSusu IN S'coruance "i'A sucn oe"
c'sion.
Sec. Q. And be IL further enacted, That patents
issued according to this act shall vest in the pa
tentee title to the land described in such .pateut,
in fee simple, subject to any valid lien or incum,
brance thereon created by srid patentee or those
under whom he claims
Sec. 8. And be 1t further enacted, That the lots
of land in said town of Stockbridge belonging to
the United States, not hereinbefore directed to
be patented, shall be attached to and form a part
of the Menasha land district, and if, in the epins
on of the commissioner of the general land Office
t shall BIS for the public interest, the same may
be sold at the minimum price of three dollars per
dollars per for the two tiers of lots fronting
on the military road, tier of lots on each side
thereof, and two dollars and Fifty cents per acre
for the residue OF said land to actual settlers
thereon possessing the qualifications requisite to
acquire presumption rights who shall prove to
the satisfaction OF the register of the land office
2@ at MeDasha, Wisconsin, that he or she has made
improvements to che value of NOT less than fifty
I, dollars, and is actually residing upon the land
the time of paying the purchase price may BE- ex-
tended for period not exceeding year from
.. the OF this PTODiled That m snc
actual settler shall be permitted to p1e-empt
more than two contiguous lots which he or
she has made improvements OF the value of not
less than hundred dollars. The lands not
sold within one year as hereinbelore provided.
shall be brought into market and sold at not less
than the minimum prices fixed by this act
Approved, March 8, 1866.
4sa5' =. sye sS.fH
ft AN ACT to quiet Titles in Favor of Parties in &C.
-' tual Possessions of Lands situated in the Bis
triot of Columbia.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives of tie United Suites of America IN
CONGRESS assembled That all deeds h. retofore
recorded in the land records of the District of
Columbia, which have been executed and aeknow,
lodged by femmes covert (ther husbands having
~ signed and sealed the sanie) for conveying ans
+ real estaee or interest therein situated IN said
district and all acknowled gements OF deeds
heretofore recorded, aforesaid, which have been
made by emmes covert whether they have xe
cuted the deed or notl for the purpose of RI ieas
. ing their claims to dover in the LANDS daserihsd
therein situssed as aforesaid. in which aeknows
aQ.5 Judgements the form prescribed BY law has ret
been followed; and ali deeds heretofo q record Il
as aforesaid, which have been executed and ar.
knowledeed by an attorneysp fact duIv arnoin,
ed for conveying real estate stuated in sid H.
trict and all deeds heretofore recorded. a. afors-
said. executed and acknowledged. or opiv 40,
knoyIedped by such attorney.in. fact for nnnr ~
ino real estate situated in said dstricT az ~
which the ACKNOWLEDGMENT was made fbafore
officers different from those before whom ,,roof Of
ID the mower of attorney was made and as tr ,vh;oh
d .ga the mower OF attorney was moved haforA nI
) u one Justice of the peace and ALI deeds seratn
t..y fore executed and recorded an atorasai5 a. ~
nnrnose of conveying land situated in SAID d;se
tricf acknowledged out of the Ds,rict of fsol,m
(. b;a Before q Judge of United States cosrt or
before two aldermen ola city or the chief noaois-
81 trate of a CITY, or before a notary nubiic and
-q.4 ali deeds heretofore executed and recorded 80
sse aforesaid for the purpose Of CONVEYING lands
54 sitnated in said district acknowledged nv An at,
torney. Intact, duly appointed. or by an officer
of a corporation, duly authorized who has 90
knowiedred the same to be his act and deed in.
stead of the act and deed of the grantor nj the
= coruoration: and all deeds heretofore exacuted
4 and recorded as aforesaid for the purposa III con
veyiar land situated ia said district to which
there is annexed legal certificate as to t he off
caI character of the officer or officers taxing N.
acknowledp mept, shall be and the same are here
81 hv declared TO be of the same effact ard valiSi
ty to pass the fee simple or other estate intended
to be conveyed, and bar dover the in real estate
- therein mentioned in favor of parties in actual
possession, claiming under and through such
~ deeds, as II such deeds had been by such femmes
covert Sexecuted and acknowledged, or aeknow~
Ixadi in fha fnrro hnro h.