The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-08
No. u
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA:
La VS. OF THE UNITED Sta TIES.

BY the president.
WILLIAM II. SEWARD, Secretary Of State.
La WIS OF THE UNITED Sta TIES.
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION 0 F THE 7HzR.
TEFOURTH CONGRESS-
An ACT authorize the Issuing of Patents for certain
Lands in the Town Of Stockbridge State OF Wisconsin,
and for other purposes.
Be il enacted BY tie Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States of america Congress Assembled
That, upon satisfactory proof being made that
panttsl Of unpatented land In the town of stock.
bridge Calumet County, in the State of Wisconsin, which
has by treaty otherwise, been allotted to any ndv-
ual n0mbers Of the Stockbrdge Munsee tribe of III
dans are the purchasers grantees or as gnecs otsuch
members of said tribes the President the United States
BIO authorized to issue patents for tho land occupied to
such purchasers grantees. assignees, respectively
Pocded That in case OF conflicting claims TO suy OF the
lots of land the commissioner OF tue general land oteo Is
authorized to hear the prof: Of tho respective claimants
and to decide which ofsuch claimants justly entitled
to said land and patents shall be issued in accordance
with such decision
Sec g and be it further enacted That patents issued
according this act shall vest In the patenee title to thu
land described in such patent in lee simple, subject to
any valid lien or ncunbrance thereon created by said
patentee or thoae under whom he claims.
Sec and be it fvrter enacted That the lots of ano
in said town Of Sockbridge belonging to the United
States not herenbeore directed 10 be patented shall be
attached to and form part OF tho Monasha land district
and IT, In the opinion OF the commissioner OF the general
land Office shall be for the public interest the same may
be sold at the mnum price OF three dollars per acre for
lots fronting on Lake Wianebaso i've dollars per acre o
the tiers of lots fronting the military road one
tier of lots each side thereof and two dollars and Dat
cents per fol the residue OF said land to actual
settlers thereon possessing the qualifications %
acquire presumption ghts who shall prove to the salts
faction Of the register Of tho landofce Mena8ha Is
consin that he she has made improvements to the
value Of not less than fifty dollars and is actually resd-
ing upon the land the time OF paying the PURCHASE price
may be extended for period not exceeding one year
from the passage of this Provided, That no such
actual settler shall be permitted to empt more than
two contiguous lots which he or she has made I'M,
dollars The lands sold within year as herein
before provided shall be brought into market and sold at
not less than the minimum prices fixed by this act
Approved, March $, 1865.
An ACT quiet Titles In Favor of Parties in actual Pos
sessions of Lands situated IN tho District OF Columbia
Be 1t enacted by the Senate aud House Of Representa-
res of the United States Of America IN Congress dSSeaoteu
That all deeds heretofore recorded in the land records OF
the District of Columbia which have been executed ana
acknowledged by femmes covert her HUSBANDS havins
signed and sealed the sane for conveying any real
interest therein situated in said dstrct ana al dc-
acknowledgements of deeds heretofore recorded as aor
said. which have been made by femmes covert whethe
they have executed the deed not for the purpose OF
releasing their claims to dover IN the lands described
therein situated aforesaid in which
the form prescribed by law has not been followed ana
all deeds heretofore recorded, aforesaid which nave
been executed and acknowledged by attorney
duly appointed for conveying real estate situated IN SAID
district; and all deeds heretofore recorded as Aforesaid
executed and acknowledged, only acknowledged oy
such attorney fact for conveying real estate
in said district to which the acknowledgement was
made before officers different from those before whom
proof of the power of attorney was made ana as 10
which the power of attorney was proved before only one
Justice of the peace and all deeds heretofore executed
and recorded aforesaid for the purpose OF conveying
land situated in said district, acknowledged out Of
the District of Columbia, before judge Of United
States court, or before two aldermen OF CITY,
or the chef magistrate of city, or before notary
public; and all deeds heretofore executed and re-
corded as aforesaid for the purpose OF conveying
lands situated in said district acknowledged by an at
4, daIxn mfr nv a n
poration duly authorized who has acknowledged the
same to be his and deed instead of the act and deed
of the gantor or of the corporaon and all deeds here
tofore executed and recorded aforesaid for the pu
pose of conveying land situated in said district to which
there is not annexed legal certificate as to the Official
character of the officer or officers taking the
ment shall be- and the hereby, declared to be
of the effect and validity to pass the fee simple or
other neneed to be conveyed and bar dover in
the real estate therein mentioned in favor OF parties In
actual possession claiming under and through such
Deeds If such deeds had been by such femmes covert
executed and acknowledged acknowledged in case OF
dover right in the form heretofore prescribed by law;
such deeds had been executed and acknowledged by
the grantor In the deed If such power OF attorney
had been proved before the officer officers taking the
Acknowledgements as if such power Of attorney had been
proved before two justices of the peace and If such &C
acknowledgement had been made before any Judge OF a
State court before justices of the peace as such
attorneysn-tact officer of corporation had acknowi-
edged the deed to be the deed of the grantor or oil the
corporations If such deeds had thereto annexed
tfcate, in legal FORM that the officer or officers takng
the acknowledgement were reaiiS Wnat .ncJ r"
be: Prorided That the certificate OF
by femme covert shall show that the acknowleasellcs
was made apart" or "privily" from her husonlu
use some other term importing that her
was made of his presence ana also tnat se
edged or declared that she willingly executed OF that she
willingly acknowledged the deed, or that the same was
her voluntary act or that effect: And pTortded dtso
That when the power of attorney shall have been eNecn
ted by femme the shall be eectual andsuf
cient If there shall have been such an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Of the same would be sufficient under the provisions
this act pass her estate and interest therein were she
party executing the deed Of conveyance, the record
and copy thereof of any deed recorded aforesaid to be
evidence thereof In the same manner and to have the
same effect If such deed had been originally executed
acknowledged and recorded according to law.
src O. And It be further enacted, That all exceptions
in favor of parties beyond the District of Columbia,
action proceeding brought In said district hereby
repealed and abrogated opdcd That this section shall
not effect the right Of parties In actions peuding
and such may be brought within three from the
passage Of this act.
Sec. g. And be it further eudctcd That the acts of Con-
gress approved May thirty first eighteen hundred and
tbirty-two, and April twenty, eighteen hunurou am
thirtyeght in reference to the and
recording of deeds of land situated in said district shall
be taken and CONSTRUED cumulative Win the acts OF
MARYLAND the subject in force in SAID district at
the passage thereof and that acknowledgment made
and certified in compliance with any one OF sd acts and
before any officers authorized by either OF said To-
take an acknowledgement whether III or out OF the bis
trict of Columbia shall DO good and electua and II it
shaI appear that the grante aeknowl dyed said deed
it shall the effect If hc or she acknowledged
the deed to be his or her act and deed And any ac
acknowledgement made by fome TT under either OF
said acts Congress (which shall be sufficient under tn
provisions Of this act Of any deeds executed by her hus
baud and heretofore recorded in the District OF Coumba
shall b gUod aud stual 70 bar all Claim on her part