The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-01


la Tvs OF THE UNITED STA TIES.
PASSED A II THE SECOND SESSION o r THE TI4IR.
TY.FOVRTH CONGRESS-
.,. a., TO, 80 p.... c ,o,.o;,
AN Aul 70 M 9 ,no " s,ato Of W;cons
a1,aG 60, % o, NJ, nurnrs ~ ''eN N'''
anu 'oi o.ii pu II pcs 20, , ,,,.s p..,,,;,
Df " , a.etsa o " De e' ~ tss"LiJ
~ u o ~ ro,s han, maga tint an ncc,
nant1sl of unnatented land In tie town of Stock
bride Calumet County in the State of wisconsin which
has by treaty or otherwise been allotted to any ndiv,
nal members of the stockbridgo or Munsee tribe In
dams are the purchasers grantees or assgnees
he authorized to issue patents for the land so occupied TO
such purchasors grantees or assignecs respectively;
Provided That in case OF conflicting claims to any Of the
lot! land the commissioner OF the general and once Is
authorized to hear the proofs of the respective claimants
and TO decide which ofsuch claimants are Justly entled
to said land and patents shall DO Issued III accordance
with such decision
Sec 2 And be ii further enacted That patents issued
according to this act shall vest IN the atcntee tue 10 the
land described in such patent In fee simple subject TO
any valid lien Y incumoranGe thereon created ny saia
patentee OF those under whom he claims
SEC 3. And beHJarther enacted That the lots o. lana
In said town OF Stockbridge belonging 70 the Umtea
States NOT hereneeore drected 70 pc pa'ene sna 10
attached to and form part OF the Menasha land DISTRICT
and IT, in the opinion OF the OF the general
land office shall be for the public Interest tho same may
be sold at the price OF three COLLARS per acre ior
lots fronting on Lake Wtnnebago ve dollars per acre or
the two tiers of lots fronting on the military ROAD one
tier Of lots on each side thereof and two dollars ana
cents per acre 0f the residue OF bau ahu 10 actudi
settlers thereon possessing the qualifications requisite to
acquire presumption rights who shall prove 10 the sans
faction OF the register Of the andoce at enasha WIS
consin, that he she has made improvements to the
value Of less than fifty dollars and is actually resid
ing upon the the time of paying the purchase price
may be extended for period not exceeding one year
from the passage of this act Propided That such
actual settler shall be permitted to preempt moro than
two contiguous lots on which he or she has made i'm
provements of tho value Of not less than one hundred
before provided shall be brought into market and sold at
not less than the minimum prices fixed by this act.
Approved March s. 1895.
An ACT to quiet Titles in Favor of Parties In actual Pos
sessions Of Lands situated In the District of Columbia
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of Rspresenta
~ ~ tss,y ~ Sssss ~ Az sr;c 4; Cnoysss sssnIlsd
NJ ~, 49, rscnred in ths 3nd records al
t n;ct nf cn,nnIis which have been executed and
acknowledged by femmes covert heir husbands having
G itarst ,hrsn Situated in aid district. and ali ne
oidaaants ~ deeds Isretotors recorded AZ aiore
saiS which have been made by femmes covert whether
h have xecnted the deed or notl for the pnrpose OF
thsir claims IN dover in the lands desc rbed
bsren situated rs aforesaid in which
The form nrescribed Iy law has not been followed and
ali Saeds beretofore rscorded os Aforesaid which have
bean acntsd and acknowleaged nv an attorney
dnIv annonted for conveying real estate situated In said
district and all deeds heretofore recorded aforesaid
sracntsa and aeknowiedred or only acknowledged by
such for conveying real estate situated
In said district as 10 which the Acknowledgement wa:
made before officers different from those before whom
rfnf nf fha
which The of attorney was proved before only
iustice of the peace and all deeds heretofore executed
and racored as aforesaid for the purpose of conveying
land S;tnoted In sad district acknowledged out O.
,ha n;strict Of Columbia before Judge of a United
Statea court or before two aldermen of city
or the chef magistrate of city, before notary
nublic. and ali deeds heretofore executed and re
corded as aforesaid for the purpose of conveying
lands situated in said district acknowledged by at
torney in fact duly appointed or by officer of
noraton duly authorized, who has acknowledged the
to be his act and deed instead of the act and deco
of the grantor or Of the corporation and all deeds here
oore executed and recorded as aforesaid for the pur
pose of conveying land situated in said district to which
there Is not annexed legal a ~ " e
character OF the onCer or oioeis sa wa n,aeJ 10 q
ment shall De- ana tne SANG are nei Ss s ,ni ~
OF the same enecl anu .anuy ~ p nd Iar dorer II
other estate lnteneeu W -. Z; favor Of nsrtes in
the real es'ate .lere ,,' ,,~dar and tbropoh suet
actlai possessHi, ds ha has nv arch femmes cover
uecu . o. "a nowiodnaJ or acinowIedred in case O
dover right in the form heretofore prescribed by law
as If such deeds had been executed and acknowledged by
the gantor in the deed as if such power of attorney
had been proved before the officer or officers taking the
as If arch mower of attorney had been
P.o,I g.. ~ Sa 49, nada hasora anv Judge of a
neu ueeH ss ~ ~ .asos. os n sucI
otate COURT OF peore Two ~ ~ Ia aciSno,
attorneysin-iact OF omcer o gu Pvi"'to a w Of H.,
edged the deed to be the deea Oh the sfah.ol " " ~,
corporation as il such deeds had thereto
ticate in legal FORM that the officer or officers taxing
the acknowledgement were really what they purporl 70
be: Prorided, That tho certificate oil acknowledgement!
by femme covert shall show that the
was made "apart" or "priYiiy nom her husband, OF
use some other term importing that her
made out of his presence and also that sne