The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-14
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La WS OF THE UNITED STA TIES

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That, upon satisfactory proof being made that an seep
RSriaaSssI o = n.Racs onpty, in the State Of wisconsin, which
has, BY treaty or othar wise, been allotted toany indlvld
uai members Of the Woodbridge or Munsee tribe Of In
dians are the purchasers, grantees, or assignees OF such
members of said tribes, the President ofthe United States
be authorized to issue patents for the land 50 occupied to
Froradsd. That in case of conflicting claims to any of thu
lots of lapd the commissioner of the general land office il
authorized to hear the proofs of the respective claimants
and TO 4 decide which ofsuch claimants are justly entitle,
to said land, and patents shall be issued in ~aocordanc,
with such decision.
SIC. 2. And Be IL further enacted, That patents issref
according to this act shall vest in the patentee title to In,
land described in such patent, in fee simple, subject t,
any valid lien or ~incumbrance thereon created by sal,
patentee or those under whom he claims.
SEC. 5. And be It further enacted, That the lots of Ian,
IN sMa Town OF stoekondge belonging to the Unite'
States, not hereinbefored directed to be patented. shall b
attached to and form a part of the Mepasha land district
and II, in the opinion OF the commissioner of the genera
lana once, II shall be for the public interest. the same ma,
be sold at the minimum price Of three dollars per acre "a
lots fronting on Lake Winnebago. five dollars ner acre "a
me Two tiers OF lots fronting on the military road, on
uer Oh lots on each side thereof, and two dollars and fit
cents per acre for the residue of said land to aetna
settlers thereon possessing the qualifications requisite 4
acquire Pre-eblption rights, who shall prove to the salts
faction OF the register Of the land-ofice at Menasba. Mis-
cousin, that he or she has made improvements TO III,
value OF not less than fifty dollars, and is actually resid
ing upon the land the time Of paying the purchase price
may De extended for a period not exceeding one yea
from the passage of this act: Pforided, That no such
actual settler shall be permitted to pre-em more than
two contiguous lots on which he or she has made inn.
'provements OF the value of not less than one hundred
dollars. The lands not sold within one wear ma herein.
before provided, shall be brought into market ana sold nj
not less than the minimum prices fixed by this act.
Approved, March 8, 1866. .
AN Aor 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 Rspyessnta-
tipes Of the Tinted States of America 4, Cnnaysss osss,aJJ.I
That all deeds heretofore recorded In the land records ~
the District of Columbia, which have been executed and
acknowledged by femmes covert their husbands having
signed ana EAaIpH fhn GamQl fnFN uarfp ~ -. 49,
or interest therein, situated in said district; and ali ac,,
acknowledgements of deeds heretofore recorded, as afore-
said, which have been made by femmes covert whether
they have executed the deed or notl for the pnrnose of
releasing their claims to dover in the lands described
therein, situated as aforesaid, in which acknowledgements |
the FORM prescribed by law has not been fnllowed; and |
al deeds heretofore recorded, rs aforesaid, which have
ssen executed and acknowledged by an attorney intact, |
Saly appointed for conveying real estate situated In said
district and all deeds heretofore recorded, as aforesaid. |
sAecuted and acknowledged, or only acknowledged nv
sash altoiney in-iaet, for conveying real estate situated
"a :ald district, rs 10 which the Acknowledgement wn.
rlsde before officers different from those before whom
peooI OF the power OF attorney was made, and as to |
justice OF the peace; and all deeds heretofore executed I
3ad recorded as aforesaid for the purpose of conveying |
ana Situated In said district, acknowledged out Of
Ine district OF Columbia, before a Judge of a United
states court, or before two aldermen of a city
or the chief magistrate of a city, or before a 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 nj
torneyInlaet duly appointed, or by an officer Of a cor
poration, duly authorized, who has acknowledged the /
same to be his act and deed, instead of the act and degj
tpe grantor or OF the corporation and all deeds here.
pose OF conveying land situated in said district 10 Which
mere ~ not annexed q legal certificate as to the official
y IA Oh the oiicer or officers taking the acknowledg.
neht, shai De, ana the same are hereby, declared to lie |
OF the same effect and validity to pass the fee simnle or |
Htner estate lhteneed to be conveyed, and bar dover in |
me reai estate therein mentioned in favor of PARTIES i'm |
actual possession, claiming under and tllropgb spci, /
deeds, as If such deeds had been by such femmes covert
executed and acknowledge, OF acknowIedeed in case ot
. dover right, in the form heretofore prescribaj bc Iam
= II such deeds had been executed and acknowIejsed ~,
,ad g Soen ~ ihe deed; as if such power Of attorney
iau peeh proved before the officer or officers failing tbs
acknowledgement as if such power of al. ornev had 6cmnp
rovea before two justices of the pe,,,e: and If such ae,
tate court, or before two justice Of ,ha nns 9uasG u
dsad ~ 'm,act OR officer Of a corporation had acknowl.
ornora NH aoe . 20 be tho deed of the grantor or Of tho
spo,@'.oh, as such deeds had thereto ANNEXED n cor.
Le 80 :. legal form, that the officer or onicers taking
acknowledgement were really what they pnrport to
De: Prorided, That the certificate. d Acknowledgement
was made apart" or ''priyily" from her husband, or |
use some other term importing that her acknowledgment
edged or declared that she willingly executed or that she |
willingly acknowledged the deed, or that the same was
her voluntary act, or to that effect: And prouided, also,
That when the power of attorney shall have been exefu.
ted by a femme covert the same shall be effectual and srff-
cient if there shall have been such an acknowled cement
OF the same as would be sufficient, under the pr ,yisions of
this act, to pass her estate and interest tbefe Elm were she
party executing the deed of convey nee. tbo record
and copy thereof Of any deed recorder as aforesaid to be
thNtCO1sl N tc 1tbit AZ amer N 4 have N
same effect as if such deed had been originally executed. |
acknowledged and recorded according to law.
SEC. z. And u oe J1rher Enacted, That all exceptions
in favor OF parties beyond the District of Columbia, |
which may by existing laws be replied or relied on in any |
action or proceeding brought in said district, are hereby |
repealed and a5rogated Proy,ded. That this section shall 1
not effect tho right of parties in actions now pending.
and such as may be brought within three years from the
passage of this act. |
SEC. 8. And be it further euacted, That the acts of Con.
gress approved May thirty first, eighteen hundred and
t~birty-two, and April twenty, eighteen hundred and
thirty-eight, in reference to the acknowledgement and |
recording Of deeds Of land situated in said district, shall
be takon and construed as cumulative with the acts OF
on the same subject in force in said district at |
the passage thereof, and that an acknowledgment made
aHsf srtihed in compliance with any one Of said acts, and
before any officers authorized by either OF said acts to
take an acknowledgement whether in or out of the Dis 4
trict OF C~oluinbia) shall be good and effectual; and if IL |
shall appear that the granter " acknowledged said deed, " |
shall have the same effect az if he or she acknowledge |
the deed to be his or her act and deed. And any ac. |
knowledgement made by a femme covert under either of
acts Of Congress (Which shall be sufficient under the
of this act) of any deeds executed by her hus
,and, and heretofore recorded in the Dist~tt of Columbia,
hall be good and efectual to bar ae claim on her part to
although she shaf aot have executed the same.
Approved, March s. iooo- y
An ACT srther to provide for the fertilization NJ Tn
voices. ar 4t
Be Il enacted By The Senate and House of Repr,sata- :
lpes 81 he United States of Ameyico IN C1oo,.ss 0sss,n-
tea, That all consular Off cers of the IJnited states be !
Iney are hereby, authorized to require before j
~ .ssyrs any invoice or invoices under the provisions of n
- htiNlt a VI 10 DItHtnI 1 q
= y uni frauds upon the revenue, to provide for the ="
certain and speedy collection of claims in favor of :,
Vhited states, and for other purposesn annroveJ u
aa.0n ssiu, eignteen hundred and sixty-tbree. ~satisfac. o.
Wy eVioehce, eithef by the oath Of the person or nersons y
r senting such invoices or otherwise a. ~n VI pelson9 III
I correct and true; Provided, That in a. ia
I'VE discretion hereby given, the said consuIar oMoaU IN
nan De governed by such general or special reoulations o.
! Instructions as may from time to time he estshiishn5 at
given by the Secretary of State ~ 10 e''aoisheu
Approved, March 8, 1865. mi
N Act anendatory of "An Act to = me
ueo an ACT to promote the Progress az ny. emu, els
sixty-three" s" hundred and del
70 enacted oy ne Shdte and Hoase of Rspr,ssn,,,.. nh
~ on'eo ote'es " america an Congress asssnhIoJ Dol
any person having an interest in an in%v.a.m.td' ara
1ether as Inventor or assignee, for which a na,ent u
10 issue upon the payment of the final fee, a " sha
ueu III secuon three of an act approved March tbrse The
shteen hundred and sixty-three, but who has failed I, sur
axe payment of the final fee as provided In said AL
all have the right to make an application for = ruaci aer
MS invention the same as In the case of an oiiginat The
proyided such application be made With bv
= years alter the date of the allowance of the orio;nai al
fToraaea, That sothing herein shall be sa {
,strued as to hold responsible in damages any narsons off
o have manufactured or used any article or Thing gr frs
ich a patent aforesaid was ordered to issue. This a., IN,
III apply 10 allca5es now in the patent-of6ce. and aIsa as
UGH as shall hereafter be filed. And all acts or mart. {
lets inconsistent With this act are hereby repealed. at
AcT TO amend the third Section of an Act entitled !,
In Act making Appropriation for sundry Civil IN.
nses of the Government for the Year ending tho tbir.
tn day Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-fye. and j
other Purposes" 50 far as the same relates to Wit. If
sses in The Courts of the United States. Tn
IL enacted By the Senate and House of Reyresentatites Sta
e GATED States Of america an Congress assembled. ma
the third section of nm act a N fffI.1 q ~ at ,al.. | lin