The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-18
No. n.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA .... ....t..
LAWS OF THE UNITED STA TIES.

La WO CF IHE CNI iEb o1 N a 0o'
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION or THE THXR.
TYFOURTH CONGRESS- aa
An ACT to authorize the Issuing of Patents for certain
Lands in the Town of stockbridge State OF Wisconsin
Be enacted 81 tie Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of America ia touqrsss assembled
That, upon satisfactory proof being made that an oecn
panttsl of unpatented land In the town Of Stock
bridge Calumet County, in the State Of Wisconsin, which
has by treaty otherwise been allotted any indlvid
ual members Of the Stockbdge or Mnnsee tribe OF In
dans the purchasers grantees or assgnecs Ofhucb
members said tribes the President ofthe United States
be authorized TO issue patents for the land 10 occupied
such purchasers grantees, or assignees repectyeyi
Provid That in Of conflicting claims TO any OF the
lots Of land the commissioner of the general land office in
authorized hear the proofs OF the respective claimants
and to decide which ofsuch claimants Justly entitled
to said land and patents shall be Issued in accordance
it'll such decision. a. -i
SEC @ And be it further enacted That patents issued
according to this act shall vest in the patenee title to the
land described In such patent in fec simple subject 10
any valid lien ncumbrance thereon created by said
| patcntee those under whom he claims. i.. :g
SEC g. And beat further enacted That the lots Of land
| in said town of stockbridge belonging to the United
States not herenbeore directed to be patented shall be
attached to and form part of the Menasha land district
and IT, in the opinion OF the commissioner OF tho general
land office It shall be for the public interest the Same may
be sold at the minimum price ofthrco dollars per acre for
lots fronting Lake Winnebago five dollars per acre for
the two tiers of lots fronting the military road, one
tier of lots each side thereof and two dollars and fifty
cents per for the residue Of said land to actnal
settlers thereon possessing the qualifications requisite to
acquire presumption rights, who shall prove to the salts
faction of the register Of the landoce at Monasha, Wis
consin, that he she has made improvements to the
value Of not less than ty dollars and is actually resid
ing upon the land the time fpayrg the purchase price
may be extended for period not exceeding one year
from the passage of this act Provided That no such
actual settler shall be permitted pre.enpt than
two contiguous lots which he she has made inn
provements Of tho value Of not less than one hundred
dollars. The lands not sold within one 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 5, 1865. r.t
An Act quiet Titles in Favor of Parties in actual Pos
sessions Of Lands situated in the District Of Columbia
Be enacted By the Senate and House Of Representa-
tiUes Of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That all deeds heretofore recorded in the land records
the Disrct of Columbia which have been executed nnd
acknowledged by femes covert (their husbands having
signed and sealed the same for conveying any real estate
interest therein situated in said dstrct and all &C
acknowledgements of deeds heretofore recorded as aore
said which have been made by femnes covert whether
they have executed the deed or not for the purpose
releasing their claims to dover in the ands described
therein situated aforesaid in which Acknowledgements
the form prescribed by law has not been followed; ant
all deeds heretofore recorded aforesaid which hay
been executed and acknowledged by m attorney
duly appointed for conveying real estate situated in salt
district and all deeds heretofore recorded aforesaid
executed and acknowledged, or only acknowledged b.
such attorney Intact for conveying real estate SITUATED
in said district as to which the acknowledgment wa
made before officers different from those before whom
proof Of the power of attorney was made, and as t
which the power of attorney proved before only
Justice of the peace and all deeds heretofore executed
and recorded aforesaid for the purpose of conveying
land situated in said district, acknowledged out
the District of Columbia, before judge of Unitet
| States court, or before two aldermen Of a city
the chief 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 M at
torneyinfsct duly appointed or by an officer Of cor
poration, duly authorized who has acknowledged thu
be his and deed instead of the act and deet
of the ganor or of the corporations and all deeds here
toore executed and recorded as aforesaid for the pur
pose of conveying land situated in said district to which
there is not annexed legal certificate to the Official
character Of the officer officers taking the acknowledg
men shall be- and the same are hereby declared to be
of the effect and validity to pass the Zee simple Of
other estate nteueed to be conveyed and bar dover In
the real estate therein mentioned in favor of parties in
actual possession, claiming under and through sucl
executed and acknowledged acknowledged in case o
dover right in the form heretofore prescribed by law
as il such deods had boen executed and acknowledged by
the granor in the deed il such power Of attorney
had been proved before the officer OF officers taking thu
acknowledgment; as such power of attorney had beer
proved before justices Of the peace; and If such &C
| acknowledgement had been made before any judge of I
State court before two justices Of the peace if sucf
attorneys intact officer of corporation had acknowl
edged the deed to be the decd of the gnnor or OF '
corporations such deeds had thereto annexed Ger
tifcate in legal FORM that the ocer or ocera taknl
the acknowledgement were really what they purport
be- P0pided That the certificate OF acknowledgment
by femme covert shall show that the acknowledgement
was made "apart" or ''prvily" from her husband, o.
some other term importing that her acknowiedgnen
was made out of his presence and also that she acknowl
edged declared thai she willingly executed or tt sh
willingly acknowledged the decd, or that the same wa
her voluntary act to that efect' And propided also
That when the power Of attorney shall have been
ted by femme covert the shall be eectual
Gent if there shall have been such acknowledgment
of the would be sufficient under the provisions
this act pass her estate aud interest therein were sh
party executing tho doed Of Conveyance the rscIt
and copy thereof Of any deed recorded as aforesaid 10 b
evidence thereof in the manner and 10 have thu
effect deed had originally executed