The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-09-29
OFFICIAL.
La IVS OF THE UNITED STATES.
PASSED A II THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIN
rI. TOITRTH CONGRESS-.

Lands in the Town OF Stothbliub"b 49, -
Be = sag ge b. ne and House Of Representatives
of The United aes ef Aaertcd an ooles, ~ @ co
That pon satisfactory proof being made that an occu
mis- icf nnnadentej land in the town Of Stock
hrdSe alrmet Comfy in the State WISCONSIN which
has, by treaty or otherwise, been aVtsu so Of In
ans ara thu pnrcasors grantees OR assgnees OF such
members of said tribes the President OF the oniteu states
be authorized to issue patents ior INV sna 81 nacP,
such purchasers grantees or aseghees, IespoeNs.ey
Propsd That in case of conflicting claims TO any OF the
lots Oh land the commissioner OF the general isnu omco IL
authorized 10 hear the proofs of the respective claimants
and IN decde which of such claimants are Justly entitled
10 said land and patents shall be issued in accordance
with such decision,
according to this shall vest in the paentee title to the
land described in such patent in fec simple subject to
any valid lien ncumbrance thereon created by said
patentee or those under whom he claims.
SEQ g. Ad Be IL further enacted That the lots Of land
in said town OF Stockbrdge belonging to tho United
States not herenbeore directed to DO patented shall b,
attached 10 and form part of the Menasha land district
and it, In the opinion OF the commissioner of the genera
land Office ii shall be for the public interest the sano may
be sold the minimum price Of three dollars per acre TO
lots fronting Lake Ninnebsgo five dollars per acre TO
the two tiers OF lots fronting the military road on
tier of lots Zach side thereof and two dollars and fit
cents per for the residue OF said land to actua
scttler thereon possessing the qualifications requisite
acquire presumption rights who shall prove to the salts
faction Of the register of the ladoice at Menasha Wis
consip, that he she has made improvements TO tn
value OF not less than fifty dollars and is actually rosd
ing upon the and the time of paying the purchase price
may DO EXTENDED for period not exceeding one yea
from the passage OF this act: Provided That no sucl
actual settler shall be permitted to empt more thar
two contiguous lots which ho or she has made i'm
proyements OF tho value of not less than one hundred
follors The lands not sold within one year herein
before provided shall BIO brought into market and sold al
not less than the minimum prices nxed by this act
Approved, March ), 1865
An ACT to quiet Titles In Favor Of Parties in actual Pos
sessions OF Lands susted In the District OF Columbia
Be enacted by tie Senate and House Of Representa-
fires of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That all deeds heretofore recorded in the land records Of
tho District of Columbia which have been executed and
acknowledged by TONNES covert their husbands having
signed and sealed the same) for conveying any real estate
or interest therein situated in said district; and all
acknowledgements of deeds heretofore recorded as aore
said which have been made by femmes covert whether
they have executed the deed nOt for the purpose OF
releasing their claims to dover in the lands described
therein situated aforesaid in which acknowledgements
the form prescribed by law has not been followed and
all deeds heretofore recorded as aforesaid which nave
been executed and acknowledged byan attorney
duly appointed for conveying real estate situated IN sad
district and all deeds heretofore recoed az aforesaid
executed and acknowledged, or only acknowledged by
such attorney nct for conveying real estate situated
in said district to which the Acknowledgement was
made before officers different from those before whom
proof of tho power of attorney was made and as to
which the power OF attorney was proved before only one
Justice of tho 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, before two aldermen OF city,
u
public; and all deeds heretofore executed and re-
corded as aforesaid for the purpose OF conveying
lands situated in said district acknowledged ny an az,
poratou duly authorized who has ackRewiedged Inc
came to be his and deed instead Of tho act and deet
of the grantor of the corporation and all deeds here
toore executed and recorded aforesaid for the pur
pose of conveying land situated in said district to wicl
there not annexed legal certcate as to the olca
character of the officer officers taking the acknowedg
ment shall be- and the hereby, declared to b.
of the effect and validity 10 pass the fec simple OF
other inteneed to be conveyed and bar dover in
the real therein mentioned in favor of parties In
actual possession claiming under and through such
deeds as 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;
ms il such deeds had been executed and by
the granor in the deed II such power of attorney
had boon proved before the officer or officers taking the
acknowledgements If such power of attorney had been
proved before two justices of the peace; and such &C
acknowledgement had been made before any judge OF
State court before two justices OF the peace as II suc
attorneys intact officer of corporation had acknowl-
edged tn. deed to be the deed Of the grantor or OF tho
corporaon If such deeds had thereto annexed cor
tifcate in legal FORM that the officer officers taking
the acknowledgement We're really what they purport te
be: Provided That the certificate OF acknowledgement
by femme covert shall show that the acknowledgment
was made .apart" or "privily" from her husband o
use some other term importing that her acknowledgment
made out of his presence and also that she acknow
edged or declared that she willingly executed or that sh
willingly acknowledged the deed or that the same wa
her voluntary act to that effect And Pyoeided also
That when the power OF attorney shall have oeeh eXee
ted by feme covert the shall be eecual and sum
of the same would be sufficient under the provisions
s act pass her estate and interest therein were sl
party executing the deed of conveyance the recor
and copy thereof any deed recorded as aforesaid to
evidence thereof in tho manner and to have tn
came effect if such deed had been originally executed
acknowledged and recorded according to law.
SEC q And ii be further 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 hereby
repealed and abrogated Provided That this section shall
not effect the right of parties in actions now pending,
and such may be brought within three years from the
passage Of this act.
SEC g. And De il further euoccd That the acts of Con.
gress approved May thrty-irst eighteen hundred and
tbrty-two, and April twenty, eighteen hundred and
yecordn OF deeds of land situated in said district shal
be taken and construed cumulative with the acts o
Marylnd the subject In force In said district
the passage thereof and that acknowledgement made
and certified in compliance with any one of said acts ant
before any officers authorized by either OF said acts t
take an acknowledged (wllcher In oroet of the Dis
trct of ColuGbia) shall be good and eieetual; and If
shall appear that the granter acknowledged said deed
1t shall have the same effect as If he or she acknowledged
tho deed to be his her act ard deed. And any nc
knoYe1 cement made by femme covert under either o
said of Congress (WHICH shall be sufficient under thu
provisions OF this act OF any deeds executed ey cr nus
band and heretofore recorded i'll the District of Columbia
shall be good and eccua to bar all claim on her part to
dover in the lands described therein situated in said dis
tic although she shall not hayo executed the same.
Approved March =, 1865.
AN ACT iurther to provide for tho Notification of In
voices
Be enacted By tie Senate and House Of Representa-
tues Of the Uied STATES OF America IN Congress ASSEM-
bed That all consular officers Of the United States he
and they are hereby, authorized to require before
certifying invoice invoices under the provisions of
the first section Of tie act entitled San act prevent
and punish frauds upon the revenue provide for the
more certain anu speedy COLLECTION o! claims IN favor Of
March third, eighteen hundred and sxty.three satisac
tory evidence either by the oath of the person persons
Or senng such invoices otherwise that such Invoices
ar correct and true: Provided That in the exercise of