The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-09


Now, therefore, be it known that l. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
President of the United States of America do hereby
farous traffic shall be arrested and tried by courtnar.
tia at the nearest military post, and If convicted shall
receive the punishment due to their deserts.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand ard
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington this seventeenth
day of March, In the year of our Lord one thou
l. 8. sand eight hundred and sixty-fve and of the
Independence of the United States the eighty
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WILLIAM II. SEWARD Secretary Of State
LA VS. OF THE UNITED STA TIES.
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION o F THE TIIR-
TEFOURTH CONGRESS-
AN Act authorize the Issuing of Patents for certain
Lands in the Town Of stockbrdge State of Wisconsin,
and for other purposes.
BE enacted BY tie Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the United States Of america IN Congress assembled
That upon satisfactory proof being made that occ,i
pantlsl 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 indvid
ua members of the Stockbrdge or Munsee tribe of Ill
dans the purchasers grantees assgnees ofsuch
members al said tribes the President Of the United States
be authorized to issue patents for the land occupied to
such purchasers, grantees, or assignees respectively
Pfopided That In of conflicting claims to any Of the
lots Of land the commissioner OF the general land office is
authorized to hear the proofs of the respective claimants
and to decide which ofsuch claimants are justly entitled
said land and patents shall be issued In accordance
W it'll such decision.
Sec g. And be ii further enacted That patents issued
according to this shall vest in the patenee title to the
land described in such patent in fee simple subject to
any valid lien ncumbrance thereon created by said
patentee or those under whom he claims.
Sec g. And be it 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 the general
land Office shall be for the public interest the same may
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 acre for the residue OF said land to actual
settlers thereon possessing the qualifications requisite to
acquire presumption rights who shall prove to the salts
faction Of the register Of the landoco at Menasha Wis
c0nsn, that he or she has made improvements to the
value Of not less than fifty dollars and is actually rssd
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 act Pr0rided That such
actual settler shall be permitted to preempt more than
two contiguous lots which he or she has made i'm
Of the value OF not less than hundred
dollars. The lands not sold within year herein
before provided shall be brought into market and sold at
not less than the minimum prices fixed by this act.
Approved, March 3, 1866.
An ACT quiet Titles In Favor of Parties In actual Pos
sessions of Lands situated in the District Of Columbia
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House Of Representa-
pes Of the United States of America IN Congress assembled
That all deeds heretofore recorded in the land records of
the District Of Columbia which have been executed and
acknowledged by emmes covert ther husbands having
signed and sealed the sam for conveying real estate
interest therein, situated In said district and all
acknowledgements of deeds heretofore recorded aore
said which have been made by emmes 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
the form prescribed by law has not been followed and
all deeds heretofore recorded aforesaid which have
been executed and acknowledged by attorney intact
duly appointed for conveying real estate situated IN SAID
districts and all deeds heretofore recorded as aforesaid
executed and acknowledged, only acknowledged by
such attorney act for conveying real estate situated
In said district to which the acknowledgement was
ade before officers different from those before whom
roof Of the power of attorney was made, and as to
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 OF
the District of Columbia, before judge OF United
States court, or before two aldermen OF city,
or 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 an at
torney fact duly appointed or BY an officer Of cor.
to be his act and deed instead OF tho act and deed
of the granor Of the corporation and all dees here
oore executed and recorded as aforesaid for the pur
pose Of conveying land situated in said district to which
there not annexed legal certificate as to the official
character of the officer officers taking the acknowledge
ment shall be- and the same are hereby declared TO be
of the same effect and validity to pass the fee simple or
other estate nteneed 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 such deeds had been by such emnes covert
executed and acknowledged acknowledged in case OF
dover right in the form heretofore prescribed by law;
as such deeds had been executed and acknowledged
the grantor In the decd If such power of attorney
had been proved before the officer or officers taking the
acknowledgement ifsch power of attorney had been
proved before two justices OF the peace aud If such ae
acknowledgement had been made before any judge Of
State court or before two justices Of the peaee as such
attorneysinact officer of corporation had acknow
edged the deed to he the deed of the gantor or OF the
annexed Ger
ticate in legal form, that the officer or officers taxing
the acknowledgment were really what they ppot 10
be; Provided That the certificate of acknowledgement
by femme covert shall show that the acknowledgement
was made .'apart" or 'priyiy" from her husbanu OF
other term importing that her acknowledgment
was made out his presence and also that she acknow
edged decaped that she willingly executed or that
willingly acknowledged the deed or that the same was
her voluntary act or to that eiect Aud pforded also
That when the power of attorney shall have been eSecu
ted by femme covert the same shall be eecual apdsu
cient there shall have been such acknowledgement
of the same would be sufficient under the provisions
this act to pass her estate and interest therein she
party executing the deed OF conveyance the record
and copy thereof deed recorded aforesaid to be
evidence thereof in the manner and to have the
effect if such deed had been originally executed
acknowledged and recorded according to law.
Sec q And it be further enacted That all exceptions
in favor of parties beyond the District Of Columbia
which may by existing laws be replied relied 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 as may be brought within three years from the
passage Of this act
Sec g. And be IL further eactsd, That the acts Of Con-
eress approved May thirty first eighteen hundred and
tbirty-two and April twenty, eighteen hundred and
thrtyeight in reference to the acknowledgement aud
recording of deeds of land situated in said district shall
be and construed cumulative with the acts of
Maryland the subject in force in said district at
the passage thereof and that acknowledgement made
and certified compliance with any Of said acts and
before any officers authorized by either Of said acts to
take acknowledgement whether in out of the Dis
rict of Columbia shall be good aud eectua: and n IL
shall appear that the granter acknowledged sad deed
Il shall have the same effect if he she acknowledged
the deed to be his or her act and deed And any &C.
made by femme under either Of
said acts Of Congress (Which shall be sufficient under the
provisions Of this ac Of any deeds executed BY her hus
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