The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-04
No. q.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA:
A PROCLAMATION.

AMEhICA;
4 PROCLAIM TON
WHEREAS reliable information has been received that
hostile Indians within the limits of the United States
have been furnished with and munitions of war by
persons dwelling in contermnous foreign territory, and
thereby enabled to prosecute their savage warfare
upon the exposed and sparse settlements Of the frontier
Now, therefore, be it known that ABRAHAM LINCOLN
President of the United States OF America, do hereby
proclaim and drecthat all persons detected In that
farous traffic shall be arrested and tried by courmar.
tal at the nearest military post and If convicted shall
receive the punishment due to their deserts.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to DO affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth
day of March, in the year Of our Lord one thou
r.. g.. sand eight hundred aud sixtyfve, aud 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 a THE SECOND SESSION o. TIE THIR.
TKF0URTH CONGRESS-
An ACT authorize the Issuing Of Patents for certain
Lands in the Town Of stockbrdse State Of Wisconsin,
Be Il enacted By tie Senate and House of Representatives.
Of ks United States Of America in Congress Assembled,
That upon satisfactory proof being made that occ,l-
pant(sl 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 indyid
members of the Stockbridge Munsce tribe of In
dians the purchasers grantees asgnees fsuch
members of said tribes the President Of the United States
be authorized tossue patents for the land occupied to
such purchasers, grantees, assignees respectively
Provided That In OF conflicting claims any Of the
lots of land the commissioner OF the general land Office il
authorized to hear the proofs OF the respective claimants
and to decide which ofsuch claimants Justly entitled
to said land and patents shall DO issued in accordance
W it'll such decision. .-.5
SEC. 2. and Be Il further enacted That patents issued
according to this act shall vest In the patetee tito To the
land described In such patent III fee simple subject to
any valid lien incumbrance thereon created by said
patentes or those under whom he claims, .,
SEC 3. And be further enacted That the lots of land
In said town Of Stockbridgo 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 1t shall be for tho public interest," the same may
be sold at the minimum price three dollars per acre for
lots fronting on Lake Winnebago five dollars per acre for
the two tiers of lots fronting on 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 preempton rights who shall prove to the salts
faction of the register of the landoce at Menasha Wis
cousin, that he or she has made improvements to the
value OF not less than fifty dollars and actually resd-
ing upon the land; the time paying the purchase price
may be extended for period not exceeding one year
from the passage OF this act irorfdd, That no such
actual settler shall be permitted to preempt more than
two contiguous lots which he or sho has made i'm
of the value Of not less than one hundred
dollars Tho lands not sold within one year herein
before provided shall be brought into market and sold at
not less than the minimum prices fixed by this act.
Approved, March 5, 1866.
An ACT to quiet Titles in Favor of Parties actual Pos
sessions OF Lands situated in the District of Columbia
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House Of Representa-.
res Of the United States Of America in Congress assembled
That deeds heretofore recorded in the land records OF
the District Columbia which have been executed and
acknowledged by femmes covert ther husbands having
signed and sealed the same for conveying any real estate
interest therein situated in said district and all ac-
knowledgemens of deeds heretofore recorded afore-
said which have been made by femmes covert whether
they have executed the deed no for the purpose OF
t1,atr 90 in fha sdaarr
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 by attorney intact
duly appointed for conveying real estate situated In said
district and all deeds heretofore recorded as aforesaid
executed and acknowledged or only acknowledged by
such attorney ct for conveying real estate situated
In said district, to which the acknowledgment was
made before officers different from those before whom
proof of the power of attorney was made and as TO
which the of attorney proved before only one
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 intact duly appointed or by an officer OF cor
poration duly authorized, who has acknowledged the
same be his and deed instead Of the act and deed
of the granor Of the corporations and all deeds here
tore executed and recorded as aforesaid for the pui
pose of conveying land situated in said district to which
there Ia not annexed legal certificate az to the ofcia
character Of the officer or officers taking the acknowedg
men shall be- and the same are hereby declared to DO
of the effect and validity TO pass the fee simple or
other estate ntensed 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 II such deeds had been by such enmos covert
executed and acknowledged acknowledged In case oil
dover right in the form heretofore prescribed by law;
If such deeds had been executed and by
the grantor in the deed If such power OF attorney
had been proved before the officer officers taking the
acknowledgment; II such power of attorney had been
proved before two justices Of the peace aud II scn ae
Acknowledgement had been made before any judge OF q
State court before two justices OF tho peace as eucn
attorncysinfact officer Of corporation had aeknowl
edged the deed to he the deed OF the gantor or OF tue
corporaon if such deeds had thereto annexed GER
ticate in legal form, that the officer OF officers taking
the ; FIAT the certiscs OF
by femme shall show that the acknowledgement
was made "apsrt" or "privy" from her husband OF
use some other importing that her
was made out of his presence and also that she sckow
edged or declared that she willingly executed OF that she
willingly acknowledged the deed or that The same was
her voluntary act or to that effect Ad rorided also,
That when the power of attorney shall have besn eNec
ted by femme covert the same shall be efeetua andsui
Gent there shall have been such acknowledgment
Of the same as would be sufficient under the provisions
this ac pass her estate and interest therein sue
party executing the deed of conveyance the record
copy thereof Of any deed recorded aforesaid be
evidence thereof in the manner and TO have the
same effect II such dead bad been originally executed
acknowledged and recorded according 70 law.
Sec 2. And BE- further enacted That all exceptions
In favor Of parties beyond the District Of Columbia,
which may by existing laws bereped or relied on 10 any
action proceeding brought In said district are hereby
repealed and abrogated Provided That this section shall
not effect the right of parties in actions pending
and such may be brought within three years from the
passage Of this act ...
Sec. 3. and be IL further suaced That the acts of Con-
gress approved May thirty frs eighteen hundred and
tbrty.two, and April twenty, eighteen hundred and
thrtyeigh in reference to the acknowledgment and
recording Of deeds of land situated In said district shall
be taken and construed cumulative with the acts Of
Maryland the subject in force In said district at
the passage thereof and that acknowledgment made
and certified in compliance with any Of said acts and
before any officers authorized by either OF said acts to
take acknowledgment (whethern Of the Dis.
tct Of Columbia shall be good and eectual and If IL
shall appear that the granter acknowl said deed
It shall have the effect as If he she
the deed to be his or her act and deed. And any a.
acknowledgement made by femme covert under either Of
said acts Of Congress (which shall be sucIent under the
provoos 81 this ac Of any dsods executed by her hus
band and hetoore In the District Of Columbia
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