The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-10
Laws of the United States.
PASSED At THE SECOND SESSION
OF THE THIRTY FOURTH CON,

PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION
OF THE THIRTY-FOUR CON-
GRESS. aaa
An Act to authorize the Issuing of Patents for
certain Lands in the Town of Stockbridge,
State of Wisconsin, and for other purposes.
Be ii enacted BY the Senate and HoHss Of Repre-
sentQtives Of the United States of America in Com
2 reSs Assembled, That upon satisfactory proof be-
ing made that an occuPant(s) of unpafented land
IN the town of Stockbridge, Calumet County. in
the State of Wisconsin, which has, BY treaty or
otherwise, been allotted to any individual MEM
bers Of the Stockbridge or Munsee tribe OF In
ands, are the purchasers, grantees, or sssignees
Of such members of said tribes the President of
the United States be authorised to issue patents
for the land so occupied to such purch ssers q an
tees or assignees, respectively Provided, That
in case of conflicting claims to aAy of the lots of
land the commissioner of the genera land Ctice
ID authorized to hear the proofs of the respee-
tive claimants, and to decide which of such
claimants are Justly titled to said land, and pa,
tehts shall be issued in accordance With such de-
eision.
Sec. Q. And be 1t further enacted, That patrnt Is
issued according TO this act shall vest in the pa
tentee title to the land described in such patent
in fee simple, subject to any valid lien or ncuni,
brance thereon created by srid patentes or those
under whom he claims. l..+ ~
Sec. 8. And be IL further enacted, That the lots
of land in said town of Stockbridge belonging to
the United States. not hereiubefore directed to
be patented, shall be attached to and form a part
Of the Menashs land district, and il, in the spin.
on OF the commissioner of the gen eral land ofce
shall be for the public interest, the same NAV
be sold at the minimum price Of three dollars per
acre for lots fronting on Lake WInnebago, five
dollars per acre Tor the two tiers of lots fronting
the military road, one tier of lots on 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 10
acquire prescription rights, who shall prove, to
the satisfaction of the register of the land office
oho hot ha a.
improvements to the value of not less than iftv
dollars, AID ia actually residing upon the land :;
the time of paying the purchase price may be exo
tended tor period not exceeding enc gear from
the passage of this act Provided, That no such
actual settler shall be permitted to pre-empt
more than two contiguous lots on which he Cd
she has made improvements of the value of not
less than one hundred dollars. The lands not
shall be brought into market and sold Ut not less
than the minimum prices fixed by this act.
Approved, March 8, 1865. ..
AN ACT to quiet Titles in Favor of Parties in sc-
tual Possessions of Lands situated 10 the Biz
trict of Columbia. -t.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rem.
resentotives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That all deeds A,retofore
recorded in the land records of the District OF
Columbia, which have been executed and acknow,
lodged by femmes covert (ther husbands having
signed and sealed the same1 for conveying any
real estaee, interest therein, situated 10 said
district and all acknow Judgements OF deeds
heretofore recorded as aforesaid, which have been
made by femmes covert (wbether they have exc
cuted the deed or not) for the purpose Of rcleas-
ing their claims to dover In the lands descr ibed
therein, situased as aforesaid, in which scknoys
Judgements the form prescribed by law has not
been followed; and all deeds heretofo record, d,
as aforesaid, which have been executed and acc
knowledged by an attOrneysin fact, duly appoint.
ed for conveying real estate situated in said dis.
frIof ram cd
said, executed and acknowledged, or only acs
knowledged by such attorney.in- fact, for convey.
ing real estate situated in said district, as to
5 which the Acknowledgement was made before
officers different from those before HON proof of
the power of attorney was made, and as to which
the power OF attorney was proved before only
one justice OF The peace; and all deeds hereto
fore executed and recorded as aforesaid for the
purpose of convey Jog land situated in said dis.
trict, acknowledged out of the District of Columa
bla,before judge of United States court, or
before two aldermen ola city, or the chief magis-
trate of city, or before notary public; and
all deeds heretofore executed and recorded al
aforesaid for the purpose Of conveying lands
situated in said district, lodged by an at
torney-in-fact, duly appointed, or by an officer
of a corporation, duly authorized, who has &C.
knowledged the same to be his act and deed in
stead of the act and deed OF the grantor of the
corporation and all deeds heretofore executed
and recorded as Aforesaid for the purpose of con.
veyiHg land situated In said district to which
IIS
cial character of the officer or officers taking the
acknowledgement, shall be and the same are here
by, declared to be of the same effect and palidi-
ty to pass the fee simple or other estate intended
to be conveyed, and bar dover the in real estate
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, OF acknow.
ledgcd in dover right, in the form heretofore
prescribed by law as ii such deeds had been
executed and acknowledged by the grantor in the
deed as ii such power of attorney had been
proved before the officer or officers taxing The
acknowledgment; as it such power OF attorney
sr mad been made before any judge of State court
or before two justices of the peace; as il such
sttorney -inafact aor officer of corpof alton had
acknowledged the deed to be the deed OF the
grantor or OF the corporation; as if such deeds
had hereto annexed q certificate, in the legal
torn, that the officer or officers taking the &c.
acknowledgement were really what they parpor I to
be Provided, That the certificate III ack cow.
Judgement by femme covert shall show that the
acknowledgement was made "apart,' or .'priyi y"
from her husband, or use some other ,e IN i'm
porting THAT her acknowledgment was made out
of his presence, and also that she acknowledged
or declared that she willingly executed or that
she willingly acknow lodged, the deed or that
the same was her voluntary act or to that Effect
And provsded, also, That When the power of
attorney shall have [been1 executed by q femme
covert the sam shall be effectual and sufficient
if there shall have been such an acknowledge.
ment of the same as would be sufficient. under
the provisions of this act, to pass her estate auo
interest therein were she party executing the
deed of conveyance, the record and copy thereof
of any deed recorded as aforesaid to be evidence
thereof in the same manner< and to have the
same effect as if such deed had been originally
executed, acknowledged and recorded aceor ing
to law. -.fa er. 4 10
Sec. q And be 1T further enacted, That all ex-