The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-03
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA:

caused the seal Of the United States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington, this seventeenth
dav of March, In the year Of our Lord one thou
/. s.. sand eight hundred and sixtyive, 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 OF THE THIR
TYFoURTH CONGRESS-
AN ACT to authorize the Issuing of Patents for certain
Lands In the Town OF SoekbTdgs, State OF Wisconsin,
BED enacted By tie Senate and House Of Representatives
e ne Uitsa statss or Aneytca q Congress assenolsa'
PANTS I Of unpstsntsd land IN lie town Of Stock.
bridge Calumet County In the State Of Wisconsin, which
has, by treaty or otherwise been allotted to any ndlyd'
ua members Of the Stockbrdge or Munsss tribe OF In.
dians are the purchasers grantees or ~ gnees osuch
members Of said tribes the President ofthe United States
be authorized to issue patents Tor the land 80 occupied TO
such purchasers grantees or assgnesS respectively
Provided That in case Of conflicting claims to any Of the
lot OF land the commissioner the general land Office 4.
authorized to hear the proofs OF tina respective claimants
and to decide which ofsuch claimants are Justly entitled
10 said land and patents shal be Issued In accordance
| with such decision,
according TO this act shall In the patsneo title to the
land described in such patent iu es simple, subject TO
any valid lien or neumbrapce thereon created by said
pateutee or those under whom be claims.
Sec g. And be further enacted, That the lots of land
In said town Of Stockbilge belonging to the United
Statee not herenbsfore directed to he patent shall be
attached to and form part OF the iensha land district,
and IT, in the opinion oil the commissioner OF the general
land office shall DO for the public interest the may
be sold at the minimum price Of three dollars po for
lots fronting Lake Winnebago five dollars per for
the two tiers Of lots fronting the military road
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 requi lite to
acquire pre- smpton rights who shall prove to tue salts
faction Of register Of tho andoee at Menasha, Wis.
hp n In npda pIpra mani
value Of not less than fifty do and is actually resid-
ing upon the land the time of paying the purchase price
from the passage Of this act: Provided That no such
actual settler sha be permitted to preenpt moro than
two contiguous lots which he OF she has made i'm.
provements OF the value Of not less than one 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 lxed by this act,
Approved, March 8, 1866.
An Acr to quiet Titles in Favor of Parties in actual Pos
sessions OF Lands situated in the District of Columbia
Be il enacted By the Senate and House Of Rsprssenta-
tpes 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 iemmes covert her husbands having
signed and sealed the same for conveying any real estate
or interest therein situated IN said district; and all
knowedgsmens OF deeds heretofore recorded as aore
sad which have been made by femmes whether
they have executed the deed mott for the purpose Of
releasing THEN claims to dover In the lands described
therein situated as Aforesaid in which Acknowledgements
the form prescribed by law has not been followed; and
all deeds heretofore recorded aforesaid which have
been executed and acknowledged by attorney INTACT
district and all deeds heretofore recorded as aforesaid
executed and acknowledged or only acknowledged ny
such attorney INTACT for conveying real estate situated
in sid district, to which the acknowledgement was
made before officers different from those before whom
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 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
or the chief magistrate OF city, or before notary
public and all deeds heretofore executed and re.
lands situated in said district acknowledged by at
torney fact, lily appointed, or by an officer Of COR
poration duly authorized who has acknowledged the
Of the grantor or Of the coporaton and all deeds here
tore executed and recorded aforesaid for the pur
pose Of conveying land suatedn said district to which
there not annexed legal certificate as to the official
character of the officer officers taking the acknowledge
msn shall be- aud the same are hereby declared to be
of the effect and validity to pass the fee simple
other estate inteneed 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 emmes covert
executed aud acknowledged acknowledged In of
dover right In the form heretofore prescribed by law;
as such deeds had been exeuted and acknowledgedy
tie grantor in tho deed II such power Of attorney
had been proved before the officer officers taking the
acknowledgment; as if such power Of attorney had been
proved before two justices of the peace and If such &C.
acknowledgement bad been made before any judge OF
State court before two justices OF the peace as such
attorneysn-fsct officer Of corporation had acknowl-
edged the deed to be the deed OF the rantor or Of the
corporations If such deeds had thereto annexed GER
ticae, in legal form that the officer or officers taking
the acknowledgement were really what they puport to
be: oridsd That the certificate of acknowledgement
by femme covert shall show that the acknowledgement
was made .'apart" "privly from her husband, or
use some other importing that her acknowedg ment
made out of his and also that she acknow
edged declared that she willingly executed Or that she
willingly acknowledged the deed or that the same was
her voluntary act to that effect: And provided also,
That when the power Of attorney shall have
ted by femme covert the same shall be ehectua andsud
Gent If there shall have been such acknowledgment
of the same would be sufficient under the provisions
this act pass her estate and interest therein were she
party executing the deed OF conveyance, the record
evidence thereof In the same manner and to have tue
same effect II such deed had been originally executed
acknowledged and recorded according TO law.
$50. 2. And itbe further enacted That all exceptions
In favor Of parties beyond the District of Columbia
which may by existing laws be replied relied ON in any
action or 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 as may be brought within three yeas from the
passage Of this act.
SEC s. and Is It further Slactsd That the acts of Cou.
gress approved May thrtyhst, eighteen hundred and
tbirty-two, and April twenty, eighteen hundred and
thirtyegbt IN reference to tho Acknowledgement and
recording Of deeds Of land situated In said district shall
be taken and oonstrud cumulative with the acts OF
Maryland the subject in force in said district
the passage thereof and that an acknowledgement mad.
and certified in compliance with any Of said acts and
before any officers authorized by either of said to
take acknowledgement whether in out Of the is
shall appear that the grantsr "aeknow dyed said deed
II shall have the effect II he she acknowledged
the deed to be his her act epd deed. And any ac
said Of Congress (which sha be sufficient under the
provops Of this ae Of deeds executed BY hsr hus
band and heretofore u the District Of Columbia