The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-07-31
Laws of the United States.
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION
or TIE THIRTY FOURTH CON-


State OF MiSconslng ana 1oT Ot1er purposes,
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of Repres
.sntatves Of the United States of America in Con-
gYeSS Assembled, That upon satisfactory proof be-
ing made that sn occupant(s) OF unpatented land
ia the town OF Stookbridge, Calumet County, in
the State of Wisconsin, which has, by treaty or
otherwise been allotted to any individual mem
bers Of tits StockbTidge or Munses tribe of In
snds, The purchasers, grantees, or assgnees
If such members Of said tribes, the President of
the United States be authorised to issue patepts
Tor the land occupied to such purchasers 2 an
tees assignees, respectively Provided, That
in case OF conflicting claims to any of the lots of
land the commissioner of the genera land Office
is authorized to hear the proofs of the respec-
tive claimants, and to decide which of such
claimants are justly entitled to said land, and pa
tents shall be issued in accordance With such de"
clsion.
Sec. Q. And be 1t further enacted, That patents
ISSUED according to this act shall vest in the pa
tentee title to the land described in such patent,
in fee simple, ubiect to any valid lien or incum-
brsnce thereon created by srid patentee or those
under whom he claims.
- Sec 8. And be 1t further enacted, That the lots
of land in said town of Stoekbridge belonging to
the United States, not hereinbefore directed to
be patented, shall be attached to and form a part
Of the Menasha land district, and it, in the epin-
ion of the commissioner of the general land Office
it shall be for the public interest, the same may
be sold at the minimum price of three dollars per
acre for lots fronting ON Lake Wlnnebago, five
dollars per acre for the two tiers of lots fronting
on the military road, one tier of let's on each side
thereof, and Two dollars and fifty cents per acre
tor the residue of said land to actual settlers
thereon possessing the qualifications requisite to
acquire presumption rights, who shall prove to
the satisfaction of the register of the land Office
at Menasha, Wisconsin, that he or she has made
improvements to che value of not less than tifty
dollars, and is actually residing upon the land
the time of paying the purchase price may be ex-
tended for period not exceeding one year 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 be or
she has made improvements OF the value of not
less than one hundred dollars. The lands not
sold within one year as hereiubefore provided
sha be brought into market and sold at not less
than the minimum prices fixed by this act
1. Approved, March 8, 1865.
AN ACT to quiet Titles in Favor of Parties in &C.
tual Possessions Of Lands situated in the DisA
trict of Columbia.
Be at enacted By the Senate and House of Rem.
resentati0es of the United States of America in
Congress assembled. That all deeds h. ratofors
recorded in the land records of the District of
Columbia, which have been executed and seknow,
iedged by iemmes covert (their husbands having
signed and sealed the same) for conveying any
real estaee, or interest therein sitnated n s.;d
district; aud all acknowledgements of deeds
heretofore recorded, as aforesaid, which have besn
made by femmes covert (whether they have exc. 4
cuted the deed or not) for the purpose of reieas-
ing their claims to dover in the lands descrihsd
therein. siuased as aforesaid, in which acknows
Judgements the form prescribed BY law has NOT
been followed; and all deeds heretofoi recorded
as aforesaid, which have been executed and ara
knowledsed by an attorneysin fact, duly appoint.
ed for conveying real estate situated in said di,-
trict; and all deeds heretofore recorded as afore-
said, executed and acknowledged, or only acs
kuowledged by such attorney.ine fact for convey
ing real estate situated in said district, as 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 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 conveying land situated in said dis.
trict, acknowledged out of the District of Colum.
5a, before judge of United States court, or
before two aldermen ola city, or the chief magis-
srate of oity, OF before notsry public and
all deeds heretofore executed and recorded as
aforesaid for the purpose Of conveying lands
situated in said district, acknowledged by an att
torney'in-lact, duly appointed, or by an officer |
of a corporation, duly authorised, who has ac~
knowiedged the same to be his act and deed in.
stead of the act and deM of the grantor of the |
corporation and II deeds heretofore executed
and recorded as aforesaid for the purpose of con.
vsv{ag iaul situa ted u ssid 3f3tTios h 7ghicb
tlere il annexed legal Certificate IS To he ofi
cal character al The officer or officers taking The
sekn0Ble0g ment, shall DC and the s,o1e sya hara
by, declared 10 be of The same effect and valioI
ty pas the fee simple or other ests.s intended
70 bs reuTeyed, and par dover she 10 cal estst,
tnereia "a rstaFaed ~ savor af parties Ia actual
deeds, sas4f such deeds had been by such femmes
covert seNecnled and acknowledged, or scknow.
lodged in 5hdower right, in the form heretofore
presersneA by law: as if such deeds had been
executed and acknowledged by the grantor in the
deed IS If such power of attorney had been
proved before the officer or officers takins the
acknowledgment; as if such power of attorney
had been made before any judge of State court,
or before Two justices of the peace; as it such
attorney-insfact Cor officer of corporation had
acknow lodged the deed to be the desd OF the
grautor or of the corporation as if such deeds
had hereto annexed certificate, in the legal
form, that the officer or officers taking the &c,
acknowledgement were really what thew purport to
be Provided That the certificate of ack ,ow.
Judgement by femme covert shall show that the
acknoW Judgement was made "apart,' or ''priyi W
from her husband, or use some other lei M i'm.
porting sthat her acknowledgment was made cot
of his presence, and also that she ackno ledpsd
or declared that she willingly executed or that
she willingly acknoN lodged. the deed, or that
And provaded, also, That When the power of
attorney shall have [been1 executed by a femme
covert the sam shall be effectual and sufficient
if there hall have been such an acknowledge
nent of the same as would be sufficient under
the provisions of this act, to pass her estate aoJ
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
ame effect as if such deed had been orioina l,v
executed, acknowledged and recorded ing
to law. -.'-H ..t'--fi .' "
Sec. z. And be stturther enacted, That all ex-
captions in favor OF parties beyon the District of
Columbia, which may by existing laws bs renl;ed
or relied on in any action or proceeding brought
in said district, are hereby repealed and abroea.
ted: Provided, That ii is section shf Ii not effect
the right of parties in actions now pending. and
such as may be brought within three years froua
the pefasge of this act.
s,ec.2 And be it further enacted, That the acts
of Congress approved May tbirty-frst, eighteen,