The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-15
A PROCLAMATION.


L. q. sand eight hundred and sixty-fve, and of the
Independence Of the United States the eighty
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
by the President;
WILLIAM II. sIwARp, 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 cerhn
Lands in the Town OF stockbrdgc, State Of Wisconsin,
Bei enacted BY tie Senate and House of Repysentaues
Of the United States Of America IN CongTess Assembled
That upon satisfactory proof being made that oec
bridge Calumet County in the State Of Wisconsin, which
mas by treaty or otherwise been allotted to any ndivd
ua members Of the stoekbrdgs or Munsee tribe OF H.
dians are the purchasers grantees or gnees such
members said tribes this President ofhe United States
DO authorized to Issue patents for the land occupied to
such purchasers grantees asgnees, respectively
Provided That in case Of conflicting Claims to any Of the
lot 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
with such decision
SEC 2. And Dc it further enacted That patents issued
according to this act shall vest in tho patentee title to the
land described In such patent In Ice simple subject to
any valid lien or ncumbrance thereon created by said
| patentee or those under whom he claims
Sec o. And be ii further enacted That the lots of land
| in said town Of stoekbridge belonging to the United
States not herenbefore directed TO be patented shall be
attacneu 10 ana form part OF the Menasha land district
and IT. In the opinion OF the commissioner of the general
land office shall DO for the public interest the same may
sold at the minimum price othee dollars per acre for
lots fronting Lake Wnnebago five dollars per acre for
the two tiers Of lots fronting on the military road one
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 requ lite to
acquire presumption rights who shall prove to the salts
faction Of the register Of the landoce at Menasha Wis
consD, that he Or she has made improvements to the
value OF not less than fifty dollars and Ia actually red
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 Provided, That such
actual settler shall be permitted to preempt more than
two contiguous lots on which he or she has made i'm
proyemsnts 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 tho minimum prices ,xed by this act
Approved March 5, 1865.
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-
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 scaled the sane for conveying any real estate
or interest therein, situated in said dstrict and all
acknowledgements Of deeds heretofore recorded aore
said which have been made by emmes covert whether
they have executed the deed mott for the purpose Of
releasing their claims to dover in the lands described
therein situated 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
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 tact for conveying real estate situated
in said district 10 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
States court or before two aldermen OF city
oot,aT IF atft halnr nfurV
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
orney intact ly appointed or by an officer of cor
poraton, duly authorized, who has acknowledged the
same be his and deed instead Of the act and deed
of the grantor or of the corporations and all deeds here
ofore executed and recorded aforesaid for the pur
pose Of conveying land situated In said district to which
there is not annexed legal certificate to the official
character of the officer officers taking the acknowledge
ment shall be- and the hereby declared to be
Of the 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 as If such deeds had been by such emes covert
executed and acknowledged or acknowledged case OF
dover right In the form heretofore prescribed by law
such deeds had been executed and acknowledgedby
the grantor in the deed if such power of attorney
had been proved before the officer officers taking the
Acknowledgements as such power of attorney had been
proved before two justices Of the peace and If such ac
kpowledgment had been made before any Judge of a
State court or before two justices of the peaee as such
attorpeyspfact officer of corporation had acknowl-
edged the deed 10 10 tue deed Of the gartor or OF the
coporaton as If such deeds had thereto annexed GER
tifcate, In legal form that the officer officers taking
the Acknowledgement really what they purport TO
be: Porided That the certificate OF acknowledgement
by femme covert shall show that the acknowledgement
was made .'apart" "privily" from her husband or
other importing that her acknowledgment
made Of his presence and also that she acknowl
edged declared that she willingly executed or that she
willingly acknowledged the deed that the same was
her voluntary act, to that effect: And prooded also,
That when the power Of attorney shall have
ted by femme covert the etba be efectua and su
Gent If there shall have been such an acknowledgement
of the same as would be sufficient under the provisions
this act to pass her estate and interest therein she
and copy thereof Of deed recorded as 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 T. And Il be further enacted That all exceptions
10 favor Of parties beyond the District Of Columbia,
which may BY existing laws replied relied in any
action proceeding brought In said district are hereby
repealed and abrosstsd Provided That this section shall
not effect the right of parties IN actions pending,
passage Of this act.
src .. And BE- IL farther asdctsd That the acts of Con.
Iress approved May thirty frat eighteen hundred and
lbirtytwo, aud April twenty, eighteen hundred and
hirtysght IN reference to the acknowledgment and
be taken and eon.tru cumulative with the acts Of
Maryland the subeet In force in aad district
the passage thereof and that acknowledgment made
S any One o. se and
take an acknowledgement whether or out Of the MIS-
trot Of Columbia shall be good and sectual and If it
il shall have the same effect o. II he or ss
the deed to be his or her act and deed Ana any sc
made BY femme covert under either Of
provisions Of this sc Of any deeds executed 6y hsr
and heretofore recorded in the District Of Columbia
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