The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-08-17
By the President:
WILLIAM IL. SEWARD, Secretary Of State
Ia VS. OF THE UNITED STA TIES.
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION u TIE TIIIR.
TT-FOURTH 90 NERESS

PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION or TIE THIR
Tf-FOURTH CONGRESS.
AN Act to authorize the Issuing of Patents for certain
Lands in the Town Of Sockbrdge, State of Wisconsin
and for other purposes.
BE enacted By tic Senate and House Of Repysetipe
q The United States Of Aner,ca % Congress assembled
That upon satisfactory proof being made that an oocu
pantls of unpatentcd land in the town of Stock
bridge, Calumet County, in the State of Wisconsin, which
has, by treaty or otherwise been allotted any indvid
ua members Of the Sockbrdgc Munseo tribe O In.
dians are the purchasers grantees, neus OF such
members of said tribes the President fe United States
be authorized to issue patents for the land upiod to
such purchasers, grantees assgnces respectively;
P0cSded That in of conflicting claims to any of the
lots OF land the commissioner OF the general land Office
authorized to hear the proofs of the respective claimants
and to decide which ofsuch claimants justly entitled
to SAID land ana patents shall be Issued i'll accordance
with such decision.
SEC. Q. And be IL further enacted That patents issued
according to this act shall vest in the patentce title thu
land described in such patent in fee simple subject to
any valid lien or incumbrance thereon created Ly said
patentee or those under whom he Claims. .
SEC. g. And be IL further enacteH That the lots Of land
IN said town of Stockhridge belonging TO the United
States not hereinbeore directed be patented shall DO
attached TO and form part of the Mensha land district
and it, in the opinion OF tho commissioner of tho general
land office it shall be for the public interest tho same may
DO sold at the minimum price ofhee dollars per acre for
lots fronting on Lake Wnnebago five dollars per acre for
the two tiers OF lots fronting the military road ono
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 to
acquire preemption rights who shall prove to the salts
faction Oh the register Of the iandoice at Mcnasha Wis
consin that he OF she has made improvements to the
value Of not less than fifty dollars and is actually resd
ing upon tue land the time of paying the purchase price
may be extended for period exceeding one year
from the passage of this act iroUded That no such
actual settler sharbe permitted TO proelupt moro than
two contiguous lots on which he or she has made in
provemens OF the value OF not less than one hundred
dollars The lands not sold within one year hern
before provided shall be brought into market and sold ut
not less than the minimum prices fixed by this act
Approved, March 8, 1866. e '-F.f ---f Il
An Act quiet Titles in Favor of Parties in actual Pos
sessions OF Lands situated in tho District of Columbia
Be IL enacted BY The Senate and House of Re,gessnta
fireS a. TIE thtted States of America IN Congress assembled
That all deeds heretofore recorded in the land records Of
the District of Columbia which been executed and
acknowledged by felnmes covert heir husbands having
signed and sealed the sae for conveying real estate
81 interest therein, situated in said district; and all ac
Of deeds heretofore recorded afore
said which have been made by femmes whether
they have executed the deed not for the purpose of
releasing their claims to dover in the lands described
therein, situated aforesaid which
he form prescribed by law has not been followed and
Ill deeds heretofore recorded aforesaid which have
been executed and acknowledged by attorney intact
July appointed for conveying real estate situated in said
ilstrict and all deeds heretofore recorded aforesaid
'xecuted and acknowledged, only acknowledged by
uch attorney intact for conveying real estate situated
n said district, to which the Acknowledgement was
made before officers different from those before whom
'roof OF the power of attorney made and az to
winch The power of attorney proved before only
usce OF the peace and all deeds heretofore executed
ma recorded as aforesaid for the purpose of conveying
and situated in said district acknowledged ont Of
he District of Columbia, before judge of United |
states court, before two aldermen of city |
n the chief magistrate Of city, before u notary
'ublic; and all deeds heretofore executed and re-
orted aforesaid for the purpose of conveying |
lnds situated in said district, acknowledged by at
oney in fact daily appointed, or by officer of
oraton, duly authorized, who has acknowledged the
to be his act and deed instead Of the and deed
the gantor of the corporation aud all deeds hero.
oore executed and recorded as aforesaid for the DUR
ose CT conveying land situated in said district which
here is not annexed legal certificate to the official
haracter of the officer officers taking the acknowledge
lent shall be- and the hereby, declared to be
the same effect and validity TO pass the fee simple or
ther estate nteneed to be conveyed and bar dover in
ne real estate therein mentioned in favor of parties in
ctual possession, claiming under and through such
eeds If such deeds had been by such emmes covert
yecuted and acknowledged acknowledged in case of
dover right in the form heretofore prescribed by law;
such deeds had been executed and acknowledgedby
granor in the deed; as If such power Of attorney
I'D been proved before the officer officers taking the
if such power of attorney had been
royed before two justices of the peace; and If such
nowledgment had been made before any judee of n {
ate court before two justices Of the peace such
torneysinfact or officer of corporation had acknowl
ICED the deed to he the deed of the granor of the
operations as if such deeds had thereto annexed GER
ieate in legal form, that the officer officers taking
Acknowledgement really what they purport to
}: Procded, That the certificate of acknowledgement
femme covert shall show that the acknowledgment
rs made apart" or "prvilyn from her husband, or
some other term importing that her Acknowledgment
IS made out of his presence and also that she acknow
ged declared that she willingly executed that she
llingly acknowledged the deed, that the was
voluntary act, 10 that effect: and provided also
vat when the OF attorney shall have been eNeeH
by femme covert the same shall be eectual andsuf
mt If there shall have been such On acknowledgement
the would be sufficient under the provisions OF
act to pass her estate and interest therein she
party executing the deed of conveyance the record
copy hereofof any deed recorded aforesaid to he
dence thereof in the same and to have the 81
ne eHeCt such deed had originally executed