The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-30


der titles or promises 10 settle, which
have bsen made by said Vigil and st.
Vrain, or their legal representatives
I prior to the passage of this act, who
may establish their claims within one
/ year from the passage of this act. to
the satisfaction of the register and re-
/ ceiYer of the proper land district, shall
! in Ike maaner be adjusted according
to the Subdivisiooal lines of survey.
so as to include the lands so settled
upon or purchased, and the areas of
/ the ameshall be deducted and ex-
cluded from the adjusted limits of the
claims OF said Vigil and st. Vrain re-
spectively; and the claims of all
other actual settlers falling within the
I limits Of the located claims of Vigil
and st. Yrain shall be adjusted to the
extent which shall embrace their sew
eTal settlements upon their several
claims being established, either as
pre- emption or homesteads, according
to law; aud for the aggregate Of the
areas of the latter class Of claims the
said Vigil and st. Vrain. or their le-
gal representatives shall be entitled
to locate a like quantity of public
lands. not mineral, according to the
lines of the public surveys, and not
to exceed one hundred and sixty
acres in one section.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted.
That it shall be the duty Of the gen
eral land Office to cause the lines of
the public surveys to be run In the
regions where a proper location
would place the said Vigil aud St.
Vrain claims, and that the expense of
the same shall be paid out of any
moneys IN the treasury not otherwise
appropriated; yet before the confr-
nation of the said aot of June q,
1860, shall become legally effective,
the said Vigil and st. Vrain,. or their
legal representatives, shall pay the
cost of so much OF said surveys as
enures to their benefit respectively; |
and that all settlers of the said third |
class, whose claims may be adjusted |
as valid, shall have the right to enter
their improvements by strict com
pliance with the Presumption, or |
Homestead Laws.
SEC. 3 Aud be it further enacted, |
That upon the adjustment Of the /
Vigil aud st. VFain claims according |
to the provisions of this act, it shall |
be the duty of the Surveyor General |
of the district to furnish proper ap-
proved plats TO said claimants, or
their legal representatives, and so in
like manner to said derivative claim
ants, which shall be evidence of title,
the same to be done according to such
as may be given By the
Commissioner OF the General Land
Office.
SEC 4. And be it further enacted,
That Immediately upon running the
lines as provided In section second OF
this act, the surveyor general of said
district shall notify the said Vigil aud
st. Vrain or their agents, or legal
Of the fact of such
survey being made, and said claimants
shall within three months after notice
Of such survey select and locate their
said claims in accordance with such
survey and the provisions of this act.
and of the act to which this is amend
ltOry, so far rs the same is not chang
ed by this act, ard shall within said
time furnish the surveyor general
with a descri ption of such location.
specifying the lines of the same. Aud
.he party failing to make such selec-
ion aud location in such manner and |
ifAbAAA cAOA AtIDs ntlhAA DG utEulGu |
and held to have abandoned their
claim and their rights and equities
lnder this act and the act to which
his is amendatOry, shall cease and
terminate.
See. B. And be it further enacted,
That in case of the neglect or refusal
1f the said Vigil and st. Vrain, or
,ither of them, TO accept of the pro-
Vesgr rrE i al rfae r.
which this is amendatcry and to To-
cate their said claims as provided
herein. no suit shall be brought or
Instituted In any of the
Courts of the United States by such {
larty, or by any one claiming through
,r under them, to establish or en-
'orce said claims or for any cause of
letion founded upon the same after }
TX months from the passage of this
lct.
Approved Feb. %, 1869.