New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-03

State Of Louisiana, which are subject TO
regular tidal overflow. designated as
swamp and overlooked lande," within the
intent Ufthe several acts Of Congress relat-
ing thereto, which have been approved to
the State OF Louisiana by the general gov
eminent, as swamp and overfowed lands,
shall be subject to entry at the rate of
twenty-five cents per acre; provided, that
satisfactory proof be filed with the Register
OF the State Land Office. that any land
sought to be purchased under the provi-
sions Of this section is subject to regular
tidal overflow.
Sec Is. Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shall be the duty of the Governor, when
applied to, to issue patents for all lands
that have been sold, and for lands located
by warrants, whenever he shall be satisfied
that the same have been legally sold or
located.
PERCEPTION.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, etc., That
every person who has made settlement on
any part of said swamp lands, previous to
the passage of this act, for the purpose Of
residing on, and for the cultivation of the
same, or who may hereafter make 3 settle.
ment on the same, shall have the privilege
ofentering, as pre-emptor, in body, not less
than forty nor more than one hundred and
sixty acres Of said land, at the State Land
Office, at.the price OF one dollar and twenty
i've cents per acre; provided said person
shall be the head OF family, or over the
age of twenty-one years, and shall file proof
of settlement with the Register of the State
Land Office, within six months OF the date
OF his or her actual settlement; and provided
further, that the party thus applying for q
preference right shall make oath before q
Justice Of the Peace, or the Register of the
State Land Office. that he or she has settled
on the land applied for, with the view and
for the purpose of cultivating the same, and
not for the purpose Of speculation, and
shall also state, as near as possible, the date
of such settlement. The description, settle
ment and cultivation OF said lands, shall be
sustained by affidavit of two disinterested
witnesses.
SEC. H. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
any settler who may be prevented from fling
proof of settlement as aforesaid, on account
of the lands not having been, or improperly
surveyed, thereby rendering description
of the legal subdivisions uncertain, shall
have the further time of six months TO file
their proof of settlement-dating from the
day of fling of the township map in the
State Land Office.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
whenever any person shall have complied
with the provisions of the foregoing act, he
or she shall have twelve months from the
date Of the filing of their said application
and proof, to make payment of their lands,
otherwise they shall be deprived of the ben
eits which they may have previously &C.
quired.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shall not be lawful for any person to sell,
transfer or assign the preference right to any
land, until he or she shall have fully complied
with the foregoing provisions OF this act,
and any such sale, transfer or assignment
shall operate as a forfeiture of the rights &C.
quired by any settler or pre-emptOr so con-
travening.
SEC 20. Be II further enacted, ETC., That
it shall be the duty of the Secretary OF State,
on the application of the Register of State
Lands, to furnish, without delay, three
printed copies of this act to each parish in
the State, directed to the sheriff, clerk of
the court and parish recorder, whose duty
it shall be to post the same in some con-
spicuous place in their offices, Tor the con-
venience of the the public.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted, etc, That
as there are many bodies OF land which have
been approved in bulk to the State by the
general government, as swamp and over
flowed lands. through which the township
and section lines have not been run, so as to
prevent the same TO be SUBJECT TO pre-emp-
ton or sale, it shall be the duty of the
register, to be appointed under this act, to
request the Surveyor General Of the United
States for the State of Louisiana to have
such surveys made thereof, IS may be neces-
ssry in accordance with the existing United
States laws and regulations governing such
work.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the sum of ten thousand dollars be and is
hereby appropriated, out of the Swamp
Land Fund, to carry out the provisions OF
the twenty-second section of this act, and
this appropriation shall be payable 10 the
register upon his own warrant, to be issued
in accordance with such estimates as shall
be made b. the United States Surveyor
General for the State of Louisiana, for work
to be done, as provided in section tWeuty-on
OF this act
SEC. % Be it further enacted. etc, That
all laws conflicting with the provisions of
this act be and the same are hereby repealed
and that this act shall have effect from and
after its passage.
. (Signed) MORTIMER CARR,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Senate.
Approved March lG, 1870.
(Signed) H. C. WARMOTH.
. Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
GEO. E. BovEH,
Secretary OF State.