New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-03
LAWS or THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY,
No. 1O1.
AN ACT

To amend and re-enact an act entitled al
''act to reOrganize the State Land Office
and to provide for the disposition of pub
lie lands and for the survey of unsur
veyed approved swamp lands" and to
make appropriations therefor.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in general assembly convened.
That the lands donated by Congress to the
State OF Louisiana as swamp and over
| flowed lands, within the intent and mean
ing of the several acts of Congress relating
thereto, which shall have been SURVEYED
! and approved in accordance with law, shall
be subject to entry and sale at the price of
! twelve and a half cents per acre. That
any person applying to enter any of the
aforesaid lands shall be required to make aft
davit before some officer legally authorized
| to administer 0aths, that he or she enters
| the same for his or her own use and for
the purpose of actual settlement and cult
walton, and together with said entry he or
she has not acquired from the State of
Louisiana, under the provisions of this act
or OF any act graduating State lands more
than one hundred and sixty acres accord
ing to the established surveys
SEC. =. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the Register of the State Land Office shall
be, and is hereby authorized to sell the
acts of Congress of second of March, 1S49.
and September %, 1850, for one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre; provided, that
no purchaser under this section shall be
allowed to enter more than one hundred
and sixty acres.
SEC 3. Be it further enacted etc., That
the public lands donated by Congress to
the State of Louisiana, which are subject
to tidal overflow so as to be rendered I'M
4A,,r to-, ! Il.
as swamp and Overf1owed lands, within the
intent of the several acts of Congress re-
lating thereto, which have been approved
to the State of Louisiana by the general
government as swamp and overlooked
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 pro-
visions of this section is subject to tidal
overflow 80 as to be rendered unfit for set
Element and. cultivation.
SEC. A. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
the Register of the State Land Office shall
be authorized, and it shall be the duty of
said Register to administer any oath or
oaths which may be required by law in
connection with the duties of his Office and |
if any person shall knowingly and wiIlfully |
swear falsely to any fact contained in any |
oath or affidavit so taken and made, he or |
she shall be deemed or held guilty of per- |
jury, and shall, ON conviction suffer all the |
pains and penalties of perjury; provided, |
that such officer shall not directly or indi- |
rectly charge or receive any compensation |
for administering such oaths.
SEC. s. 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
lowed lands, through which the township
and section lines have not been run so as
to prevent the same to be subject to pre-
,mption or sale, it shall be the duty of the
Register of the State Land Office to have
such surveys made thereof as NAV be |
necessary in accordance with the existing
United States laws and regulations govern
ng such work.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted, etc., That
section twenty-five of act No. 80 extra SEES
lion of 1870 is hereby repealed, and that the
balance of ten thousand dol
ars appropriated by that act be and is
hereby appropriated out of the swamp land
und to carry out the provisions of the fifth
lection of this act, and this appropriation
hall be payable to the Register upon his
,wn warrant, for field and Office work to be
lone as provided in section five of this act
d, SEC. Z. BE it further enacted, ETC., That |
any person or persons shall cut, remove, |
u otherWlse DISPOSE OF, or be employed in |
'uttlng, removing, or otherwise disposing of,
my timber or wood of any kind from the
ands belonging to this State or donated to |
his State by the United States. unless duly
so to do by a competent officer
i this State, such person or persons so of |
ending, and being thereof dulv convicted
etore any court OF competent Jurisdiction,
hall pay fine not exceeding one thousand
ollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding
ne year.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted. etc. That
S regular tract books of sales have NOT
eretofore been prepared, and many of the
ownship maps upon which sales were
epresented have been so worn as to he :
nit for use, it shall be the duty of the
leglster to purchase necessary books on t
Inch all sales shall be recorded, and he :
hal! have the maps and lists of approvals !
the State of every character of lands s
ow IN his Office recopied and bound, in !
roper books and portfolios, by districts.
SEC y BE 1T further enacted, etc., That |
lie sum OF fifteen thousand dollars. or so
luch thereof as may be necessary be and
hereby appropriated to carry out the | :
rovlslons of section eight of this act, and |
lat 1t shall be payable out of the swami |
nd fund upon the warrant of the Register
the State Land Office, upon Investigation | t
ld approval of the Auditor of Public Ac- =
cunts. II
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc. That 8
the Commissioner of the United States