Year: 1862

case OF the death of both father and moth
er, leaving an infant child, or children.
under twenty-one years of age, the RIGHT
and fee shall enure TO the benefit of said
infant child or children; and the executor
administrator or guardian may, at any
time within two years after the death of
the surviving parent, and in accordance
with the laws of the State in which such
children for the time being have their
domicil, sell said land for the benefit of
said infants, but for no other purpose; and
the purchaser shall acquire the absolute
title by the purchase, and be entitled to
patent from the United States, on pay
ment of the office fees and sum of mon
ey herein specified.


Sec. 8. And be il further enacted,
That the Register Of the Land Office shall
note all such applications on the tract
books and plats Of his Office, and keep a
register of all such entries, and make re-
turn thereof to the General Land Office,
together with the proof upon which they
have been founded


Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That no lands acquired under the provis-
ions of this act shall in any event become
liable to the satisfaction Of any debt or
debts contracted prior to the issuing of the
patent therefor.


Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That it, at any time after the filing of
the affidavit, as required in the section of
this act, and before the expiration of the
five years aforesaid, it shall be proven, af-
ter due notice to the settler to the salts
faction of the Register of the Land OF
flee, that the person having filed such af-
fidavit shall have actually changed his or
her residence, or abandoned the said land
for more than six months at any time,
then and in that event the land so enter
cd shall revert to the Government.


Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That no individual shall be permitted to
acquire title to more than one quarter
section under the provisions of this act;
and that the Commissioners of the Gener.
al Land Office is hereby required to pre-
pare and issue such rules and regulations,
consistent with this act, rs shall be neces-
sary and proper 10 carry its provisions in
to effect; and that the registers and re-
ceivers of the several land offices shall be
entitled TO receive the same compensation
for any lands entered under the provis-
ions Of this act that they are now entitled
to receive when the same quality of land
is entered with money, one-half to be paid
by the person making the application at
the time of so doing, and the other half
on the issue of the certificate by the per-
son TO whom it may be issued; but this
shall not be construed to enlarge the max
imum of compensation now prescribed by
law for any register or receiver: Provid-
ed, That nothing contained in this act
shall be so construed as TO impair or in
terfere in any manner whatever with exist
ing preemption rights And provided,
further, That all persons who may have
filed their applications for a preemption
right prior to the passage Of this act shall
be entitled 10 all privileges of this act.
Provided, further, That no person who
has served, or may hereafter serve, for a
period of not less than fourteen days in
the army or navy of the United States,
either regular or volunteer, under the laws
thereof during the existence of an actual
war, domestic or foreign, shall be deprived
of the benefits of this act on account of
not having attained the age of 81 years.


Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That
the fifth section of the act entitled An
act in addition to an act more eflectually
to provide for the punishment of certain
crimes against the United States, and for
other purposes" approved the Sd Of
March, in the year 1857, shall extend to
all oaths, afIirmations and hfidayits, re-
quired or authorized by this act


Sec. s. And be it further enacted
That nothing in this act shall be so con-
strued as to prevent any person who has
ayailed him or herself of the benefit of the
first section Of this act from paying the
minimum price, or the price to which the
same may have graduated, for the quality
of land so entered at any time before the
expiration Of the five years, and obtaining
n patent therefor from the Government, as
in other cases provided by law, on making
proof of settlement and cultivation rs
provided by existing laws granting pre-
emption rights.


GREAsING GRIDDLE-THE Best
Way" Lefty Ermin," of Now York,
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