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part of the territory of Arkansas , which, by the first article of the treatybetween the United States and the Cherokee Indians west of the Mis-sissippi , ratified the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hun-dred and twenty-eight, has ceased to be a part of said territory, who shallremove from such settlement according to the provisions of that treaty,shall be authorized to enter with the proper register of the land office inArkansas , a quantity not exceeding two quarter sections of land, on anyof the public lands in that territory, the sale of which is authorized bylaw, and in conformity with the lines of the public surveys, at any timewithin two years from the passage of this act; and upon presenting thecertificate of such entry to the Secretary of the Treasury, a patent shallbe issued to such settler, or to his, her or their heirs, for the lands so en-tered, as a donation from the United States , as an indemnity for the im-provements and losses of such settler under the aforesaid treaty.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the register and receiver ofthe land office, to which application may be made to enter such lands,shall be authorized to take the proper testimony of such actual settlementand subsequent removal, as in cases of pre-emptions heretofore grantedto actual settlers, for which a reasonable compensation shall be made tosuch registers and receivers, by the United States .

Approved, May 24, 1828.

family, &c., overthe age of 21years, actuallysettled, which,by 1st articleof treaty be-tween theUnited States and the Chero-kees west oftheMississippi , ra-tified by treatyofMay23,1828,authorized toenter with theproper registera quantity notexceeding twoquarter sectionsofland.

Register, &c.,to take the pro-per testimonyof such actualsettlement andsubsequent re-moval, &c.

Chap. CIX.— An Act to revive and continue in force an act , entitled u An Act toprovide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revo-lutionary war

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the act entitled “ Anact to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds receivedin the revolutionary war,” passed on the tenth day of April, one thousandeight hundred and six, and limited, as in said act declared, to the term ofsix years, and afterwards revived and continued in force for and duringthe term of six years, by an act, entitled “ An. act to revive and con-tinue in force ‘ An act to provide for persons who were disabled by knownwounds received in the revolutionary war, and for other purposes,’”passed on the twenty-fifth of April, in the year one thousand eight hun-dred and twelve, and afterwards revived and continued in force for theterm of one year, by an act, entitled “ An act to revive and continue inforce an act, entitled ‘ An act to provide for persons who were disabled byknown wounds received in the revolutionary war,’ ” passed on thefifteenth day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred andtwenty, and further revived and continued in force for the term ofsix years, by an act, entitled “ An act to revive and continue in forcean act, entitled ‘ An act to provide for persons who were disabledby known wounds, received in the revolutionary war,'” passed on thefourth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundredand twenty-two, shall be, and the said act is hereby, revived andcontinued in full force and effect for and during the term of six yearsfrom and after the passing of this act, and from thence unto the end ofthe next session of Congress : Provided, That any evidence which hasbeen taken to support any claim of any person disabled in the revolution-ary war, under the authority of the act of the fifteenth of May, one thou-sand eight hundred and twenty, reviving and continuing in force for oneyear “ An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds,received in the revolutionary war,” shall be received and acted upon bythe Secretary of War, in the same manner as if said act was still in force,and had not expired : And provided, also, That this act and any thing

Statute I.May 24, 1828.[Expired.]

Act of April3 0, 1806, ch.25, continuedin force for theterm of sixyears.

Act of April25, 1812, ch. 69.

Act of May15, 1820, ch.109.

Act of Feb.4, 1822, ch. 6.

Proviso.

Act of May15, 1820, ch.109.

Proviso.