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Size of townand of lots.
Lots to beoffered to high-est bidder.
Minimum
price.
Reservationalong margin ofriver.
Lots to beclassed.
Right of pre-emption.
Statute II.Feb. 24, 1829.
[Obsolete.]500 copies to bepurchased.
Price.
twenty-four is revived, be, and the said acts are hereby, extended and con-tinued in force for the term of five years from and after the twenty-sixthday of May next.
Approved, February 5, 1829.
Chap. XV .—An Act authorizing the laying off a town on Sean river, in thestate of Illinois , and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That a tract of land in thestate of Illinois , at and including “ Galena,” on Bean river, shall, un-der the direction of the surveyor of the public lands for the states ofIllinois and Missouri, and the territory of Arkansas , be laid off into townlots, streets, and avenues, and into out-lots, having regard to the lots andstreets already surveyed, in such manner, and of such dimensions, as hemay think proper : Provided, The tract so to be laid off shall not exceedthe quantity contained in one entire section, nor the town lots one quar-ter of an acre each, nor shall the out-lots exceed the quantity of two acreseach. When the survey of the lots shall be completed, a plat thereofshall be returned to the Secretary of the Treasury, and within twelvemonths thereafter the lots shall be offered to the highest bidder atpublic sale, under the direction of the President of the United States ,and at such other times as he shall think proper: Provided, That notown lot shall be sold for a sum less than five dollars; and providedfurther, That a quantity of ground of proper width on the said river, andrunning therewith the whole length of the said town, shall be reservedfrom sale for public use, and remain forever a common highway.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the saidsurveyor to class the lots already surveyed, in the said town of Galena,into three classes, according to the relative value thereof, on account ofsituation and eligibility for business, without regard, however, to theimprovements made thereon ; and previous to the sale of the said lotsas aforesaid, each and every person, or his, her, or their legal representa-tive or representatives, who shall heretofore have obtained Irom the agentof the United States a permit to occupy any lot or lots in the said townof Galena, or who shall have actually occupied and improved any lot orlots in the said town, or within the tract of land hereby authorized to belaid off into lots, shall be permitted to purchase such lot or lots, by pay-ing therefor, in cash, if the same fall within the first class, as aforesaid,at the rate of twenty-five dollars per acre ; if within the second class, atthe rate of fifteen dollars per acre; and if within the third class, at therate of ten dollars per acre: Provided, That no one of the persons afore-said shall be permitted to purchase by authority of this section morethan one half acre of ground ; unless a larger quantity shall be necessaryto embrace permanent improvements already made.
Approved, February 5,1829.
Chap. XVIII.— An Act to provide for the purchase and distribution of certaincopies of the Digest of the Laws of the United States , by Thomas F. Gordon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of theDepartment of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase for theUnited States , five hundred copies of the Digest of the Laws of theUnited States , compiled by Thomas F. Gordon, at the price of six dol-