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TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 49, 50. 1830.
On failure tocomply withprovisions ofthis act, landsto be offered forsale.
All agree-ments or actshaving for ob-ject to preventany one frombidding upon orpurchasing pub-lic lands, prohi-bited.
Penalty.
All agree-ments to theeffect that oneperson shall payto another, apremium of anykind upon theprice at whichlands of the U.S. may be bidoff by the latter,to be null andvoid.
Any premiumpaid in conse-quence of suchagreement maybe recovered.
Discovery maybe enforced bybill in equity.
Proviso : suitto be commenc-ed within sixyears.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, on failure to apply for, andshow a right of pre-emption, under the second section of this act, withinthe time allowed therefor; and also on failure to complete the paymenton any of the lands, agreeably to the provisions of this act, within theperiod allowed for that purpose, in either case, the whole of such landsshall be forthwith offered for sale without delay.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or personsshall, before or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of theUnited States , bargain, contract or agree, or shall attempt to bargain,contract, or agree with any other person or persons, that the last namedperson or persons, shall not bid upon, or purchase the land so offered forsale, or any parcel thereof, or shall by intimidation, combination, or un-fair management, hinder or prevent, or attempt to hinder or prevent anyperson or persons from bidding upon or purchasing any tract or tracts ofland so offered for sale, every such offender, his, her, or their aiders andabetters, being thereof duly convicted, shall, for every such offence, befined not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not exceedingtwo years, or both in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons, shall,before, or at the time of the public sale of any of the lands of the UnitedStates , enter into any contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understand-ing with any other person or persons, proposing to purchase such land,to pay or give to such purchasers for such land, a sum of money, orother article of property, over and above the price at which the land mayor shall be bid off by such purchasers, every such contract, bargain,agreement, or secret understanding, and every bond, obligation, or writ-ing of any kind whatsoever founded upon, or growing out of the same,shall be utterly null and void. And any person or persons being a partyto such contract, bargain, agreement, or secret understanding, who shallor may pay to such purchasers, any sum of money or other article ofproperty, as aforesaid, over and above the purchase money of such land,may sue for, and recover such excess from such purchasers in any courthaving jurisdiction of the same. And if the party aggrieved, have nolegal evidence of such contract, bargain, agreement, or secret under-standing, or of the payment of the excess aforesaid, he may, by bill inequity, compel such purchasers to make discovery thereof; and if in suchcase, the complainant shall ask for relief, the court in which the bill ispending, may proceed to final decree between the parties to the same;Provided, every such suit either in law or equity shall be commencedwithin six years next, after the sale of said land by the United States .
Approved, March 31,1830.
Statute I.
March 31, 1830. Chap. XLIX. — An Act to change the port of entry from Nova Iberia to Franklin,
Port of entry Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedNtTva^beria^to ^ a ^ es °f America, in Congress assembled., That hereafter, the port ofFranklin. entry in the district of Teche, in the state of Louisiana , shall be at
Franklin, instead of Nova Iberia, in said district; and the collector there-of shall hereafter reside at said Franklin.
Approved, March 31, 1839.
Statute I.
March 31, 1830.
Collector ofBurlington.