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said British colonial possessions, and their cargoes, subject to no other orhigher duty of tonnage or impost, or charge of any description whatever,than would be levied on the vessels of the United States , or their car-goes, arriving from the said British possessions; and it shall be lawful forthe said British vessels to import into the United States , and to exporttherefrom, any article or articles which may be imported or exported invessels of the United States : and the act, entitled “ An act concerningnavigation,” passed on the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eighthundred and eighteen; an act supplementary thereto, passed the fifteenthday of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and an act, enti-tled “An act to regulate the commercial intercourse between the UnitedStates, and certain British ports,” passed on the first day of March, onethousand eight hundred and twenty-three, are, in such case, herebydeclared to be suspended, or absolutely repealed, as the case may require.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That, whenever the ports of theUnited States shall have been opened, under the authority given in thefirst section of this act, British vessels and their cargoes shall be admit-ted to an entry in the ports of the United States from the islands, pro-vinces, or colonies, of Great Britain, on or near the North American conti-nent, and north or east of the United States .

Approved, May 29, 1830.

Statute I. -

May 29, 1830. Chap. CCV11I. — An Act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public

lands . (a)

Act of June Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United22^ 1838, ch. States of America, in Congress assembled , That every settler or occupantof the public lands, prior to the passage of this act, who is now in pos-

(a) Pre-emption of Public Lands.

Purchasers under John Cleves Symmes. Act of March 2, 1799, ch. 34. Act ofMarch 3, 1801, ch. 23.Act of May 1, 1802, ch. 44. Act ofMarch 3, 1803, ch. 21, sec. 4, 5.

Pre-emption of lands granted to persons erecting grist or saw-mills. Act of May 10, 1800, ch. 55,sec. 16.

Mississippi . Act ofMarch 3, 1S03, ch. 27, sec. 3. Act of April 21, 1806, ch. 39, sec. 2, 7. Act ofMarch 3, 1807, ch. 36, sec. 8. Act of April 22, 1826, ch. 28, sec. 5. Act of May 28, 1830, ch. 146,sec. 3.

Tennessee . Act of April 18, 1806, ch. 31.

Ohio . Act of April 21, 1806, ch. 39. Act ofMay 15, 1820, ch. 135.

Michigan . Act of April 25, 1808, ch. 67, sec. 3.

Louisiana . Act of February 15, 1811, ch. 14, sec. 5. Act of April 29, 1816, ch. 162. Act ofMarch3, 1819, ch. 86, sec. 4. Act of June 15, 1832, ch. 140. Act of June 28, 1834, ch. 125. Act of Feb-ruary 24, 1835, ch. 24.

Illinois . Act of February 5, 1813, ch. 20. Act of April 26, 1816, ch. 101, sec. 6. Act of April 16,1814, ch. 61, sec. 4. Act of February 27, 1815, ch. 63, sec. 3, 4.

Missouri . Act of April 12, 1814, ch. 52, sec. 5. Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 86, sec. 2, 3. Act ofApril 29, 1816, ch. 162. Act of July 9, 1832, ch. 180, sec. 3.

Arkansas. Act ofMay 26, 1824, ch. 154.

Further time given for filing of claims to pre-emption rights. Act of July 14, 1832, ch. 246.

Alabama . Act of April 22, 1826, ch. 28.

Florida . Act of April 22, 1826, ch. 28.

Settlers on public land. Act of May 29, 1830, ch. 208. Act of July 14, 1832, ch. 246. Act of March2, 1833, ch. 92. June 22, 1838, ch. 119.

Settlers in the Salt Lick reservation in Tennessee . Act ofMarch 3, 1839, ch. 178.

Supplement to the act of June 22, 1838, ch. 119, to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on publiclands. June 1, 1840, ch. 32.

An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights.September 4, 1841, ch. 16. ,

An act to perfect the titles to lands south of the Arkansas river, held under New Madrid locations,and pre-emption rights, under the act of one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. March 1, 1843,ch. 50.

An act to authorize the investigation of alleged frauds under the pre-emption laws, and for otherpurposes. March 3, 1843, ch. 86.

An act granting a section of land for the improvement of Grant river, at the town of Potosi, in Wis-consin territory. June 15, 1844, ch. 50.

An act to confirm certain entries of land in the St. Augustine land district, in the territory ofFlorida,made under the pre-emption law of22d June, 1838. June 15, 1844, ch. 74.

An act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States , under certain cir-cumstances. May 23, 1844, ch. 17.

Act of April18,1818, ch. 70.

Act ofMay 15,1820, ch. 122.

Act of March1, 1823, ch. 22.