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session, and cultivated any part thereof in the year one thousand eighthundred and twenty-nine, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter,with the register of the land office, for the district in which such landsmay lie, by legal subdivisions, any number of acres, not more than onehundred and sixty or a quarter section, to include his improvement, uponpaying to the United States the then minimum price of said land: Pro-vided, however, That no entry or sale of any land shall be made, under theprovisions of this act, which shall have been reserved for the use of theUnited States , or either of the several states, in which any of the publiclands may be situated.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if two or more persons besettled upon the same quarter section, the same may be divided betweenthe two first actual settlers, if, by a north and south, or east and west line,the settlement or improvement of each can be included in a half quartersection; and in such case the said settlers shall each be entitled to apre-emption of eighty acres of land elsewhere in said land district, so asnot to interfere with other settlers having a right of preference.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That prior to any entries beingmade under the privileges given by this act, proof of settlement or im-provement shall be made to the satisfaction of the register and receiverof the land district in which such lands may lie, agreeably to the rulesto be prescribed by the commissioner of the general land office for thatpurpose, which register and receiver shall each be entitled to receive fiftycents for his services therein. And that all assignments and transfers ofthe right of pre-emption given by this act, prior to the issuance of pa-tents, shall be null and void.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not delay thesale of any of the public lands of the United States , beyond the timewhich has been, or may be, appointed, for that purpose, by the Presi-dent’s proclamation; nor shall any of the provisions of this act be avail-able to any person, or persons, who shall fail to make the proof and pay-ment required before the day appointed for the commencement of thesales of lands including the tract, or tracts, on which the right of pre-emption is claimed; nor shall the right of pre-emption, contemplated bythis act, extend to any land, which is reserved from sale by act of Con-gress , or by order of the President, or which may have been appropri-ated, for any purpose whatsoever.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be and remainin force, for one year from and after its passage.

Approved, May 29,1830.

Chap. CCXI. —An Ad to revive and continue in force “ An act fixing the compen-sations of the secretary of the Senate and clerk of the House of Representatives ,of the clerks employed in their offices, and of the librarian .”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the act passed the eigh-teenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled“An act fixing the compensation of the secretary of the Senate andclerk of the House of Representatives , of the clerks employed in theiroffices, and of the librarian,” be, and the same is hereby revived and con-tinued in force.

Approved, May 29, 1830.

Certain set-tlers may enterquarter section.

Proviso.

Where two ormore settlers.

Proof of set-tlement.

Statute I.May 29, 1830.

Act of April18,1818, ch. 69,revived.