TWENTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess.I. Ch.246,247,248. 1832.

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Chap. CCXLVI .—An Act supplemental to the act “granting the right nf pre-emption to settlers on the public lands,” approved the twenty-ninth, day of May,eighteen hundred and thirty, (a)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That all the occupants andsettlers upon the public lands of the United States , who are entitled toa pre-emption according to the provisions of the act of Congress , ap-proved the twenty-ninth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty, andwho have not been, or shall not be, enabled to make proof and enter thesame within the time limited in said act, in consequence of the publicsurveys not having been made and returned, or where the land was notattached to any land district, or where the same has been reserved i'romsale on account of a disputed boundary between any state and territory,the said occupants shall be permitted to enter the said lands on the sameconditions, in every respect, as are prescribed in said act, within oneyear after the surveys are made, or the land attached to a land district, orthe boundary line established; and, if the said lands shall be proclaimedfor sale before the expiration of one year as aforesaid, then they shall beentered before the sale thereof.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the occupants upon fractionsshall be permitted, in like manner, to enter the same, so as not to exceedin quantity one quarter section; and, if the fractions exceed a quartersection, the occupant shall be permitted to enter one hundred and sixtyacres, to include his or their improvement, at the price aforesaid.Approved, July 14, 1832.

Statute I.July 14, 1S32.

Act ofMay 29,1830, ch. 208.

Act of Jan. 23,1832, ch. 9.

Occupants andsettlers on pub-lic lands, enti-tled to pre-emp-tion, &c.

Occupants uponfractions to bepermitted to en-ter in like man-ner, &c.

Chap. CCXLV1I. —An Act to authorize the sale of lands reserved from sale atfort Jackson, in the state of Alabama .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of theUnited States be, and he is hereby authorized to offer for sale, the landsheretofore reserved from sale at fort Jackson, in the state of Alabama .

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every settler on said lands,who, prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, cultivatedany part thereof, and is now in possession of the same, shall be allowedto enter at the proper land office, one quarter section, according to theprovisions of the first section of an act to grant pre-emption rights tosettlers on public lands, approved May twenty-ninth, one thousand eighthundred and thirty.

Approved, July 14, 1832.

Statute I.July 14, 1832.

Sale of landauthorized.

Settlers on saidlands, who, pri-or to 1830, cul-tivated, &c. al-lowed to enter,&c.

Act ofMay 29,1830, ch. 208.

Statute I.

Chap. CCXLVIII .—An Ad granting certain city lots to the corporation nf theColumbian College, for the purposes therein mentioned.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That there shall be, and herebyare, granted to the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia , lotsin the city of Washington , to the amount, in value, of twenty-five thou-sand dollars; which said lots shall be selected and valued by the com-missioner of the public buildings, when requested by the trustees of thesaid college; and when the said lots shall be so selected and valued, thesame shall be vested in the said corporation, in fee simple; to be by themheld and disposed of in the manner following, that is to say: the saidcorporation, by proper and lawful act or acts, under their corporate seal,

July 14, 1832.

Grant of city-lots to the valueof $25,000.

Sale autho-rized, &c«

( a ) Pre-emption of public lands. See notes to the act ofMay 29, 1830, ch. 208.