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ville, and Prairie du Chien, to Fort Snelling. From Bellevue to Galena,Illinois. From Mineral point, by way of T. J. Parish’s, to the English prairie. From Galena, Illinois , by way of White Oak springs, Gratiot’sGrove, and Wioata, McNutt’s Diggings and Wisconsin city, to intersectthe Root river and Cassville route. From Coldwater, in Branch county,to Michigan city, in the State of Indiana , via Centreville, Constantine,Mottville, Bristol, Elkhart, Mishawaulkie, South Bend , and Laporte.From Jacksonburg to White Pigeon, via Spring Arbor, Concord, Homer,Tekonsha, Goodwinville, Durham , Nottawa and Centreville. FromWarsaw, Illinois, by Keokuck, Fort Desmoines, Fort Madison , Gibson’sferry, Burlington, Iowa, Clark’s ferry, Davenport , Parkhurst, Bellevue,Du Buque, Peru , Durango, Weyman’s, Cassville, and Prairie du Chien,to Fort Snelling. From Da Buque, by Sinsinawa, and Blast Furnace ,to Elkgrove . From Mineral point, by Dodgville and Helena, to Arena.From Galena, by Vinegarhill, Elkgrove , and Bellemont, to Mineralpoint. From Fort Winnebago, by Fond du Lac, Calumet village, toGrand Kalkalin. From Chicago, by Pike river, Racine, Milwaukee ,Cliebawgan, Pigeon, Manlitowack, to Green bay. From Wisconsin tothe city of the Four Lakes. From the city of the Four Lakes, by Fonddu Lac, and the city of Winnebago, at the northeast end of Lake Win-nebago, to a point of intersection with the route from Prairie du Chien,to Green bay . From Fond du Lac, at the south end of Lake Winne-bago, to Milwaukie. From Milwaukie, by the city of the Four Lakes,to the Blue mound, there to intersect the route from Green bay toPrairie du Chien.
In Maine. — From Camden to Vinal Haven.
In Ohio . —From Waupakonetta to Sugar Grove. From Piqua toW aupakonetta.
In South Carolina . —From Mount Hill to Varennes. From Staun-tonville, by Golden Grove, to Greenville court-house.
Approved, July 2, 1836.
Chap. CCXC.— Jin Act to extend the privilege of franking letters and packagesto Dolly P. Madison.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That all letters and pack-ages to and from Dolly P. Madison, relict of the late James Madison ,shall be received and conveyed by post, free of postage, for and duringher life.
Approved, July 2, 1836.
Chap. CCCL1I.— An Act to reorganize the General Land Office.(u)
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That from and after thepassage of this act, the executive duties now prescribed, or which mayhereafter be prescribed by law, appertaining to the surveying and sale
Statute I.July 2, 18.16.
Act of March3, 1845, ch. 43.
Statute I.July 4,1836.
Duties relatingto public landsunder supervi-sion of the com-missioner.
(a) Decisions of the courts of the United States upon land titles from the United States , and titles to thepublic lands:
Under the act of Congress of March 3, 1803, entitled “An act regulating the grants of land, and pro-viding for the sale of the lands of the United States, south of the State of Tennessee, ’’ such lands onlywere authorized to be sold as had not been appropriated by the previous sections of the law, and certifi-cates granted b v the commissioners in pursuance thereof. A right, therefore, to a particular tract of land,derived from a donation certificate given under that law, is superior to the title of any one who purchasedthe same land at the public sales, unless there is some fatal infirmity in the certificate, which renders itvoid. Ross v. Borland et al. 1 Peters, 666.
An act of Congress requires no precise form for the donation certificate. It is sufficient if the proofs beexhibited to the court of commissioners, to satisfy them of the facts entitling the party to the certificate.It is sufficient if the consideration, to wit, the occupancy, and the quantity granted, appears. Nothingmore is necessary to certify to the government the party’s right, or to enable him, after it is surveyed bythe proper officer, to obtain a patent. Ibid.