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... August eighteen hundred and fourteen , be , and the same is hereby annexed to the Coosa land district ; and all surveys , sales , and other proceedings heretofore had in reference to said tract hereby annexed as aforesaid , shall be as ...
... August eighteen hundred and fourteen , be , and the same is hereby annexed to the Coosa land district ; and all surveys , sales , and other proceedings heretofore had in reference to said tract hereby annexed as aforesaid , shall be as ...
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... August , eighteen hundred and forty , and no others , be , and the same is hereby , revived , and to continue in force until the first day of January , eighteen hundred and forty - four . Approved , August 19 , 1841 . No. 48. - An Act ...
... August , eighteen hundred and forty , and no others , be , and the same is hereby , revived , and to continue in force until the first day of January , eighteen hundred and forty - four . Approved , August 19 , 1841 . No. 48. - An Act ...
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... August 3 , 1846 , ch . 77 . An Act providing for the adjustment of all suspended pre - emption land claims in the several States and Territories . August 3 , 1846 , ch . 78 . An Act to extend an act entitled " An act providing for the ...
... August 3 , 1846 , ch . 77 . An Act providing for the adjustment of all suspended pre - emption land claims in the several States and Territories . August 3 , 1846 , ch . 78 . An Act to extend an act entitled " An act providing for the ...
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... August 4 , 1842 . No. 57. - An Act to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That each and ...
... August 4 , 1842 . No. 57. - An Act to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That each and ...
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... August 11 , 1842 . No. 58. - An Act to grant pre - emption rights to settlers on the " Dubuque claim " so called , in the Territory of Iowa . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in ...
... August 11 , 1842 . No. 58. - An Act to grant pre - emption rights to settlers on the " Dubuque claim " so called , in the Territory of Iowa . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in ...
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3d March act entitled Act of Congress affidavit aforesaid America in Congress application Approved assignment August authorized boundary bounty land certificate claimant Commissioner confirmed Congress assembled court cultivation declaratory statement Department dividing ranges dollars duty eighteen hundred enter entitled An act filed further enacted heretofore House of Representatives improvements Indian Interior issued Jacob Thompson July June land claims land district Land Office land warrants Louisiana Mississippi Mississippi River party patent payment person plat pre-emption rights pre-emptor prescribed President prior private entry proper Provided public lands public sale purchase purpose quantity of land quarter section railroad Register and Receiver right of pre-emption river road scrip Secretary selected Senate and House September settled settlement settler sold survey surveyor Surveyor-General Territory Territory of Iowa Territory of Minnesota thereof THOMPSON thousand eight hundred tion town township tract of land Treasury treaty United Wisconsin
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Page 224 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 218 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 220 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Page 297 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 701 - ... that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit; and that he has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whatsoever, by which the title which he might acquire from the government of the United States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except himself...
Page 222 - That the governor, secretary, chief justice and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the President of the United States. The governor and secretary, to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such, respectively, take an oath or affirmation, before the district judge, or some justice of the peace in the limits...
Page 221 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the Supreme Court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law ; but in no case removed to the Supreme Court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 218 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such times as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory of the United States...
Page 217 - States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the legislative assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives...
Page 24 - An act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky river...