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THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1-1. 75. 1862. 393 said land for the benefit of said infants, but for no other purpose; and the purchaser shall acquire the absolute title by the purchase, and be entitled to a patent from the United States, on payment of the 0Hice fees and sum of money herein specified. _ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the register of the land office Record or ap. shall note all such applications on the tract books and plats of his office, Pli¤=¤i°¤S *0 be and keep a register of all such entries, and make return thereof to the m°‘d°' General Land Office, together with the proof upon which they have been founded. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That no lands acquired under the Such lands not provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfac- *°.b°g“:)’J°°**° tion of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent pm`! ° °°' therefor. Sec. 5. And be itfurtluar enacted, That if, at any time after the Bling when mpgs of the atlidavit, as required in the second section of this act, and before Thus °¤*°¤'°d *‘°· the expiration of the five years aforesaid, it shall be proven, after due ;:;;°'g°v°m` notice to the settler, to the satisfaction of the register of the land office, that the person having tiled such aiiidavit shall have actually changed his or her residence, or abandoned the said land for more than six months at any time, then and in that event the land so entered shall revert to the government. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That no individual shall be permit- Not over one ted to acquire title to more than one quarter section under the provisions glu:",?: ’f,f;‘:‘;c_ of this act; and that the Commissioner of the General Land Oihce is quired, hereby required to prepare and issue such rules and regulations, cousis- Rnles and regtent with this act, as shall be necessary and proper to carry its pi‘0viSi0HS lggggus °f Lmd into effect; and that the registers and receivers of the several land offices Fgés of mm shall be entitled to receive the same compensation for any lands entered ters and wmvunder the provisions of this act that they are now entitled to receive mib WW1 *° l>° when the same quantity of land is entered with money, one half to be Pm ` paid by the person making the application at the time of so doing, and the other half on the issue of the certificate by the person to whom it may be issued; but this shall not be construed to enlarge the maximum of compensation now prescribed by law for any register or receiver: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be so construed as to im- Existing prepair or interfere in any manner whatever with existing preemption rights : ;';‘tP:;‘;“a;£1h*·’ And provided, further, That all persons who may have filed their applica- P ' tions for a preemption right prior to the passage of this act, shall be entitled to all privileges of this act: Provided, further, That no person who has gm,,;,, ,,,;,,0,, served, or may hereafter serve, for a period of not less than fourteen my MVS ¥h¤_ days in the army or navy of the United States, either regular or volun- £;Q"l°g““ °f tm teer, under the laws thereof, during the existence of an actual war, domestic or foreign, shall be deprived of the benefits of this act on account of not having attained the age of twenty—0ne years. S20. 7. And be it further enacted, That the fifth section of the act en- Punishment for titled "An act in addition to an act more etfectually to provide for the *£§‘;r§K?;";;‘§ punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other ' purposes," approved the third of March, in the year eighteen hundred 1857,e1t.11es,g5. and fifty-seven, shall extend to all oaths, aiiirmations, and aiiidavits, re- Vol. xi. p. 250. quired or authorized by this act. Sec. 8. And be ·it_finz/zer enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so Applicant may construed as to prevent any person who has availed him or herself of the Q;";;;$;·“;}:§: benefits of the first section of this act, from paying the minimum price, 0¤‘ mum price, gw., the price to which the same may have graduated, for the quantity of land h¤*`¢;¤‘¢ Wi HW S0 entered at any time before the expiration of the five years, andlobtam- )°° S °xp"°’ ing a patent therefor from the government, as in other cases provided ·by law, on making proof of settlement and cultivation as provided by existing laws granting preemption rights. Armovno, May 20, 1862. VOL. x11. Pon. --50