Certain lands reserved for the Dubuque claim, declared to be public lands.county of Dubuque, in the Territory of Iowa, heretofore reserved for the Dubuque claim, so called, which have not been sold by the United States, by virtue of the acts of the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be public lands, and that settlers on said land,Settlers, &c. may enter said lands.
1834, ch. 54.
1838, ch. 119.
1840, ch. 32.
1841, ch. 16. who but for said reservation would have been enabled to enter the same under the pre-emption laws of nineteenth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, twenty-second June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, first June, one thousand eight hundred and forty, or fourth September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, be, and they are hereby, authorized to enter the same at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, at any time within one year after the date of this act, upon complying with the provisions of either of said acts under which such person may claim; the settlers under the earlier law being entitledPreference to settlers under the earliest law.
Proviso.
Proviso. to the preference over those under a subsequent one: Provided, That this section is not to be regarded as extending the right of pre-emption to lands reserved for lead mines, salt springs, school sections, or town lots: And provided further, That should the said claim of Dubuque hereafter prove valid, compensation to the claimants shall be made by the United States in other public lands equal in quantity, subject to private entry.
Approved, August 16, 1842.
Statute ⅠⅠ.
Chap. CLXXXIII.—An Act making appropriations for the support of the army, and of the military academy, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriations for the army. That the following sums be, and the same hereby are, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
Pay.No. 1. For the pay of the army, one million four hundred and seventy-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.
Subsistence of officers.No. 2. For compensation of officers’ subsistence, five hundred and twenty-seven thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars.
Forage of officers’ horses.No. 3. For commutation of forage of officers’ horses, one hundred and sixteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars.
Clothing of officers’ servants.No. 4. For commutation of clothing of officers’ servants, thirty thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
Clothing not drawn by troops.For commutation of clothing not drawn in kind by the troops, fifty thousand two hundred and forty dollars.
Recruiting.No. 5. For expenses of recruiting, fifteen thousand seven hundred and nine dollars and thirty-six cents.
Clothing, &c.No. 6. For clothing of the army, camp and garrison equipage, cooking utensils, and hospital furniture, three hundred and seventy-four thousand eight hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty cents.
Subsistence.No. 7. For subsistence in kind, exclusive of that of officers, seven hundred and sixty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars.
Supplies by Quartermaster’s departm’t.No. 8. For the regular supplies furnished by the Quartermaster’s department, consisting of fuel, forage, straw, stationery, and printing, three hundred and sixteen thousand dollars.
Barracks, &c.No. 9. For barracks, quarters, and storehouses, embracing the repairs and enlargement of barracks, quarters, storehouses, and hospitals; the erection of temporary cantonments and of gun-houses for the protection of cannon; the purchase of tools and materials and of furniture for the barrack rooms; rent of quarters for officers, of barracks for troops, where there are no public buildings for their accommodation, of storehouses for the safe-keeping of subsistence, clothing, and other military
