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TXVENTY·NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 36, 37. 1846. 37 dria forever; and the Solicitor of the Treasury of the United States is hereby authorized zmd required, in the name and on the behalf of the United States, to make all the proper and necessary ccnvcyances for that purpose. Sec. 6. And be it further emzeled, That Congress will in no event mg`]; d°:>:d:§ assume and pay the debt, or any pmt thereofQ now due by the corpo- 0;,»,m,,:,%°Qi,, not ration of the city of Alexandria. ¤¤ be ¤S¤¤¤¤¤d by Avmzovzu, July 9, 18-16. C°“g’°"‘ Cun. XXXVI. — An .9:: ia authorize the President of the United States to sell the July 11, 1846. reserrcd mineral Lands in the Slates ofIlIi1wi.s· and Jrkxznsas, and Territories of ··—···;— H'¢.scansin. and Iazca, supposed lc contain Lead Oro. Be it enacted by the Senafe and House nf Rqzresentatives of the Uziiecl States of A.n1.erica in Congress assembled, That the President A11 the reservbc, and he hereby is, authorized, as soon as practicable, to cause the Zglfd ““°°* “"d . . . . . aguous lands reserved lead mmcs and contiguous lands in the State of Ill1n01s and in Hlingig, A,-- Arkansas, and Territories of ¥Visc0x1sin and Iowa, belonging to the l=?¤S¤S& }Vi¤¢<>;¤· United States, to be exposed to sale, in the same manner that other ;:"a:xp0:e°Q°’ tz public lands are authorized by law to be sold, except as hcrennaiier sale. provided. Sec. 2. And be it further enaeied, That six mouths' notice of the ‘$i¤ ¤¤9¤¤¤¤’ times and places of said sales shall be given in such newspapers of g:bé:c;`°:f-°:u;g general circulation, in such of the States as the President may think sages, wipe e expedient, with a brief description of the mineral regions of the States gif d°““P*'°"» of Illinois and Arkansas, and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, and ' of the lands to be offered for sale; showing the number and localities of the diH`crent mines now known, the probability of discovering others, the quality of the ore, the facilities of working it, the further facilities (if amy) for manufactorles of shot, sheet lead, and paints, and the means and expense of transporting the whole to the principal markets in the United States: Provided, That the said lands shall not promo as to be subject to the rights of preémption until after the same have been Pf¢5¤¤p¤¤¤· offered atpublic sale and subject to private entry. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That upon satisfactory proof, Apy trac: equmadc to the register aud receiver of the. proper land officc, that any ;*:?§ ;t#};:;; tract or tracts of said lands contain a mine or mines of lead ore, acm- Om to bg gold in ally discovered and being worked, then, and in that case, the same SE19h 1*93* §¤b$lishall be sold in such legal subdivision 01* subdivisions as will include 1,];*:; such mine or mines; and no bid shall be received therefor at a less or miqcs. rate than the sum of two dollars and hily cents per acre; and if such 82*2;**] }°”*h“‘ . . e per acre to tract or tracts shall not be sold at such public sale, at such pnce, nor bg taken within shall be entered at private sale within twelve months thereafter, then °¤¤ YW'- the same shall be subject to sale as other lands: Provided, That no legal subdivision of any of said lands, upon which there may be an Leased subdi. outstanding lease or leases fiom the Government of the United States, "ljg>¤¤ **9* *0 **9 or their authorized agent, unexpired and undetermined, shall be Sold ;)t;0n`:;·t{;a;;_pl` until after the determination of such lease or leases by effluxion of time, voluntary surrender, or other legal extinguishment thereoi Avrnovmu, July 11, 1846. CHAP. XXXVII. —An Act tv legalize certain. Land Sales made al Chocchuma and July 15, 1816. Calumbus, in the State of Jllissxksippi, and to indemnify the Chinkasaws therefor. ——··—·—···· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of ihe United Staies of America in Congress assembled, That it may and SuE?.;f"fd:" I"' . . . $ S3 El shall be lawful for patents to be 1ssucd, as m crdmary cases, for such or land ae Choc.