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’I`H.IRTY—SECOND CONGRESS. SESSJI. Ch. 36, 37, 42, 43. 1852. 7 CHAP. XXXVI.—-An Act to regulate tfvgrzlhleagc of Ow Delegate fiom the Terrdmy of May 19, 1852. egon. -————·—-—-- Lde it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Umlcd States of America in Congress aséembled, That so much of the Mil€¤8° of d°· act entitled "An act to establish the Territorial Government of Ore- W {mm O"` gon," approved August, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, as limits the 1848 ch 177 mdeage compensation of the delegate from said Territory, be repealed. ’' Approved, May 19, 1852. Cnr. XXXVH. —An Ac: m legalize certain Eno-ae of Public Land made in the Sm May 26, 1862. of F70n8a. ·———-— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dhited States of America in Congress assembled, That the several en- Eutriesatmwtries of land (embracing tracts once reserved to satisfy claims under the £°r;S£u° °°°' armed occupation act, but which claims were forfeited prior to the allow- h ance of said entries,) permitted at the Land-Office at Newnansville, in the State of Florida, be, and the same are hereby confirmed, and pa.· tent shall issue thereon as in other cases: Provided, That the land so Proviso. entered shall have been, upon the faith of the registers certificate, im~ proved by the party in interest under said certificate, and that the said land is not claimed by adverse parties. Approved, May 26, 1852. CHAP. XLII.-An Ad to relinquish to the State of Iowa. the Lands reserved for Salt May 27, 1852. Springs therein. ———-·-—————· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the twelve Salt Saltdpringsaud Springs, and six sections of land adjoining or contiguous thereto, the use Qffgénmgsg of which was granted to the State of Iowa, by the act entitled “An act Iowa_ supplemental to the act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union," approved March third, eighteen hundred and 1845* °h' 76‘ forty-tive, shall be, and the same are hereby granted in fee-simple, to the said State of Iowa, to be disposed of, and the proceeds to be applied as the legislature of that State shall direct: Provided, That nothing in Pwviwsthis act contained shall be so construed as to interfere with the rights of third parties: And provided further, That if any of the lands which have been selected by the authorities of the State of Iowa, under the act aforesaid, shall have been legally claimed by preemption or other wise, the State shall be authorized to select other lands in lieu there0£ APPROVED, May 27, 1852. Gnu. XLIII. -—An Act to grant to certain Settlers on the Mhnonwnee Purchase, north of Lfay 27, 1g5g_ Fox River, in the State of Wisconsin, the Right of Preémption. -—-—----· Be it enacted by the Senate and .H?2use of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembkd, That every person Preémption being the head of a family, widow, or single man over the age of twen- fights B §¤<>· ty-one years, who, on the first day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty- $$1;: trggvag? two, shall be an actual settler and housekeeper, and have made other Ootober18,i848, improvements, on any tract within the body of lands ceded to the United "°r ”‘· P· 9*** States by the treaty of eighteenth October, eighteen hundred and forty· eight, with the Menomonee tribe of Indians, is hereby entitled to the same right of preemption, and upon the same terms and conditions as is prescribed by the act entitled “An act to appropriate the proceeds of 1841, ch. 16. the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption rights," approved fourth September, eighteen hundred and forty-one: Provided, That Proviso. where there shall be more than one such settler on any quarter-sew tion, fractional quarter-scction, or fraction of a section less than one