292 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I'. Ch. 43, 44. 1858. M0}' 19, 1858- CHAP. XLIII.—-An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the Presfrlem gf the United States to cause to be surveyed the Tract of Land, in the Territory of Minnesota, to the Half-oreedsor mixed Bloods of the Dacotab or Sioux Natiori of §l£g4,xcI; 8354 é;;];'?;;, qnd jb;- gghgr Purpese,q," approved seueuteentlt July, eighteen hundred and · · · · y- um-. Be it enacted by the Senate and [Ease of Representatives of the United States of America in Oangress assembled, That the act approved seventeenth July, eighteen hundred and‘fifty—four, above referred to, chapter eighty-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended, so that the body of The h¤lt”·br9¢d land known as the half'-breed tract, lying on the west side of Lake Pepin
and the Mississippi River, in the Territory of Minnesota, and which is
of Lake Pepin authorized to be surveyed by the said act of eighteen hundred and fifty- 2**:1 ;l‘;’n:g;*;b_ four, shall be subject to the operation of the laws regulating the sale and ijéclig, {hc jaws disposition of the public lands; and settlements heretofore made thereon wlqfing fo Sales, are declared valid so far as they do not confiict with settlements made by Pr°°mpt’°“* &°‘ haltlbreeds, and that the settlers shall have the benefit of the preemption laws of the United States, any location of halfibreed scrip thereon, after Proviso. the date of the settlement, notwithstanding: Provided, The declaration of preemption be filed within three months after public notice is given of the passage of this act in the proper land district: And provided, That when two or more persons have settled on the same quarter section, prior to the passage of this act, they shall be permitted to enter the same, and the rights of each shall be determined according to the provisions of the act 1843, ch. 86. relating to preémptions, passed March third, eighteen hundred and forty- Vvl. V. p. 6].9. three, Act not_to apply Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall ff l“"d’“’“°*““l not extend to any tract or subdivision, within the body of land aforesaid ccupancy of . . . . . ’ h,_u·.bm,d,, gw_ which shall have been settled upon in good faith by, and is in the occupancy of] any of the said half—breeds or mixed bloods; which lands, so settled upon and occupied by the half-breeds, are hereby expressly declared to be subject to no other disposition than location by the " certificates " or " scrip" authorized to be issued by the said act of eighteen hundred and fifty-tour, for the benefit of said Indians. Nor shall the provisions of this act extend to any lands which may have been located prior to its passage with half-breed scrip, with the consent of the settlersthereon. Approved, May 19, 1858. May 24, 1858. Gear. XLIV.-—An Act to create a Land District in the Territory ¢y‘ Aho Mexito. · Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Dhited States of America in Congress assembled, That the public lands in the Ligpgiigggigip Territory of New Mexico, to which the Indian title shall have been exméhtinguished, shall constitute a land district to be called the ‘· District of New Mexico," the office for which shall be established nt such place within said district as the President of the United States may from time to time direct. Sec. 2. Ami be it further enacted, That., for the purpose of carrying this act into efect, the President shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the Register and recess thereof, a register and receiver for the district hereby created, who
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duties, obligations, and responsibilities shall be the same as are now prespgibed )by law for other land officers, (so far as they apply to these 0 cers. When to take Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take efect in °E°°*‘ less than six months after its passage. Arrnovnb May 24, 1658.
