498 '1‘HlRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 76. 1850. under the treaty with Great Britain relative to the Oregon Territory, to claim both under this grant and the treaty, but merely to secure them the election, and confine them to a single grant of land. Grants or land Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That to all white male citizens
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0mg0n bgmsen intention to become such, above the age of twenty-one years, emigrat- 1)%- L 1850- ¤¤d ing to and settling in said Territory between the first day of Decem- D€°' I' 1g5s' ber, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the first day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-three ; and to all white male American citizens, not hereinbefore provided for, becoming one and twenty years of age, in said Territory, and settling there between the times last aforesaid, who shall in other respects comply with the foregoing section and the provisions of this law, there shall be, and hereby is, granted the quantity of one quarter section, or one hundred and sixty acres of land, if a single man; or if married, or if he shall become married within one year from the time of arriving in said Territory, or within one year after becoming twenty-One years of age as aforesaid, then the quantity of one half section, or three hundred and twenty acres, one half to the _ husband and the other half to the wife in her own right, to be desig- P"mS°' nated by the surveyor-general as aforesaid : Provided always, That no person shall ever receive a patent for more than one donation of' land in said Territory in his or her own right: Provided, That no mineral lands shall be located or granted under the provisions of this act. Within three Sec. 6. And bait further enacted, That within three months after
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made, or arm the settlement commenced, then within three months from the comggntgigtiggaigz mencement of such settlement, each of said settlers shall notify the ment, each Sgt_ surveyor-general, to be appointed under this act, of the precise tract tler to notify the or tracts claimed by them respectively under this law, and in all cases
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OH . . . of his h-ace land so claimed shall be taken as nearly as practicable by legal subdivisions ; but where that cannot be done, it shall be the duty of the said surveyor-general to survey and mark each claim with the boundaries as claimed, at the request and expense of the claimant; the charge for the same in such case not to exceed the price paid for surveying the Surveyor-gem public lands. The surveyor-general shall enter a description of such gig, WEE]? tg claims in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and note, tempo- ,,0,,, tm, mm rarily, on the township plats, the tract or tracts so designated, with the d¤¤ig¤¤¢¢3L and boundaries; and whenever a conflict of boundaries shall arise prior f,';:,‘:£;§:f’“°°d to issuing the patent, the same shall be determined by the surveyor- Proviso. general: Provided, That after the first December next, all claims shall be bounded by lines running east and west, and north and south: And Y`¤¥¢l1¤¥ P¤>ViS<>· provided, further, That after the survey is made, all claims shall be made in conformity to the same, and in compact form. Within twelve Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That within twelve months after f,'Q_‘;f°f,,°"§;fQ{;f the surveys have been made, or, where the survey has been made before ment,_a11;{ennms the settlement, then within twelve months from the time the settlement
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v,y,,,.g,,,,,,,,,1 shall prove to the satisfaction of the surveyor-general, or of such other that ¤¤\¤iv==¢i•>¤. officer as may be appointed by law for that purpose, that the settlement
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the time of the commencement; and at any time after the expiration of four years from the date of such settlement, whether made under the F°m_ym_S,m_ laws of the late provisional government or not, shall prove in like sm,,,,,,, to be manner, oy two disinterested witnesses, the fact of continued residence proved, before and cultivation required by the fourth section of this act; and upon l’::§“t°s,:;°5 tl}; such proof being made, the surveyor-general, or other officer appointed granted. by law for that purpose, shall issue certificates under such rules and
