United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/25th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 165
Chap. CLXV.—An Act to authorize the sale of certain public lands of the United States near the Wabash and Erie canal, in the State of Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,The President authorized to proclaim for public sale the residue of lands reserved by act of June 30th, 1834, ch. 137.
Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 56.
Act of March 3, 1845, ch. 42.
Proviso. That after the State of Ohio shall have completed the selection of lands authorized by an act entitled “An act authorizing the selection of certain Wabash and Erie canal lands, in the State of Ohio,” approved June thirty, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, the President of the United States shall be, and he hereby is, authorized to proclaim for public sale the residue of the lands reserved from sale by said act; which sale shall be governed by the same rules and regulations, impose the same duties, and give the same rights, which are provided by the existing laws in relation to other sales of the public lands by proclamation of the President: Provided, however, That no lands shall be sold at such sale for a less price than two dollars and fifty cents per acre.
Afterwards, any lands unsold shall be subject to private entry, &c.
Not subject to entry under pre-emption laws.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That after the expiration of the time fixed in the proclamation of the President for the sale authorized in the first section of this act, any lands which may then remain unsold shall be subject to sale at private entry, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, and not less; and no lands hereby authorized to be sold shall be subject to entry under any pre-emption law of Congress.
Approved, July 7, 1838.