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 244 THIBTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 143, 144, 145. 1853. sum to be applied to the completion of the Capitol at Saint Paul, and the remainder to the completion of the prison buildings at Stillwater, in said Territory, to be expended under the direction of the Legislative Proviso. authority thereof: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any farther expenditure by said Territorial authority for the purposes aforesaid than is provided for in this act. Approved, March 3, 1853. March 3, 1853. CHAP. CXLHI.——An Act to e:r:tendPre6'1nptian Rights to certain Lands therein mentfoned. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Preémpticm States of America in Ocngress assembled, That the preemption Iaws i;w‘":§;2d°;_ of the United States, as they now exist, be and they are hereby extended served or co be over the alternate reserved sections of public lands along the lines of all ¤;,¤?1‘;°d °¤ HMS the railroads in the United States wherever public lands have been or ° m w°‘yS' may be granted by acts of Congress; and that it shall be the privilege of the persons residing on any of said reserved lands to pay for the same in soldiers’ bounty land warrants, estimated at a dollar and twenty- five cents per acre, or in gold and silver, or both together, in preference to any other person, and at any time before the same shall be offered for P¤>vi¤¤¤- sale at auction: Provided, That no person shall be entitled to the benefit of this act who has not settled and improved, or shall not settle and improve, such lands prior to the final allotment of the alternate sections to Y1`i<>¤· such railroads by the General Land Officez And provided further, That the price to be paid shell in all cases be two dollars and fifty cents per acre, or such other minimum price as is now fixed by law, or may be Limit W 160 fixed upon lands hereafter granted; and no one person shall have the °'°”°°‘ right of preemption to more than one hundred and sixty acres: And Preemption on provided further, That any settler who has settled or may liereafter set- 5;2*°gaf;'uSg:: tle on lands heretofore reserved onaceount of claims under French, Spa- ,,1,,,,,,; ;¤v,,m_ nish, or other grants which have been or shall be hereafter declared by the Supreme Court of the United States to be invalid, shall be entitled to all the rights of preemption granted by this act and the act of fourth 1841, ¤h- 16- of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, entitled "An act, to appropriate the proceeds of the public lands and to grant preemption rights," after the lands shall have been released from reservation, in the same manner as if no reservation existed. .A.1>1>1z0vm>, Merch 3, 1853. Much. 8, 1853. CBL?. CXLIV.—·An Act authorizing Changes in the Location of Land Offices. Be it enacted by the Senate and Muse of Representatives of the United mdY;<;§:g¤;¤1q:Y {States of America in Congress assembled, That the President be and he be changed_ y IS hereby authorized to change the location of the land offices ID the several land districts established by law, and to establish the same from time to time at such point in the district as he may deem expedient. A1>x>R0v1·:1:•, March 3, 1853. Mmh as 1858- CHAP. CXLV.—An'Act to provide jbr the Survey of the Public Lands in Calmzrmo, '"""""""”"'°‘ the gmnting of Preemption Rights therezn, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 0f}?:;: ¤f°gYg<;<2 States of America in Congress assembled, That the Survey0r·Gencuamfueigamw ral fOr the District or State of Cu]ifornia., who is now or may hc1‘0aft€1‘ ni;. be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Oath hm Senate,shs.l1 keep his office at such place as the President, in view of I ° °°‘ the public convenience, shall from time to time direct; and the Surveyor- Genera}, if he has not already done so, and his successors in office, before entering upon duty, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, be·