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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 84. 1854. 805 CHAP.LXXXIV···Ah Act to amend the Act a owed Se tember twenty-. 1»·md~·1ampp7,¢¤emtte one of s.m,€’Z"emmt’Lf the p.,;,;,! 5fj§Zg‘*f$’£f§Z E&Ti’??L gon, dc., and a so the Act amendalmy thereof, approved February nineteen [jour- I85°» °h· 76- mm] agmm hundred and Jtjzynm. 18¤3»¤h·°9· Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the donations hereafter to Donations, be surveyed in Oregon and Washington Territories, claimed under any hereafter sur; of the provisions of the act .to create the office of Surveyor-General of Xffjfgjgzfilfg the Public Lands in Oregon, etc., approved September twenty-seven, or lands settled eighteen hundred and fifty, shall in no case include a town site, or lands g_’;db“Si¤°$S °' settled upon for purposes of business or trade, and not for agriculture; 1820 6h_ ·,6_ and all legal subdivisions included in whole or in part in such town sites, ’ or settled upon for purposes of business or trade, and not for agriculture, shall be subject to the operations of the act of May twenty-three, 1844, C11. 17. eighteen hundred and forty-four, " for the relief of citizens of towns upon lands of the United States, under certain circumstances," whether such settlements were made before or after the surveys: Provided, however, Proviso: can That the period of two years’ occupancy required of settlers before they P“”°h”‘i after " can purchase the lands claimed by them under the provisions of the nrst gggxm S (mu section of the act of February fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, 1853 0h_ 6g_ above mentioned, shall be, and the same is hereby, reduced to one year. ’ Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the proviso to the fourth sec- Pm or fourth tion of the act of twenty-seventh September, eighteen hundred and fifty, ¤§*£°¤h°f7*h° ¤°* above mentioned, by which all contracts for the sale of lands claimed émgsf G'"? under that law, before the issue of the patents therefor, are declared void, shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed: Provided, That no sale P¤<>Vi¤0- shall be deemed valid, unless the vendor shall have resided four years upon the land. Sec. 3. And be it furtherr enacted, That the preemption privilege Preémption granted by the act of fourth September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, l§Yi"g1°Hg§1°°% shall be, and the same is hereby extended to the lands in Oregon and 1§F,,gtg,,d,,d’€,,` Washington Territories, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, not rightfully Oregon and claimed, entered, or reserved, under the provisions of this act, or the acts .¥g§?g‘§;Q“ of which it is amendatory, nor excluded by the terms of the said act of ` eighteen hundred and forty-one, with the exception of unsurveyed lands 1841, ch. 76. as above mentioned ; and all settlers on unsurveyed lands in said Territories shall give notice to the Surveyor-General, or other duly authorized officer, of the particular tract claimed under this section, within six months after the survey of such lands is made and returned. And all _Notiee ot' persons claiming donations under this act, or the acts of which it is Qgxgywhcn amendatory, shall in like manner give notice to the Surveyor-General, who gw0n_ or other duly authorized omcer, of the particular lands claimed as such donations, within thirty days after being requested to do so by such officer; and failing such notice in either case, the claimant or claimants shall forfeit all right and claim thereto: Provided, however, That the proviso, time limited by the sixth section of the act of eighteen hundred and 1853,cl1.60. fifty-three, in which claimants under the act of eighteen hundred and 1850, 0h_ 7B_ fifty are required to give notice of their claims, shall be, and the same is hereby extended to the first of December, eighteen hundred and fifty- five, except in cases where the Surveyor-General shall request them so to do, as above provided. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, in lieu of the two townships Grants to of land granted to the Territory of Oregon by the tenth section of the gC*;;};;‘g1Pgl{‘;:€ act of eighteen hundred and fifty, for universities, there shall be versity, reserved to each of the Territories of Washington and Oregon two h 7 townships of land of thirty-six sections each, to be selected in legal sub- 1850* ° ‘ S' divisions, for university purposes, under the direction of the Legislatures of said Territories, respectively. v01.. x. PUB. — 39