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 308 THIRTY-YFHIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 103. 1854. out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to bg Howcxpwdcdl expended under the superinteindellcé of GIG Secretary of War, for the continuation of the improvement of the Cape Fear River, North Carolina, at or near its communication with the ocean. Armovmn, July 22, 1854. _ C iu>.CIII.-·A A u ¢a1»l'l•zlw fas fS rv -G ·Z_/N M.K. EBP2E5Eé. “ and Mm,,’§.,  5 JM sZ¤eeZ$2er§'ZZ’Zn§ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives cfthe United Sniweyépr-Gc· States of America in Congress assembled, That the President, by and ¥$c§’f h;W9_P_ with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall be, and he is hereby, pcintment, p¤w· authorized to appoint a Surveyor-General for New Mexico, whose annual g¤;t¥1S¤;g¤a1¢ggm_ slalgry spell be tlgree thousandhdcllars, qgddwénose power, authority, and Pm8mm_ u es s a. be the same as t cse prov1 e y aw for the Surveygr- 1858, ch._6Q. General of Oregon; he shall have proper allowances for clerk hire, office APP"’1;E:;“°¤ rent, and fuel, not exceeding what now is or hereafter may be allowed for clerk . . _ Lccmon of his by law to the said Siurveyor-General of Oregon; and he shall locate his oliice. office férom tipie to gme at such places as may be directed by the Presb dent o the uited tates. _ S20. 2. And be it further enacted, That, to every white male citizen pu£$m°fo of the United States, or every white male above the age of twemy-qme Gv°,ywhm,m,,;° years who has declared his intention to become a. citizen, and who was citizmozjto residing in said Territory prior to the first day of January, eighteen 2:1‘g’a§§;’Q‘21 liundredhandbifty-tgxreez spd who mey be still residiughthzge, there shall yenrsof, e an ere y IS one e one quar er section or one un red and sixty §g£§§$ acres of land. dud to every white male citizen of the United States, or wd who ,,9 W erery white male above the sage of twenty—0ne years, who has declared aidinjzcm and his intention to become n. mtzzen, and who shall have removed or shall Pgglggffhk remove to and settle in said Territory between the first day of January, mt. _ eighteen hundred and fifty-three and the first day of January eighteen ub&¤¥::¤;s¤tgf hundred and fifty-eight, there shell in like manner be donated one quarter- @,0,,6 who Bm, sectxon, or ope hundred and sixty acres, on condition of actual settlement remove than and cultivation for not less than four years: Provided, however, That g:;‘§:z:’1·§2g:" each of said donations shall include the actual settlement erid improve- ,,,d;,,,,u,_,-ym, ment of the donee, and shall be selected by legal subdivisions, within 18g}- _ three months after the survey of the land where the settlement was made '°"’“°‘ before the survey; and where the settlement was made after the survey, then mthui three months after the settlement has peen made }— end all personwxlmé to designate the boundaries of their claims within that time, s o eit all right to the same. P¤teut‘t<>is— Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That, ou proof of the settlement "“°"'“'h°“· and cultivation required by this act, to the satisfaction of the surveyorgeneral, orother officer designated by law for that purpose, subject to the supervmou of the Secretary of the Interior, a. certilicate shall be gggedmtlo th;  egntitled, on ptzezengatiou of wlliich, if approvgddpyk the . _ re y 0 e n emor a pa. n s a issue thereon: ravi ow- P*`°“’°· ever, That on the death df any such settler before the completion of the gout ye1ars’ ogcupaucy and cultivation required by this act, the right shall esceu to is heirs at law who shall be entitled to a certificate and paféenglas aforesaid, on provi, as before provided, of continued occupancy an cu tivzntion b such settl to the ti f h' d th: P °d h - 1; _ ever, That when liinds are clglmed uuderilgrlay oistheaprovisidggzfcgiisOziiit an to cgizgsm lay perlsousf who are Slot citizens of the United States, patents shall not _ issue ther or unti e become c't’zen. 8v‘;1=:l¤¤0f SEC- 4. And be itfufther cnacteiad that none of the provisions of this cum, huh act Shall extend to mineral or school lands, saliues, military or other — reserva.t1ous, or lands settled on and occupied for purposes of trade and commerce, and not for agriculture, and all legal subdivisions settled on