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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 103. 1854. 309 and occupied, in whole or in part, for purposes of trade and commerce, and not for agriculture, shall be subject to the provisions of the act of twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and forty-four, in relation to 1344,,,1,, 17, town sites on the public lands, whether so settled and occupied before or after the survey of said lands, except that said lands shall be donated instead of being sold. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when the lands in the said Reservation of Territory shall be surveyed, under the direction of the Government of mid f" S°h°°1°' the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township, in said Territory, shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be created out of the same. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, when the lands in said Terri- Reservation of tory shall be surveyed as aforesaid, a quantity of land equal to two town- £:’;_;li{°” 3 ‘““‘ ships shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved for the establishment of y` a University in said Territory, and in the State hereafter to be created out of the same, to be selected, under the direction of the legislature, in legal subdivisions of not less than one half-section. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That any of the lands not taken Land not under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the operation of the Eglgglgigicmk Preemption Act of fourth September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, tm, actJ0f 1841, whether settled upon before or after the survey ; and, in all cases where ¤¤·16· the settlement was made before the survey, the settler shall file his declaration within three months after the survey is made and returned; and any person claiming a donation under this act shall be permitted to enter the land claimed by him at any time prior to the four years’ occu- Time in which pancy and cultivation required, by paying therefor at the rate of one ;£’1€éf;’;,‘?maY b° dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and proving occupancy and cultivation up to the time of such payment. Sec. 8. And be itjtmher enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Spanish and Surveyor-General, under such instructions as may be given by the fgi§f§'l0°L’g’;‘; Secretary of the Interior, to ascertain the origin, nature, character, and certainod. extent of all claims to lands under the laws, usages, and customs of Spain and Mexico; and, for this purpose, may issue notices, summons witnesses, administer oaths, and do and perform all other necessary acts in the premises. He shall make a full report on all such claims as ori- Portion ofsuch ginated before the cession of the territory to the United States by the °l“:;’g *° b° W treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, of eighteen hundred and forty-eight, denot- P°V,,,_'9’ ,,2,, ing the various grades of title, with his decision as to the validity or invalidity of each of the same under the laws, usages, and customs of the country before its cession to the United States; and shall also make a report in regard to all pueblos existing in the Territory, showing the oxtent and locality of each, stating the number of inhabitants in the said pucblos, respectively, and the nature of their titles to the land. Such report to be made according to the form which may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior; which report shall be laid before Congress for Th., ,.,,,,0,.;, k, such action thereon as may be deemed just and proper, with a view to be laid before confirm bond _/ide grants, and give full effect to the treaty of eighteen ggggms fm "` hundred and forty-eight between the United States and Mexico; and, until the final action of Congress on such claims, all lands covered Lands Y¤f¤d thereby shall be reserved from sale or other disposal by the government, and shall not be subject to the donations granted by the previous pro- sale. visions of this act. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That full power and authority are _F¤llc P¤W¤Ft hereby given the Secretary of the Interior to issue all needful rules and QQCQCQ °x°°u ° regulations for fully carrying into effect the several provisions of this act. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Surveyor-Gone- States shall be and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the "‘l'°‘" N°b"“‘k"