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 186 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 92, 93. 1857 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That to meet the expenses of carry- APP’°PYi¤*l°¤- ing this act into effect, the sum of five thousand dolhrs, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for salaries, commissions and incidental expenses of the offices of the register and receiver, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the General Land-Office. Approved, March 3, 1857. March 3, 1857. CHAP. XCII.—An Act to confirm certain Entries ¢y"Land therein named. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and Mme of Representatives of the United £,'§;’t‘;§u ulfg:" States of America in Congress assembled, That all entries of the public g,,,,,,,,,,,,, ’ 1and.[s] under theactto graduate and reduce the price of the public lands subject to entry, to actual settlers and cultivators, approved fourth of 7854, ch- 244· August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, made prior to the passage of this V I 574 act, in which the purchaser has made the aiiidavit and paid the purchase- °x` P'money as required by said act and the instructions issued and in force, and in the hands- of the Register at the time of making said entry, are E¤$=°P**i°¤¤ wd hereby legalized, and patents shall issue to the parties respectively, ex- °r°l"S°s‘ cepting those entries under said act, which the commissioner of the General Land-Office may ascertain to have been fraudulently or evasively made; Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to confirm any of said entries which have heretofore been annulled and vacated by said commissioner on account of fraud, evasion of law, or other special cause; and provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to deprive any actual settler and cultivator of his right to any land on which he resided at the time of an entry by another person under the act to which this act is an amendment. Approved, March 3, 1857. March 8, 1857. CHAP. XCIH.-An Act to establish thi? additional Land Districts in the Terrdory of "‘"‘*—* ebraska. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemblerh That all that portion of the Territory of Nebraska at present included in the Omaha district, which lies south of the line which divides townships six and seven north, ex- Nemaha Land tended from the Missouri River westward, shall constitute an additional Distric, const, district, to be called the “N emaha Land District;" all said Omaha district tuted. which is situated south of the south shore or right bank of the Platte River, and north of the said township line, between townships six and _Soutb rlatte seven north, shall constitute an additional land district, to be called the §;;:;,mt£'st"°l “South Platte River Land District ;" and all that portion of said Omaha ` district which lies north of the south boundary of the “Omaha Reserve," extended westward, being identical with the line which divides townships _ twenty-three and twenty-four north, shall constitute an additional land m£t“£;‘:$,ug§j district, to be called the “Dahkota Land District ;" the location of the offices for which shall be designated by the President of the United States, and shall by him, from time to time, be changed as the public interests may seem to require. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or during the recess thereof, and until the end of the next session dgg_l;°t;¤ f°*` Said of Congress after such appointment, a register and a receiver for each ' land district hereby created, who shall be required to reside at the site of their offices, have the same. powers, responsibilities, and emoluments, and be subject to the same acts and penalties, which are or may be prescribed by law in relation to other land officers of the United States.