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 'l`HIl{'l`Y-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 133, 145, 146. 1858. 313 CHA?. CXXXHI.—-An Act for the Rd?]` W certain Settlers on the Public Lands in the June 9, 1858. State o iscomin. Q; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Ezited States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of the even-num— Certain selecbered sections of land selected by the State of Wisconsin in the month of gms of hud ““‘ . . . . . er act of 1846, June, in the year eighteen hundred and 1"orty-mne, to satisfy the quantity 0h_17D comm. of land due said State under the act of Congress of August eighth, eighteen edto Vlliseonsin. hundred and forty-six, granting land in aid of the improvement of the Fox V°]· lx- P- 83· and lVisconsin rivers, as have been sold, or contracted to be sold, by said State or its assigns, under the laws thereof, are hereby confirmed to said State, as parts of said grant, and the title of the purchasers declared to be valid as though the said selections had been made in conformity with law: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to increase Pr<>viS<>· the quantity of land to which the State is entitled under the grant aforesaid: And provided further, That e. schedule, duly cert1]`y[eertiHed] by Further proviso. the governor, of the lands sold and contracted for to be sold, prior to the paesage of this act, shall be tiled in the General Land-Office within six months from the date of this act. _ 2. And be it furtfzer enacted, That every person being the head Gemjn persons of a family, widow, or single man over the age of twent_y·one years, who, on °“tiT9 *° P"°‘ the eleventh day of June, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, was, cmp wm or since that time has become, an actual settler and housekeeper, and has made other improvements on any tract embraced in said even-numbered section selection, which the State of Wisconsini or its assigns has not sold or contracted to sell, is hereby entitled to the same right of preemption, and upon the same terms and conditions, as is prescribed by an act entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and m grant preemption rights," approved September fourth, in the year eigb- 1841, ch. 1:;. teen hundred and forty-one: Provided, That this act shall not be construed Vo}. v. p. 453. to convey to Wisconsin any parts or portions of said even-nunibered sec- Proviso. tion selections which said State or its assigns have not actually sold or contracted to sell, and the title to which is not confirmed by the first. section of this act. Approved, June 9, 1858. . V.—An Act l0 Re eal the c h Section 0 an 't “ nA to ur ' Clmeljldglqiltldr or Enrollment arid .L2.CG7I`;;/$0 be issue:/in th‘:$lT;n1:el:}l`th;4Pre§1{den(l orh0S'?; mzagy q" any hzcorpamted Company owning a Steamboat or Vessel}' appmved Jlurch 1825, 6h- 99, 55- thir, etghteen hundred and twenty;/ive. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives <y" the United States of Amer·ica in Oongress assembled, That the fifth section of "Au Repeutomcmr uct to authorize the register or enrollment and license to be issued in the 1%*% 91* 99119 5· name of the president or secretary of any incorporated company owning 2. 0w' p' 2g' steamboat or vessel," approved March third, eighteen hundred and twenty- tive, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Approved, June 11, 1858. CHAP. CXLVI.-An Act for the qf:Seltlers em certain Lands in the State of Jung 11, 1g5g_ mms. -~——--———~— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Status of America in Congress assembled, That every settler on any of the Settlers bm public lands heretofore selected by [the] State of Illinois, but which have lime °¤ P“bh° not been confirmed to said State, under the provisions of the act of fourth b°',§,d;z:12zt:grlHj September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, who settled thereon in good od to, the State faith prior to the passage of this act, shall be entitled to preempt their °£6g;“‘g‘s£h;‘;"Y respective claims by legal subdivisions, not to exceed one hundred and £mmS?&c_ sixty acres in a compact body, at the ordinary minimum of one dollar and 18% <>b· !6· twenty-five cents per acre, unless within the six mile limits of any railroad V°1' v' p` 463' vox,. xx. Pun.-40