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I. CITATION OF JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE DECISIONS..

II. ACTS OF CONGRESS LOCAL OR TEMPORARY IN THEIR NATURE:

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IOWA.

June 30, 1834.
Vol. 4, p. 740.

tain half-breeds

No. 1755.-AN ACT to relinquish the reversionary interest of the United States in a certain Indian reservation lying between the rivers Mississippi and Desmoins. Be it enacted, &c., That all the right, title, and interest which might Lands relinaccrue or revert to the United States to the reservation of land, lying quished, and to between the rivers Desmoins and Mississippi, which was reserved for be vested in certhe use of the half-breeds belonging to the Sacs and Fox nations, now of Sacs and Fox used by them, or some of them, under a treaty made and concluded be- Indians. tween the United States and the Sacs and Fox tribes or nations of Indians, at Washington, on the fourth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished and vested in the said half-breeds of the Sacs and Fox tribes or nations of Indians, who, at the passage of this act are, under the reservation in the said treaty, entitled, by the Indian title, to the same; with full power and authority to transfer their portions thereof, by sale, devise or descent, according to the laws of the State of Missouri. (a)

(a) See Nos. 1769, 1770, 1771.

No. 1756.—AN ACT confirming to the legal representatives of Thomas F. Red- July 1, 1836. dick, a tract of six hundred and forty acres of land.

Vol. 6, p. 661.

Right, &c., of

United States to a certain tract of

land, relinquish

Be it enacted, &c., That all the right, title, claim and interest, that
the United States have in and unto a certain tract or parcel of land,
containing six hundred and forty acres, situate on the left bank of the
Mississippi River, about eighteen miles above the mouth of the Des- ed.
moines River, in fractional township number sixty-six, north of the
base line of range number five, west of the fifth principal meridian, in
the territory recently attached to the Territory of Michigan, as will
more fully appear on reference to the plat of survey, executed by Jeni-
fer T. Sprigg, be, and the same is hereby, relinquished to the heirs of
Thomas F. Reddick: Provided, nevertheless, If said lands shall be taken Proviso.
by any older or better claim, not emanating from the United States, the
Government will not be in any wise responsible for any remuneration

to said heirs: And provided, also, That should said tract of land be in- Proviso.
cluded in any reservation heretofore made under treaty with any In-
dian tribe, that the said heirs be, and they hereby are, authorized to
locate the same quantity, in legal divisions or subdivisions, on any un-
appropriated land of the United States in said Territory subject to
entry at private sale.

July 2, 1836.
Vol. 5, p. 70.

Towns of Fort

and Peru, Wis

No. 1757-AN ACT for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c., That the tracts of land in the Territory of Wisconsin including the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county Madison, Burof Des Moines; Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Dulington, BelleBuque; and Peru, in the county of Du Buque; and Mineral Point, in view, Dubuque the county of Iowa, shall, under the direction of the surveyor-general consin Territory. of the public lands, be laid off into town lots, streets, avenues, and the lots for public use called the public squares, and into out-lots having regard to the lots and streets already surveyed, in such manner and of such dimensions as he may think proper for the public good and the equitable rights of the settlers and occupants of the said towns: Prorided, The tracts of land so to be laid off into town lots, &c., shall not exceed the quantity of one entire section, nor the town-lots one-half of an acre; nor shall the out-lots exceed the quantity of four acres each. When the survey of the lots shall be completed, a plat thereof shall be returned to the Secretary of the Treasury, and within six months thereafter the lots shall be offered to the highest bidder, at public sale,

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Surveyor to class the lots.

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Surveying.

under the direction of the President of the United States, and at such other times as he shall think proper; (a) Provided, That no town lot shall be sold for a sum less than five dollars: And provided further, That a quantity of land of proper width, on the river banks, at the towns of Fort Madison, Belleview, Burlington, Du Buque, and Peru, and running with the said rivers the whole length of said towns, shall be reserved from sale, (as shall also the public squares,) for public use, and remain for ever for public use, as public highways, and for other public uses.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said surveyor to class the lots already surveyed in the said towns of Fort Madison, Burlington, Belleview, Du Buque, Peru, and Mineral Point, into three classes, according to the relative value thereof, on account of situation and eligibility for business, without regard however to the improvements made thereon; and previous to the sale of said lots as aforesaid, each and every person or persons, or his, her, or their legal representatives, who shall heretofore have obtained from the agent of the United States a permit to occupy any lot or lots in the said towns, or who shall have, by building or enclosure, actually occupied or improved any lot or lots in the said towns, or within the tracts of land hereby authorized to be laid off into lots, shall be permitted to purchase such lot or lots by paying therefor, in cash, if the same fall within the first class as aforesaid, at the rate of forty dollars per acre; if within the second class, at the rate of twenty dollars per acre; and if within the third class, at the rate of ten dollars per acre: Provided, That no one of the persons aforesaid shall be permitted to purchase, by authority of this section, more than one acre of ground to embrace improvements already made. (b)

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of surveying the lands covering the said towns of Fort Madison, Burlington, Belleview, Du Buque, Peru, and Mineral Point.

(a) See Nos. 1758, 1760, 1781, 1790, 1793, 1794, 1798, 1803, 1804, 1806.
(b) See Nos. 1758, 1773, 1786, 1791, 1813, 1815, 1820.

May 3, 1837.
Vol. 5, p. 178.

Acts, & c., re quired to be done

board of commis

No. 1758.-AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act for laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, and Mineral Point, in the county of Iowa, Territory of Wisconsin, and for other purposes," approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.

Be it enacted, &c., That all acts and duties required to be done and by the surveyor performed by the surveyor for the Territory of Wisconsin, under the under the act to act to which this is an amendment, shall be done by a board of commiswhich this is an sioners of three in number, any two of whom shall be a quorum to do amendment shall business; said commissioners to be appointed by the President of the be done by a United States, and shall, previous to their entering upon the discharge sioners, to be ap- of their duties, take an oath or affirmation to perform the same faithpointed by the fully and impartially: Provided, That the action of the commissioners President, &c appointed under the present act shall not interfere with any of the acts performed by the surveyor-general, prior to the time of the passage hereof, in pursuance of instructions under the act to which this is amendatory.

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The commis

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall sioners to have have power to hear evidence and determine all claims to lots arising power to deter under the act to which this is an amendment; and for this purpose, the mine all claims to lots, &c. said commissioners are authorized to administer all oaths that may be necessary, and to reduce to writing all the evidence in support of claims to pre-emption presented for their consideration; and when all the testimony shall have been heard and considered, the said commissioners shall file with the proper register and receiver for the district within which the towns are situated respectively, the testimony in each case, together with a certificate in favor of each person having the right of pre-emption under the provisions of the act of which this is amendaUpon payment tory; and upon making payment to the proper receiver of public moneys being made to for the lot or lots to which such person is entitled, the receiver shall the proper receiver for a lot, rant a receipt therefor, and the register issue certificates of purchase, he shall grant a to be transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, as receipt, &c. in other cases of the sale of public lands. (a)

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