General Public Acts of Congress: Respecting the Sale and Disposition of the Public Lands, with Instructions Issued, from Time to Time, Part 1Gales and Seaton, 1838 - Land tenure |
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... respectively reside ; and that they be informed that , whenever Congress can consistently make grants of land , they will reward , in this way , as far as may be consist- ent , such refugees from Nova Scotia as may be 10 PART I. LAND LAWS .
... respectively reside ; and that they be informed that , whenever Congress can consistently make grants of land , they will reward , in this way , as far as may be consist- ent , such refugees from Nova Scotia as may be 10 PART I. LAND LAWS .
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... respectively , shall be marked by subdivisions into lots one mile square , or 640 acres , in the same direction as the external lines , and numbered from 1 to 36 ; always beginning the succeeding range of the lots . with the number next ...
... respectively , shall be marked by subdivisions into lots one mile square , or 640 acres , in the same direction as the external lines , and numbered from 1 to 36 ; always beginning the succeeding range of the lots . with the number next ...
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... respectively settled . And whereas an additional quantity of land may be necessary for the support of those people whenever the settlement shall increase , and the Indian trade , by which they have chiefly subsisted , shall become less ...
... respectively settled . And whereas an additional quantity of land may be necessary for the support of those people whenever the settlement shall increase , and the Indian trade , by which they have chiefly subsisted , shall become less ...
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... respectively settled . That four hundred acres of land be reserved and given to every head of a family , of the above description , settled at Post St. Vincent's . That the Governor of the Western Territory cause to be laid out , at the ...
... respectively settled . That four hundred acres of land be reserved and given to every head of a family , of the above description , settled at Post St. Vincent's . That the Governor of the Western Territory cause to be laid out , at the ...
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... respectively settled : Provided , nevertheless , That if such persons , or their heirs , do not return and occupy the said lands within five years , such lands shall be considered as forfeited to the United States . Lands formerly SEC ...
... respectively settled : Provided , nevertheless , That if such persons , or their heirs , do not return and occupy the said lands within five years , such lands shall be considered as forfeited to the United States . Lands formerly SEC ...
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Page 20 - ... shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 21 - The said Territory and the States which may be formed therein shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made, and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.
Page 20 - ART. 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury ; of a proportionate representation of the people in the Legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great.
Page 8 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 19 - So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the general assembly...
Page 326 - The legislatures of those districts or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 19 - ... to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree...
Page 19 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.