Fort Wayne disextended.

no tracts of land excepted from sales by virtue of any former acts shall be sold by virtue of this act.

SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all the lands to trict, in Indiana, which the Indian title is extinguished, lying in that part of the State of Indiana which is east of the Lake Michigan, bordering upon the northern line of said State, and not attached to any land district, shall be, and the same are hereby, attached to the Fort Wayne district.

*See ante, chaps. 203, 264; and 448, post.

the Tombecbee As

complied with the

issued to them.

Approved, February 19, 1831.

[See Part II, No. 64.]

CHAP. 410.-An act to alter and amend "An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive."

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asThose members of sembled, That all persons entitled to lands, under a contract sociation who have entered into on the eighth of January, eighteen hundred and law to have patents nineteen, by the Secretary of the Treasury on the part of the United States, and Charles Villar, agent of the Tombecbee Association, in pursuance of " An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement of the cultivation of the vine and olive," approved on the third of March, eighteen hundred and seventeen, their heirs, devisees, or assigns, who appear by the report of William L. Adams, special agent of the Treasury, appointed in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, passed the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, to have complied with the conditions of settlement and cultivation, as stipulated for in said contract, or who shall hereafter make it appear, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that they have so complied, shall, on paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents the acre, previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, receive a patent for the

Other members of same association to

same.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all persons who have same right. became entitled to an allotment of land under said contract, their heirs, devisees, or assigns, who have failed to comply with the conditions of settlement and cultivation within the period required thereby, who at the time of the passage of this act shall be in the actual occupancy and cultivation of the same, shall, on paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents the acre, previous to the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, receive a patent for the

Same to widows and children.

same.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the widow and children of any person who became entitled to an allotment of land under said contract, and died without performing the conditions required, shall, on paying into the Treasury one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, previous to the third

of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, receive a patent for the same.

Approved, February 19, 1831.

[See Part II, Nos. 87, 88, 380, 411, 415, 433, 435, 444, 560.]

CHAP. 411.-An act supplemental to an act, passed on the thirty-first March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled "An act for the relief of pur chasers of public lands, and for the suppression of fraudulent practices at the public sales of lands of the United States."*

*See chap. 386.

purchasers of pub

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all purchasers, their heirs or assignees, of such Further relief to of the public lands as were sold on a credit for a less price fic lands. than fourteen dollars per acre, and on which a further credit has been taken under any of the laws passed for the relief of purchasers of public lands, and which lands have reverted to the United States on account of the balance due thereon not having been paid or discharged, agreeably to said relief laws, shall be entitled to patents without further payment, in all instances where one dollar and twenty-five cents or a greater sum per acre shall have been paid; or where payment to that amount shall not have been heretofore made, such purchasers, their heirs or assignees, shall have the right of pre-emption until the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by paying into the proper land office such sum, in addition to the amount heretofore paid, as will together amount to the minimum price of the lands of the United States at the time of such payment.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all such occupants Certain occupants. of relinquished land as are contemplated and described in the second section of the above-recited act, to which this is a supplement, as are in possession of land which was sold on

credit for a less sum than fourteen dollars per acre, shall have

the right of pre-emption of the same lands, according to the To have pre-emp legal subdivisions of sections, not exceeding the quantity of tion right. two quarter sections in contiguous tracts or contiguous to other lands held by such occupants, respectively, until the

fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty- Until July 4, 1831. one, upon their paying into the proper office for all land originally sold for a price not exceeding five dollars per acre, one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and for all lands which originally sold for more than five dollars, and not exceeding fourteen dollars, per acre, the amount of the first instalment heretofore paid; such occupant first proving their possession, respectively, in conformity to the provisions of the said act, to which this is a supplement, in the manner which has been prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, pursuant to the provisions thereof: Provided, however, That in all cases where proof of possession has

been already made under said recited act, proof shall not again be required unless the applicant choose to take other land than that to which such proof applies.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall extend to all town property of which the Government has been proprietors, and not subsequently sold, when full payment has not been made: Provided, The original purchasers, or their assignees, pay into the proper land office, on or before the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, one half of the original purchasemoney, without interest.

Approved, February 25, 1831.

[See Part II, Nos. 15, 42, 56, 57, 58, 60, 64, 72, 77, 88, 93, 372, 374, 376, 377, 396, 495, 504.]

salt works on Ver.

sold.

CHAP. 412.-An act for the sale of the lands in the State of Illinois reserved for the use of salt springs on the Vermillion river, in that State.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asLands reserved for sembled, That the State of Illinois shall be, and is hereby, million river, to be authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as the Legislature of said State has or may direct, the whole or any part of the lands reserved and set apart by the President of the United States, on the twenty-ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, for the use of the salt works on the Vermillion river, in said State, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such objects as the Legislature of said State has or may direct: Provided, Said land shall not be sold for less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Approved, March 2, 1831.

CHAP. 413.-An act granting a quantity of land to the Territory of Arkansas, for the erection of a public building at the seat of Government of said Territory.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asLand granted Ar. sembled, That the Legislature of the Territory of Arkansas kansas, to aid in be, and they are hereby, authorized to select, or cause to be building at Little selected, a quantity of the unappropriated public lands in the

erecting public

Rock.

Territory of Arkansas, not exceeding ten sections, and in portions not less than one quarter section, which is hereby granted to said Territory, for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection of a public building at Little Rock, the seat of Government of said Territory.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Legislature of said Territory be, and they are hereby, authorized to adopt such measures for the sale of said tract of land, or any part

thereof, at such times and manner, and convey the same by such deeds, as they shall deem expedient; and upon the presentation of such deeds of conveyance as shall be adopted by said Legislature, and given to the purchasers, to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, it shall be the duty of the President to issue patents to the purchasers, as in other

cases.

Approved, March 2, 1831.

[See Part II, Nos. 68, 120.]

CHAP. 414.-An act confirming the selections heretofore made of lands for the construction of the Michigan road, in the State of Indiana.

confirmed.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the selections and locations heretofore made selections of land by the State of Indiana, of the Michigan road lands, so far for Michigan road, as they may remain unsold, be, and the same are hereby, sanctioned and confirmed; and that other public lands in Indiana, in lieu of those already sold, shall be selected, under the same authority that the original selections and locations. were made: Provided, That no selections or locations shall hereafter be made, for the purpose aforesaid, until the authority of the State of Indiana shall cause to be made to the General Land Officer an accurate survey and plat of the said road, throughout its entire line.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land offices at Crawfordsville and Fort Wayne shall be duly notified, by the State authority, of the selections made in virtue of this act; after which, no sales thereof shall be made. Approved, March 2, 1831.

CHAP. 415.-An act to authorize the Territory of Florida to open a canal through the public lands between Chipola river and Saint Andrew's bay, in West Florida.

lic lands.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Territory of Florida be, and is hereby, au- Chipola canal may thorized to survey and mark, through the public lands of the be cut through pubUnited States, the route of a canal by which to connect the navigation of the river Chipola and Saint Andrew's bay, in West Florida, and to cut the same through the public lands; and ninety feet of land on each side of said canal shall be reserved from sale on the part of the United States, and the use thereof be forever vested in the Territory, or such com. pany as shall be organized by them, for a canal, and for no other purpose whatever.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the said Ter- Condition.”

ritory shall not survey and direct by law said canal to be opened, and furnish the Commissioner of the General Land Office a map thereof, within two years from and after the date of this act, or if the said canal be not completed suitably for navigation within five years thereafter, or if said land hereby granted shall ever cease to be used and occupied for the purpose of constructing and keeping in repair a canal suitable for navigation, the reservation and grant aforesaid shall be void and of no effect: Provided, That nothing in this act contained, or that shall be done in pursuance thereof, shall be deemed to imply any obligation on the part of the United States to appropriate money to defray the expense of Canal to be free of surveying or opening the said canal: And provided, likewise, tolls to the United That the said canal, when completed by said Territory, or by an incorporated company, under the authority of the same, shall be and forever remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, on public business, passing through the same.

States.

Adjacent lands to

be reserved from sale.

Same

privileges granted to Matan

canal.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That every section of land through which the said canal route may pass shall be, and the same is hereby, reserved from sale, under the direction of the Government of the United States, until hereafter specially directed by law; and the said Territory, or company incorporated by them, are hereby authorized, without waste, to use any materials on the public lands adjacent to said canal that may be necessary to its construction.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said Territory, zas and Halifax or any incorporated company under their authority, be, and they are hereby, authorized to open, through the public lands of the United States, a canal from Matanzas to Halifax river, in East Florida, upon the same conditions, restrictions, and limitations, in every respect, as are prescribed in the foregoing provisions of this act; and the same lands shall be reserved, in like manner, for the objects specified, and for no other.

Approved, March 2, 1831.

authorized with

CHAP. 416.-An act to authorize the State of Illinois to surrender a township of land granted to said State for a seminary of learning, and to locate other lands in lieu thereof.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asExchange of land sembled, That the State of Illinois be, and is hereby, auseminary of learn thorized to relinquish to the United States township number five north, of range number one west, situate in the county of Fayette, in said State, heretofore granted to the said State for the use of a seminary of learning, and to locate upon the public lands within said State, the sale of which is authorized

ing in Illinois.