...Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, all persons who have purchased under an act, entitled " An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands," approved the twenty-ninth of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, may assign and transfer their certificates...

...exposition at the time from the proper departments of the Government. I allude to the act of June 22d, 1838, entitled " An act to grant preemption rights to settlers on the public lands." This act, like that of 1841, contains a provision reserving certain lands from ordinary preemption,...

...his duty as surveyor, and to remove force should any be offered. Approved, May 29, 1830. No. 22. — An Act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. Be it enacted l>y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress...

...his duty as surveyor, and to remove force should any be offered. Approved, May 29, 1830. Ifo. 22. — An Act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress...

...and that of the 19th of June, 1834, reviving the former law, its title being, " An Act to revive the act entitled ' An Act to grant Preemption Rights to Settlers on the Public Lands, approved May 29th, 1830.' " This act of the 29th of May, 1830, provides, in the first section, " That every settler...

...possession, and cultivated any part thereof in the year 1833, all the benefits and privileges provided by the act entitled an act to grant preemption rights to settlers on the public lands, approved the 29th of May, 1830, and which act was thereby revived. The reservation and appropriation mentioned...

...jury, and on the trial of which " the judge charged the jury that the act of congress of May 29, 1830, entitled ' An act to grant preemption rights to settlers on the public lands,' was not applicable to the case before the court and jury ; that the said act had no binding force as...

...has been recognized by Congress. The act of the 29th May, 1830 (IV" Stat. at Large, p. 421), being "An act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands," contains the following provision : " \or shall the right of pre-emption contemplated by this act extend...

...enacted.tf-c., That the Secretary of the Treasury pay, out of any _ L_ Xo. !i39'i.—AN ACT supplemental to the act entitled "An act to grant pre-emption rights* to settlers on the public lands," approved June twenty-second, eighteen bun- Vol. 5, p. 382. dred and thirty-eight. .Jane, 1,1840. lie it enacted,...

...personal residence thereon at the time of the passage of this Act, and for four months next preceding, shall be entitled to all the benefits and privileges...entitled an Act to Grant Preemption Rights to Settlers on Public Lands." It is shown oy the letter of James Shields, Commissioner of the General Land Office,...