Chapter LXXIX. *for the Relief of certain Settlers in the State of Iowa.* June 7, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the east half of section eight, section seventeen, and the east half of section eighteen, and section thirty
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Chap. LXXIX.— An Act *for the Relief of certain Settlers in the State of Iowa.* June 7, 1860. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the east half of section eight, section seventeen, and the east half of section eighteen, and section thirty-three, section thirty-four, the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven and the southeast quarter of section twenty-eight, in township Lands heretofore reserved for Fort Atkinson and an Indian agency, made subject to the or ordinary disposition of the public funds. 1841, ch. 16.
Vol. v. p. 453.ninety-six north, of range nine west, in the State of Iowa, formerly reserved for Fort Atkinson and an Indian agency, and since released and abandoned, as being no longer needed for public uses, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be, subject to the ordinary disposition of the public lands, in the same manner and on the same conditions as are provided by law, and that such persons as may have settled thereon prior to the passage of this act, and who would have been entitled to the right of preemption under the act of September four, eighteen hundred and forty-one, had the reservation not been made, shall be entitled to preempt their claims in accordance with the provisions of said act, by making proof, payment, and entry at the proper district office, within twelve months after its Proviso.approval: *Provided,* That if two or more of such persons were actually residing upon the same quarter *quarter* section, or any smaller legal subdivision, at the date of the abandonment of said reservation, the same may be entered by them jointly: *Provided further,* That no declaratory statement shall be required of said settlers.
Approved, June 7, 1860.