Chapter CXLII. *to confirm certain Entries of Land in the State of Missouri.* June 20, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all entries heretoforeCertain entries of land in Missouri confirmed.1854, ch. 244
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Chap. CXLII.— An Act *to confirm certain Entries of Land in the State of Missouri.* June 20, 1864. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all entries heretoforeCertain entries of land in Missouri confirmed.1854, ch. 244.Vol. x. p. 574. made under the graduation act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, in township forty-five north, of range nine west, south of Missouri River, in the district of land subject to sale at St.
Louis, Missouri, shall be, and are hereby, confirmed: *Provided, however*, That this actProvisos. shall not extend to any entry of land aforesaid upon which there was an actual settler other than the purchaser at the date of such entry, and that it shall first be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the entry has been made in good faith, and is founded upon actual settlement and cultivation, or is for the use of an adjoining farm: *Provided, further*, That the lands shall be paid for in money, or in land warrants, to the amount of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Approved, June 20, 1864.