Chapter IV. *extending the time far opening the several Land-offices established in the territory of Orleans.* Dec. 12, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Further time allowed for opening land-offices
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Chap. IV.— An Act *extending the time far opening the several Land-offices established in the territory of Orleans.* Dec. 12, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Further time allowed for opening land-offices.Act of Feb. 15, 1811, ch. 14. That so much of the sixth section of an act, entituled “An act providing for the final adjustment of claims to lands and for the sale of the public lands in the territories of Orleans and Louisiana, and to repeal the act passed for the same purpose and approved February sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eleven,” as directs that the several land-offices established in the territory of Orleans shall be opened on the first day of January and on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Land-offices to be opened on such days as may be designated by the President. And be it further enacted, That the said land-offices shall, respectively, be opened on such day or days as the President of the United States shall, by proclamation, designate for that purpose; and the public land shall, in every other respect, be offered for sale al the said offices in the same manner as is directed by the aforesaid act. Approved, December 12, 1811. Chapter VI: allowing further time for completing the payments on certain lands held by right of preemption, in the Mississippi territory. 2 Stat. 668 1811-12-12 Chapter VI Charles C.
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*extending the time far opening the several Land-offices established in the territory of Orleans.* Dec. 12, 1811.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Further time allowed for opening land-offices
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