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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · Jan. 14, 1812 · Chapter XV

Chapter XV. *directing the terms on which lands sold at public sale, and that revert for failure in payment, shall again be sold.* Jan. 14, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Land sold and reverting for non-payment not to be so

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Chap. XV.— An Act *directing the terms on which lands sold at public sale, and that revert for failure in payment, shall again be sold.* Jan. 14, 1812. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Land sold and reverting for non-payment not to be sold for less than the price at public sale. That no tract or tracts of the reserved sections or other public lands of the United States, that have been or may hereafter be sold at public sale, and which may have, or shall, on account of failure to complete the payment of the purchase money, revert to the United States, shall hereafter be sold at private sale, at a price less than that for which the same tract was sold at public sale.
Approved, January 14, 1812. Chapter XVI: authorizing the purchase cf ordnance and ordnance stores, camp equipage and other Quartermaster’s stores and small arms. 2 Stat. 674 1812-01-14 Chapter XVI Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 12 1 public
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