Chapter LXXXVIII. to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States, by the purchasers if public lands
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Chap. LXXXVIII.— An Act to provide for the extinguishment of the debt due to the United States, by the purchasers if public lands.May 18, 1824.[Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That,Where the purchaser or holder of any of the public lands, has obtained a certificate of further credit, under the act of March 2, 1821, ch. 12, he shall be allowed to file it with the register of the land office where such land is situated.Act of April 20, 1822, ch. 30.Act of March 3, 1823, ch. 57.Act of May 26, 1824, ch. 176. in all cases where the purchaser, or legal holder, of any certificate of purchase of any of the public lands of the United States, may have obtained a certificate of further credit under the provisions of an act, passed the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, entitled “An act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands, prior to the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty,” or of the acts supplementary thereto, of the twentieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and of the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, the person obtaining such certificate, or the legal holder thereof, shall be allowed, at any time prior to the tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, to file, with the register of the land office, in the district where such land is situated, a relinquishment, in writing, of any section, half section, quarter section, or legal subdivision of a fractional section, made according to the provisions of the existing laws, in relation to the survey and sale of the public lands; and any payment made, on any tract of land, so relinquished, shall be applied to the payment of the amount due on any tract retained by said purchaser, or legal holder of a certificate of purchase; which relinquishment shall be allowed only on condition that any such purchaser, or legal holder of a certificate of purchase, relinquish a sufficient quantity of laud thereby to complete his or her payments due to the United States, on any lands retained, or pay the balance due, and which may afterwards become due, in money, before or at the time of such relinquishment: and on the payment of such balance in money, there shall be allowed, on the amount so paid, a deduction at the rate of thirty-seven and a half per centum:Proviso. *Provided,* That nothing herein contained, shall entitle the person making such relinquishment to claim any repayment from the United States, on account of any lands so relinquished:Proviso. *And provided further,* That nothing herein contained shall authorize any discounts upon payments made by relinquishment.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatA deduction to be made on complete payments. all purchasers, or legal holders of any certificate of purchase, of any of the public lands of the United States, who may have obtained a certificate of further credit, under the provisions of the several acts above mentioned, on making complete payment, previous to the tenth of April, eighteen hundred andEIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 89, 136. 1824.25 twenty-five, of every instalment then due, and which shall afterwards become payable, shall be allowed, upon the amount so paid, a deduction, at the rate of thirty-seven and an half per centum.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatDuty of the registers and receivers. it shall be the duty of the registers and receivers of the land offices of the United States, immediately after the tenth of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, to return complete lists of the lands relinquished to the United States, within their districts; and such lands shall be exposed to sale as other public lands of the United States. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatFees to be allowed them.1821, ch. 12. the register and receiver of any land office, shall be allowed double the fees given them by the act of the second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, for like services, to be paid by the person or persons availing themselves of the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatThe provisions of this act to extend to town lots, &c. the provisions of this act be extended to town lots and out-lots, reserved for that purpose, and sold by the United States on a credit Approved, May 18, 1824. Chapter LXXXIX: providing for the appointment of an agent for the Osage Indians, west of the state of Missouri, and territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. 4 Stat. 25 1824-05-18 Chapter LXXXIX United States Government Publishing Office 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.
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