Chapter CIV. *to authorize the county commissioners of Linn county, in the Territory if Iowa, to enter, by legal subdivisions, a quarter section of land, upon which the county seat has been located.* July 27, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the county commissioners of the county ofAuthorized to enter certain la
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Chap. CIV.— An Act *to authorize the county commissioners of Linn county, in the Territory if Iowa, to enter, by legal subdivisions, a quarter section of land, upon which the county seat has been located.* July 27, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the county commissioners of the county ofAuthorized to enter certain land. Linn, in the Territory of Iowa, be, and they are hereby, authorized within one year next after the date of this act, to make entry, at the proper land office, at the minimum price, of the west half of the north-west quarter of section numbered six, in township numbered eighty- three north, of range numbered six west; and the east half of the north-east quarter of section numbered one, in township numbered eighty- three north, of range numbered seven west; making one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, or a quarter section of land, upon which the town of Marion, the county-seat of said county, is located, in full satisfaction of the claim of said county, under the provisions of the act en- TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 105. 1842. 845 titled, “An act granting to the counties or parishes of State and TerritoryAct of May 26, 1624, ch. 169. of the United States, in which the public lands are situated, the right of preemption to quarter sections of land, for seats of justice, within the same,” approved twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eightProviso. hundred and twenty-four: *Provided*, That said lands, or any part there-of, shall not have been [sold] by the United States prior to the date of this act.
Approved, July 27, 1842. Chapter CV: to incorporate a society in the District of Columbia by the name of the National Institute for the Promotion of Science. 6 Stat. 845 1842-07-27 Chapter CV 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 2025-12-05 27 2 private
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*to authorize the county commissioners of Linn county, in the Territory if Iowa, to enter, by legal subdivisions, a quarter section of land, upon which the county seat has been located.* July 27, 1842. *Be it enacted, &c*., That the county commissioners of the county ofAuthorized to enter certain la
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