Chapter XLVII. in Relation to Donations of Land to certain Persons in the State of Arkansas
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Chap. XLVII.— An Act in Relation to Donations of Land to certain Persons in the State of Arkansas.August 30, 1850. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That all claims to Claims to donations of land in Arkansas, allowed by the proper officer, which have yielded to other rights and not relocated, may be entered within one year, under certain restrictions.1828, ch. 108. donations of land in Arkansas, allowed by the register and receiver of the proper land district, in virtue of the provisions of the eighth section of the act of Congress, approved on the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled “An Act to aid the State of Ohio in extending the Miami Canal from Dayton to Lake Erie, and to grant a quantity of land to said State, to aid in the construction of canals authorized by law, and for making donations of land to certain persons in Arkansas Territory,” and of other subsequent acts of Congress on the same subject, and which have not been located and patent certificates issued therefor, or which, having been so located, were compelled to yield to other and prior rights, either in whole or in part, and not subsequently relocated within the period fixed by law, may be entered with the register of any one of the land offices in the State of Arkansas, at any time within one year from the passage of this act, in the same manner, and under the same restrictions and conditions, as existed prior to the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the day last limited for the location of these claims: *Provided,*Proviso.
That no such claim shall be so located against which fraud has been or may be alleged until all objection thereto shall have been removed, to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the general land office. Approved, August 30, 1850.