Chapter XV. *to repeal a Part of the Act entitled “An Act supplementary to the several Laws for the Sale of the public Lands,” approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and for other Purposes.* May 8, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
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Chap. XV.— An Act *to repeal a Part of the Act entitled “An Act supplementary to the several Laws for the Sale of the public Lands,” approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and for other Purposes.* May 8, 1846. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That, from andRepeal of the 2d proviso in the act of 1832, ch. 65, permitting entries, &c., of land. after the passage of this act, the second proviso to the act entitled “An Act supplementary to the several Laws for the Sale of the public Lands,” approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, which is as follows, viz., “That no person shall be permitted to enter more than one half quarter section of land under tins act in quarter quarter sections, in his own name, or in the name of any other person, and in no case, unless he intends it for cultivation, or for the use of his improvement.
And the person making application to make an entry under this act shall file his or her affidavit under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, that he or she makes the entry in his or her own name, for his or her own benefit, and not in trust for another,” shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and all entries, selections, or locations of lands now suspended in the General Land Office, because made contrary to the restrictions in this proviso, shall be, and they are hereby, confirmed, provided they are, in all other respects, fair and regular.
Approved, May 8, 1846.