act be extended to, and their benefits be conferred upon, each of the other States of the Union, in which such swamp and overflowed lands, known as designated as aforesaid, may be situated.

Approved September 28, 1850.

[The State of Michigan received 5,891,598.24 Acres under this act.]

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1857-11 U. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 251.

AN ACT to confirm to the several States the Swamp and overflowed Lands selected under the act of September twentyeight, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the act of the second March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the selection of swamp and overflowed lands granted to the several States by the act of Congress, approved September twentyeight, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits," and the act of the second of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the swamp lands therein," heretofore made and reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, so far as the same shall remain vacant and unappropriated, and not interfered with by an actual settlement under any existing law of the United States, be and the same are hereby confirmed, and shall be approved and patented to the said several States, in conformity with the provisions of the act aforesaid, as soon as may be practicable after the passage of this law: Provided, however, That nothing in this act con..tained shall interfere with the provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An act for the relief of purchasers and locators of swamp and overflowed lands," approved March the second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, which shall be and is hereby continued in force, and extended to all entries and locations of lands claimed as swamp lands made since its passage.

Approved March 3, 1857.

LANDS DONATED TO MICHIGAN.

ACT OF MARCH 2, 1855-10 U. S. STATUTES AT LARGE, 034.

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AN ACT for the relief of Purchasers and Locators of Swamp and Overflowed Lands.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the United States cause patents to be issued, as soon as practicable, to the purchaser or purchasers, locator or locators, who have made entries of the public lands, claimed as swamp lands, either with cash, or with land warrants, or with scrip, prior to the issue of patents to the State or States, as provided for by the second section of the act approved September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits," any decision of the Secretary of the Interior, or other officer of the government of the United States, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That in all cases where any State, through its constituted authorities, may have sold or disposed of any tract or tracts of said land to any individual or individuals prior to the entry, sale, or location of the same, under the preemption or other laws of the United States, no patent shall be issued by the President for such tract or tracts of land, until such State, through its constituted authorities, shall release its claim thereto, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided, further, That if such State shall not, within ninety days from the passage of this act, through its constituted authorities, return to the General Land Office of the United States, a list of all the lands sold as aforesaid, together with the dates of such sale, and the names of the purchasers, the patents shall be issued immediately thereafter, as directed in the foregoing section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon due proof, by the authorized agent of the State or States, before the Commissioner of the General Land Office, that any of the lands purchased were swamp lands, within the true intent and meaning of the act aforesaid, the purchase money shall be paid over to the said State or States; and where the lands have been located by

warrant or scrip, the said State or States shall be authorized to locate a quantity of like amount, upon any of the public lands subject to entry, at one dollar and a quarter per acre, or less, and patents shall issue therefor, upon the terms and conditions enumerated in the act aforesaid: Provided, however, That the said decisions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved March 2, 1855.

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ACT OF MARCH 12, 1800-12 U. S. STATUTES AT LARge, 3.

AN ACT to extend the Provisions of "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the Swamp Lands within their limits" to Minnesota and Oregon, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamp lands' within their limits," approved September twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby, extended to the States of Minnesota and Oregon: Provided, That the grant hereby made shall not include any lands which the government of the United States may have reserved, sold, or disposed of (in pursuance of any law heretofore enacted) prior to the confirmation of title to be made under the authority of the said act.

SEc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the selection to be made from lands already surveyed in each of the States, including Minnesota and Oregon, under the authority of the act aforesaid, and of the act to aid the State of Louisiana in draining the swamp lands therein, approved March second one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, shall be made within two years from the adjournment of the Legislature of each State at its next session after the date of this act; and, as to all

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LANDS DONATED TO MICHIGAN.

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lands hereafter to be surveyed, within two years from such adjournment, at the next session, after notice by the Secretary of the Interior to the Governor of the State, that the surveys have been completed and confirmed. Approved March 12, 1860.