Statute II.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. VIII.—An Act making a partial appropriation for the military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one.
Sums appropriated,—Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, on account of the military service for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, to wit:
For subsistence.For subsistence of the army of the United States, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Arrearages.For arrearages on the settlement of outstanding claims, twenty thousand dollars.
Quartermaster’s department.For the quartermaster’s department, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said sums be paid out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 17, 1821.
Statute II.
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XI.—An Act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants, and returning surveys thereon to the general land office.[1]
Time allowed until 4th Jan., 1823, to obtain warrants and complete locations; and until 4th Jan., 1826, to reutrn surveys and warrants to procure patents.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment, their heirs or assigns, entitled to bounty lands within the tract of country reserved by the State of Virginia, between the little Miami and Sciota rivers, shall be allowed a further time of two years, from the fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, to obtain warrants and complete their locations, and the further time of four years, from the fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, to return their surveys and warrants, or certified copies of warrants, to the general land office, to obtain patents.
Act of March 3, 1807, ch. 31.
The provisions of the act of 3d March, 1807, revived, with limitation, as to time, as in the preceding section, &c.
Proviso; no location on tracts previously patented or surveyed.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act, entitled “An act authorizing patents to issue for lands located and surveyed by virtue of certain Virginia resolution warrants,” passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, shall be revived and in force, with all its restrictions, except that the respective times allowed for making locations, and returning surveys thereon, shall be limited to the terms prescribed by the first section of this act, for the location and return of surveys on other warrants, and that the surveys shall be returned to the general land office: Provided, That no locations as aforesaid, in virtue of this or the preceding section of this act, shall be made on tracts of land for which patents had previously been issued, or which had been previously surveyed; and any patent which may, nevertheless, be obtained for land located contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be considered null and void.
Approved, February 9, 1821.
Statute II.
Chap. XII.—An Act for the relief of the purchasers of public lands prior to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and twenty.[2]
- ↑ Acts relating to Virginia resolution land warrants, and sale of lands north-west of the river Ohio, vol. i. 464.
- ↑ Act of March 3, 1819, ch. 92.Act of April 24, 1820, ch. 51.Act of March 3, 1823, ch. 57.Act of May 18, 1824, ch. 88.Act of May 4, 1826, ch. 34.
