United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/22nd Congress/1st Session/Chapter 247
Chap. CCXLVII.—An Act to authorize the sale of lands reserved from sale at fort Jackson, in the state of Alabama.
Sale of land authorized.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 be, and he is hereby authorized to offer for sale, the lands heretofore reserved from sale at fort Jackson, in the state of Alabama.
Settlers on said lands, who, prior to 1830, cultivated, &c. allowed to enter, &c.
Act of May 29, 1830, ch. 208.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every settler on said lands, who, prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty, cultivated any part thereof, and is now in possession of the same, shall be allowed to enter at the proper land office, one quarter section, according to the provisions of the first section of an act to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands, approved May twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Approved, July 14, 1832.