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1862, May 20 - 12 Stat. 392, Homestead Act
1862, May 20 - 12 Stat. 392, Homestead Act
US Government Legislation and Statutes
Act provided that certain qualifying persons could be entitled to enter one quarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated public lands upon filing a preemption claim. Any person owning and residing on land may, under the provisions of this act, enter other land lying contiguous to his or her land which shall not, with the land so already owned and occupied, exceed in the aggregate of 160 acres. Sets forth requirements to be met in order to receive certificates and patents. No individual could acquire title to more than one quarter section under the provisions of this act; existing …
1853, March 3 - 10 Stat. 244, Act To Extend Preemption Rights To Public Land
1853, March 3 - 10 Stat. 244, Act To Extend Preemption Rights To Public Land
US Government Legislation and Statutes
An Act that extended the preemption laws to alternate reserved sections of public lands along the lines of the railroads. No one person could have the right of preemption to more than 160 acres. Any person who settled on lands that had been reserved on account of claims under French, Spanish or other grants that had been declared by the Supreme Court of the United States to be invalid was entitled to all the rights of preemption after the lands were released from reservation.