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death of tlie surviving parent, and in accordance with the 

 laws of the State in which such children for the time being 

 have their domicil, sell said land for the benefit of said in 

 fants, but for no other purpose ; and the purchaser shall 

 acquire the absolute title by the purchase, and be entitled 

 to a patent from the United States, on payment of the 

 office fees and sum of money herein specified. 



SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Register of 

 the Land-office shall note all such applications on the tract 

 books and plats of his office, and keep a register of all such 

 entries, and make return thereof to the General Land-office, 

 together with the proof upon which they have been 

 founded. 



SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That no lands acquired 

 under the provisions of this act shall in any event become 

 liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted 

 prior to the issuing of the patent therefor. 



SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if, at any time 

 after the filing of the affidavit, as required in the second sec 

 tion of this act, and before the expiration of the five years 

 aforesaid, it shall be proven, after due notice to the settler, 

 to the satisfaction of the Register of the Land-office, that 

 the person having filed such affidavit shall have actually 

 changed his or her residence, or abandoned the said land, 

 or shall have ceased to occupy said land for more than six 

 months at any time, then and in that event the land so 

 entered shall revert to the government. 



SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That no individual 

 shall be permitted to acquire title to more than one quarter 

 section under the provisions of this act; and that the Com 

 missioner of the General Land-office is hereby required to 

 prepare and issue such rules and regulations, consistent 

 with this act, as shall be necessary and proper to carry its 

 provisions into effect ; and that the Registers and Receivers 



