HOMESTEAD LAW. acre. By act of Congress of May 20, 1862, any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, or has performed service in the army or navy, and is a citizen of the United States, or shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such, and has never borne arms against the Government of the United States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, shall, from and after the 1st of January, 1863, be entitled to enter a quarter section (160 acres,) of unappropriated public land, upon which he or she may have already filed a pre-emption claim, or which is subject to pre-emption, at $1.25 per acre; or 80 acres of unappropriated lands, at $2.50 per In order to make his or her title good to such lands, however, such person must make affidavit that such applicatiou is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; and upon filing the affidavit, and paying the sum of ten dollars to the register or receiver, such person shall be allowed to enter the land specified; but no certificate or patent is issued for the land until five years from the date of such entry, and the land must, during that time, be improved and not alienated, (it can not be taken for debt). At any time within two years after the expiration of said five years the person making the entry, or, in case of his or her death, his widow or heirs, may, on proof by two witnesses that he or she has cultivated or improved said land, has not alienated any part of it, and has borne true allegiance to the United States, be entitled to a patent, if at that time a citizen of the United States. In case of the abandon. ment of the lands by the person making the entry, for a period of more than six months at one time, they revert to the United States. 317 STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE STATES, ETC., Showing dates of acts creating Territories, and admitting States-Time of holding general electionsNumber of Representatives in Congress-Date of general elections in the several States, with number of Representatives and Senators-Terms of office-Times of meeting-Location of capitals, etc. Bates and Territories. Bettled Date of Creating Time of holding gen'l elections. sent- tors. Time of meeting of legislature. Repre- Senaatives. By whom. Dab 4 Span. 1769 4 Engl. 1633|| Swedes 1627 Territory. State. ........ Number. Term. Term. 31 4 November, 1876.t Governor's term of office. State Capitala. 4 Little Rock. 404 1st Monday in Dec. Sacramento. 211 1st Wednesday in May. 1 Hartford. 94 1st Tuesday in Jan. 14 Dover 24 4 Tues. af. 1st Mon. Jap. 4 Tallahassee. 44 4 2d Wedn'day in Jan. 4 Atlanta. 514 1st Monday in Jan. 504"* 8 French 1713 March 3, 1817 March 2, 1819 Tues. af. 1st Mon. Nov. 100 2 33 4 3d Monday in Nov. 2 Montgom'y 1670 March 2, 1819 June 15, 1836 1st Monday in Nov. 93 2 Sept. 9, 1850 1st Wednesday in Sept. 80 1st Monday in April. 241 1st Monday in Nov. 21 2 2 Span. 1564 March 3, 1823 March 3, 1845 Tues. af. 1st Mon. Nov. 52 9 Engl. 1733| 2d Wednesday in Oct. 175 19 French 1749 Feb'y 3, 1809 Dec. 3, 1818 Tues, af. 1st Mon. Nov. 153 1730 May 7, 1800 April 19, 1816 2d Tuesday in Oct. 100 Amer's 1835 June 12, 1838 March 3, 1845) 100 1850 May 30, 1354 Jan'y 29, 1861 Tues, af. 1st Mon. Nov. 107 10 Vir'ns 1775 June 1, 1792 1st Monday in August. 100 6 French 1699 M'ch 26, 1804 Feb'y 20, 1811" Nov. 111 5 Engl. 1630 M'ch 15, 1820 2d Monday in Sept'ber.[149] Tues, af. 1st Mon. Nov. 5 13 Georgia. Illinois. " 1634 Massachusetts. Michigan... 9 French 1670 Jan'y 11, 1805 Jany 26, 1837 1st Monday in April. 100 2132 21 ፡፡፡ Springfield. +4 Indian'polis. +4 Annapolis. Minnesota...... New Hampshire New Jersey* New York* 3 Amer's 1847 March 3, 1849 May 14, 1855 Tues. af. 1st Mon. Nov. 106 1 412 Tues. af. 1st Mon. Jan. 6 French 1716 April 7, 1798 Dec. 10, 1817 13 1763 March 3, 1805, March 6, 1820 3 Engl. 1623 7 Swedes 1627 33 Dutch 1613] North Carolina*. 8 Engl. 1650 Nevada... " " 112 2 34 4 131 2 334 Last Monday in 2d Tuesday in March. New Mexico T'y. 1 Span. 1607 2 St. Paul. 118 2 50 2 3d Monday in Nov. 75 Dec. 29, 1845 1st Tuesday in Dec. 90 March 4, 1791 "Sept. 236) "Nov. 132 Dec. 31, " 1862 2d 334 4th Monday in Nov. 2 January, 1875.t 1831 April 30, 1836 Aug. 6, 1846 Tues. af. 1st Mon. Nov. Sept. 9, 1850 1 Amer's Washington T y. 1 March 2, 1853 Alaska Ter'y......." *One of the thirteen original States. " [U. S. Senators serve six years, and each State is entitled to two.] WEALTH, LOCAL DEBT, AND TAXATION in the several States and Territories, by Census of 1850, 1860, and 1870, Total... $7,115,000,800 $16,086,519,771 $29,822,535,140 $93,774,421 $278,391,256 $864,783,067 TERRITO 702,307,329 2,330,011] 5,387,970 5,903,333 Gr'ndTot'l $7,135,780,228 $16,159,616,06 $30,068,518,507 $94,186,746 $281,180,312 (a) Returns of taxation at 1860 incomplete. No returns of taxation at 1860. (i) |