> the Fed was to SELL the land that wasn’t given to Indians for reservations.
Is that in the Oregon organic act?
When Congress passed the Oregon Donation Land Law in 1850, the legislation set in motion procedures for the disposal of public lands that left a permanent imprint on the Oregon landscape. The grid-square pattern of property ownerships imposed on rural lands in the Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue valleys is visible to the present day.
Arguably the most generous federal land sale to the public in American history, the law legitimized the 640-acre claims provided in 1843 under the Provisional Government, with the proviso that white male citizens were entitled to 320 acres and their wives were eligible for 320 acres. For citizens arriving after 1850, the acreage limitation was halved, so a married couple could receive a total of 320 acres. To gain legal title to property, claimants had to reside and make improvements on the land for four years.
Section 4 of the Donation Law outlined the requirements for eligibility: “granted to every white settler or occupant of the public lands, American half-breed Indians included, above the age of 18 years, being a citizen of the United States, or having made a declaration according to law of his intention to become a citizen.†In effect, the Oregon Donation Land Law benefited incoming whites and dispossessed Indians.
To meet constitutional requirements, Territorial Delegate Samuel Thurston had told Congress that extinguishing Indian title was the “first prerequisite step†to settling Oregon’s land question. Before lawmakers voted for the Donation Land Law, therefore, they passed legislation authorizing commissioners to negotiate treaties to extinguish Indian title and to remove tribes “and leave the whole of the most desirable portion open to white settlers.â€
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The Federal Government has Constitutional LIMITS. It was created by the STATES. The Fed does not control, the States do. YOU want to give more power to the created than the creator.
I am done trying to explain history and Oregon trying to attract settlers. You'd rather defend government and be a boot-licker than have actual facts. Enjoy your slavery.