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The Oregon Donation Land Claim Act was passed in 1850 and allowed white settlers to claim 320 acres or 640 to married couples between 1850 and 1855 when the act was repealed. Before it was repealed in 1855, the land was sold for $1.25 per acre. [ 15 ]
An Act to accept a cession of the claims of the state of North Carolina to a certain district of Western Territory. Sess. 2, ch. 6 1 Stat. 106 (chapter 6) 7: April 10, 1790: Patents for Useful Inventions. An Act to promote the progress of useful Arts. (Patent Act of 1790) Sess. 2, ch. 7 1 Stat. 109: 8: April 15, 1790
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Railway Labor Act of 1926; Norris–La Guardia Act of 1932; Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader, 310 U.S. 469 (1940) United States v. Hutcheson, 312 US 219 (1941) National Industrial Recovery Act 1933, declared unconstitutional; National Labor Relations Act of 1935; National Labor Relations Board v.
The Southern Claims Commission (SCC) was an organization of the executive branch of the United States government from 1871 to 1880, created under President Ulysses S. Grant. Its purpose was to allow Union sympathizers who had lived in the Southern states during the American Civil War , 1861–1865, to apply for reimbursements for property ...
This order sets out agency responsibilities to accomplish these goals, building on the Administration's articulated principles and the framework set forth in the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Energy shall be responsible for developing and ...
April – Voting begins in the 1800 United States presidential election; it will last until October. The result is not announced until February 1801. April 24 – The U.S. Library of Congress is founded. May 7 – Indiana Territory is formed by an Act of Congress as the first new territory created from the lands of the Northwest Territory.
The Anti-Rent War (also known as the Helderberg War) was a tenants' revolt in upstate New York between 1839 and 1845. The Anti-Renters declared their independence from the manor system run by patroons, resisting tax collectors and successfully demanding land reform.