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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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gptkb:western_Montana
gptkb:Idaho
gptkb:Oregon
gptkb:Washington
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:Oregon_Territory
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gptkbp:category
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Oregon history
1850 in American law
Land law
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1850-09-27
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:fullTitle
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An Act to Create the Office of Surveyor-General of the Public Lands in Oregon, and to Provide for the Survey, and to Make Donations to Settlers of the Said Public Lands
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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first general homestead law in the United States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Donation Land Act
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gptkbp:landGrant
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640 acres for married couples
American half-breed Indians
320 acres for single men
white male citizens
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gptkbp:purpose
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to promote homestead settlement in the Oregon Territory
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Homestead_Act_of_1862
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:Homestead_Act_of_1862
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gptkbp:requiredCultivation
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4 years
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gptkbp:requiredResidence
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4 years
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
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gptkbp:validOn
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1855-12-01
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Donation_Land_Claim_Act_(1850)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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