Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-09

north side Of the Clio river between HE ,iye>
Seloio and LATHE Miami. unit the deiicieuey OF ALI
military houHi'es IN lands shall be fulN and AMPLY
made up.
~ these laws then exis,ing, ,rac, OF land stants
apmopriaed 10 tie officers tnd soldiers Tor military
services. The portion To which each inJiyi,hu, oi
that description entitled ascnrtaincu The ciode
Is prescribed IN which each shall shea ,ai he come,
within the description. Il il declared iha each shah
have an absolute ind unconditional tVe TO his rus
peotve portion OF That tract The lister IS re1uir-
ed To issue 10 each the warrant. which is evidence
mat ne IS entitled, ami of The quantity to which he
Is entitled. he surveyors and supeiintendenls ar,
Greeted to proceed 70 lay oil 20 eacn, has respective
porion OF that tract Until nil shah have their iuli and
ample share An,! there other limitation of hc
um, OF making locations sad SURVEYS
AZ compsft pioides, tlat according to thcs,
avs stu I p waite rights aud interests, derived
determined
los comoudej Inc par, OF Kentucky, that no
right OF nietssi n ip1t tac or band was derived iron,
these las any officer or soider unlil "A menu
rndnm vas mice in tn, surveyors book, prescribing
the piecise ground which he wished Ia appropriate
as his portion. II has never been commended, that
paten or survey was accessory convey such ine-
rest. On the contrary, all the Laws OF ken;,:cky
touching 'lS point predcaled upon ihe sunposi-
ton, HAT The w''rr1ni as located conveyed
apriyae 'sii; and interest
IT. dihrnit To assiga reason why surh nlpor-
lance shou.e be attached 10 tie entry winch is he
looScst and least solemn of AL which are ncces-
safy to constitute complete CHAIN uftitl, The iss-
ny u the warrant is Il solemn act of the cuMmon-
wealth. performed by her officer he register and the
seal oihs Office is affixed the instrument. The
survey Is made by Az officer OF the commonwealth
sworn 10 protect her interests hy taking that no
one shall obtain land than he is entitled 80 and
'ie length a'u bre ath of the survey shall e OF Legal
proportions, an! when once made Nv proper luhuri-
", ana recorded 10 his Office, canno, he changcd.-
ths patent = 'istrume under the sign manual ui
the chief magistrate with the seal of ,,e l> ed TO
it.
The s'tTg Is nothing more than simple mcmoran-
dui, ,ehdercd, together with the warrant 10 the
surveyor III the holder, describing the land which he
WISHES " appropriate which mcuul andnm the SUR
Veyor is bound IL receive without dscr etion and en-
Ter IN ms book which entry the party can have
changed every dav ~ tie year until IT Us surveyed
IL ty act shGit oiissung the natenI can be regard
ed us disposition Of iptl by Virginia. why NAV NOT
the issuing Of the warisni be 50 considered which
'Ne most solemn and formal of all EXCEPT HAT ?
~ Is very clear there IS period OF the time within
winch ireina reserved the righ, dispose of those
ANUS, during when She could do no other act but
issue The warrant. Bv the 9TH sec OF the same act
winch contains the compact, it is provided iha, the
conventions may fix anv tiay nosierior To- the Is, tIay
oil NOV. i'Sl, upon which all authority of Virginia
| shall cease.
| The convention might have fixed on the 2nd dav
ol roNecihGr, 1891 after which, vi, ginia could moi
dispose Of land y entry, hy SUI, ey or by pntent for
an these acts, after tina; day. must Toe done by
oil Kentucky yet Virginia retained the rg Int to dis
ts"u 70 liic ul3cGfS and soldiers the
day of MAY, 1892
~ ISSUING tie warrant does not constitute dspo-
Slton oithe land, n What way, after the day fxed
| ny me contention, could she have made il :
III seems aMStIise must have arisen upon this sub.
Jec' 10y copioundns military wild, treasury
warrants issuing treasury Warrant did not constr
uie disposition of land in Kentucky unless IL was
located there hecaise, any and inappropriate
GU E'hu wiiiin tile commonwealth, subject Ia
appropriation b., II and IT directed TO the pr
cipa sHr'eyor oil any county Ia the commonwealth
! ana 'hongh II was known that by selling the warrant
the commonw eath disposed Of baud At as nor known
situated IA the county Of Lincoln or Fayette or in
The county o! Augusta.
Not so with the military wurrant. which was ti-
'ecied 10 the principal surveyor Of the lands set a.
part oI The oIilcers and soldiers and could ,nlv h,
located upon lands south OF Green river in Kentucky
un'ii all the good lands there were surveyed afitr
ONO river.
II thus view of the subject he correct the owners
VI ue io?'otS acres oi warrants, winch issued for
services III Inc state line before the first day of MAY
ifJz' and were never located have an in,lisputale
flgni 10 nave them Veyed upon the lands v,s
OF ennessee river. And the owners of the a6l 57s
acres, which had been located before the Is, ,ay Of
May, 1892, but which have not been surveyed. have
tSht 10 remove aieir entries from lands not worl
| the survey or's fees.
IIS position strengthened by the fact that theI
con Ve no inpd'ailon oi AckeS part of the holders
OF We warrants; Tor, the of the government Dut
~ ont oil their power 10 make tile apportionmcut of
ihat part oi che lands appropriated 10 them Jointly
VINO" lies west oi Tennessee river, so that il was
each individual
There is "A sufficient quantity of valuable lands 10
which they entitled, west OF Tennessee TO satisfy
an nose claims which Kentucky has not yet disposed
Oh. An act has passed directing sale of part of those
'aIus IA me month OF September neXi.
III Is expected the Legislature OF Kentucky will
convene again before the day OF sale
Ii Is Tor Virginia To determine, and thar speed,y
~ TSp k.u nef H.,
ed The revolution, to be njusy deprived the boun-
~ she intended 10 give them, without an effort IL,
their favor
To all individual applications X kentucky renles ,h,,
her construction oil the compact is right thai Virginia
assens 10 ii bv her acit acquicscence and that if
she IS dissatisfied, she can appeal TO the umpire
provided by the compact ITSELF To decide the ques-
ton.
The courts Of Kentucky enforce her laws and il Is
believed the INDICATED warrants cannot he brouoh,
within the jurisdiction of any other judicial tribunal
without the interposiiion OF Virginia. they are forever
LOST
There is yet another class OF dissatisfied claims for
military bounty lands which stand different atti-
tude, hut for which the government is equally bound
namely the warrants which have issued since the
hst day Of May, 1872, for service upon stale esta-
slment, the amount Of which Is 81 ,f0y is acres
aad warrants issued since that time upon resolutions
OF the General Assembly, IN consideration OF militia
ry service, which do not express in which line the
serIice was performed, the amount Of which is
iO,656 % acres, making III all 1906 acres IL is
doubted Whether the owuers of these warrants can
SET up any claim TO lands III Kentucky and thev
hlie been prohibited from locating Them between
the ScoIo aud Little Miami rivers upon Il, very tecI,-
meal construction Of iic act of cession of the Nor tn
Neslern Territory TO the United States. That act
after ennneraung several exceptions IN which the
troops serving upon state establishment are not ncit.
ded, provides, tlIR all the lands within the territory
SO eededo the United Siae-, and not reserved TO any
Vi tie before mentioned purposes, ar disposed of in
6o""ties n the oDicers and soldiers of Che Jic.a ar
l.t. fs,,.I
IT IS yery certain, that the lands between the Sc;o
10 and L"c Miami rivers, had been disposed of in
Donniies To the troops serving upon state establish
meht, as well as those serving the continental line