The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-08-15
LAND CLAIMANTS.

Meeting OF claimants OF township n
north, range 3 west, and fractional town.
ships rs north, range 2 west.
At a meeting of the land claimants d I
the above townships, held pursuant to No /
tice at the house Of Joseph N. Green, o. |
Saturday, August Sd, 1889, CHARLES A.
H1NcKLEY, chairman, and George Van
jr. secretary:
On motion of Samuel Holiday,
Resolred, That the claimants Of both
townships here represented act jointly in
all their proceedings but that separate d.
ficers be appointed for such townships.
On motion of Robert Davis,
A committee of five, consisting Of Geo. |
Vance, jr. Samuel Holiday, Robert D. /
Wis, William McClaren and Jacob D. Iop /
were appointed to draft and report resop
tons expressive of the sense of this meet
ing.
The meeting then took recess, and
when it was again called to order,
Mr.. Vance, from the committee to pre- [
pare resolutions, reported the following I
Whereas, it appears by proclamaloDI
of the President of the United States, thai !
the public lands in these townships vii /
be offered for sale in the month Of Oc'eI
Der next: And whereas, it is our first
duty--a duty we owe to ourselves and to
our fami!ies--to take the earliest and mos
efficient steps to secure the fruits Of oH
labors and privations, and to see to itihtI
we are not deprived of our homes through
any negligence of our own; therefore,
Resolred, That as individuals we CA
do nothing, but all experience has show
that as body, acting together as one man
and moving in unison for the accomplish
ment Of legal and pious object, we can
achieve every thing; and it becomes opi
duty, therefore, to unite upon some plan
Of action which shall give force and eh'
cheney to our measures; and therefore NJ
it further
Resolred, That the organization q Fl
claimants now existing in these toNl
ships, be continued and extended, soatI
secure to all claimants their Just rights 4
this matter.
Resolved, That the recorder Of ea1
township be required forthwith to proeu1
maps Of their townships, of conyenfR
size to be used at the land sales, and h'l
the lands in the townships, severaly y
subdiyided on said maps into lots OF elgg5E
acres each, with the name ofeach claim
fairly and legally written upon eachlo. Il
Resided, That it shall be the duty
each claimant TO report to, the recorder \
his proper township, on OF before the ta]|
t dag Of .SeMemler aeat, the amount Of lang
!. claimed by him, with its exact situaho1
I and boundaries In order that it may Y
properly extended upon the map af0rl
: said.
Resoluta, That it shall be the duly. 4
5 each of the recorders Immediately an|
l it shall be known to either OF them !.
two Or more persons claim the same PsI|
of land to notify the claim commute Y
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with to proceed to settle and arrange "
matter according to right and justice i
Resolved, That where two or more FL
e sons claim the same piece OF land y
3 present mode Of deciding such dlsPu "
shall be continued in full force; anu "
so far as regards the quantity OF lanu !. !.
: may be claimed by any one person. I
e the description Of persons who may : e n
: lands, the present usage shall De q
o force and virtue. 4 III
Resolved, That bidder and assn y,
bidder be appointed for each Town. W IN
: whose duty it shall be to attend VIC ~. :
. sales, and to bid off for each person 4,
i ed OH the maps aforesaid each lotto WV
his name is attached. h
Resolred, That where claim llns,
; not run in conformity to the sur
: lines, the parties shall mutually as's ii
V limit themselves to the bounds %
). respective claims. and to deed the ~ M
!. the other whatever of his clam " III
have procured by such running g
eminent lines. h.viipf
4 The preamble and resolutions = q
j been read, were adopted.
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