Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-03-02
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REPORT,
or ritz iirgttfAHr or THE TH1AatHf
Through The kind teaE Of The Hon Ales.
Htrrav. Vp have received the report 0l the
Secretary ofthe Treasury 10 Congress. II III
rsptete with Useful Information and interest
aes for its details We make BoHe estraelsf
that seem tn us to be httt important 10 our
citizens and community. The following
ftfmB the ifHt extract .
The sales Of the public lanis during the
| present calendar year will amount 10 l,R5N44
GA aefeR, and will produce inofe than tive
| mIIluns of dollars, which OK eehs the prog
cpaia ~ H4Ies fof@hc Isst year by thote than
| 100000 OF the large quantity of land
Ithis cold, not more than twn thousand acres
have b OF ]dtspased Of above the mihimuttt
price uf one dollar and twenty five cents pei
acre. This la doubtless owing 10 the operas
tioh If thu redemption lave, which enabla
| he actual eatttet 10 secure The thuisest land
AZ the lbweAt prize, !
More than 100000 patents for labdB have
been issued and transmitted for delivery tp
| Tho pnfthafspra. All that have been pre-;
pared have been pighed, aud, with the eSceF.
ton If thoae which The circumstances me13
TONED BIZ the Commissioner rendered il prop.
|eF ia wllhoid, have been forwarded TO Their
destination,
The following we ththk, is a very just ahl
reasonable sugHostioh
The general pre- pmption law needs some
amendment respecting the deolafatory stttea
ments required. Az preeent they are trpa
]nuentlg made. and the lahds specified ehnse.
gently WITHHELD fro u the Rale rot a year frhfq
heir date, when Ia fact they are not settleg
upae or improved, hut in the mean time the
yE @R9tgfs nfdratfA aF@at 80 a,a444aa1
Nv Continuance tarn them over 10 others, II
AFTER detpaiIing them Of their timber, forfeit
thenh To prevent ihis mode uf ppeeulatiutI,
and To do Justice TO the Government, persnha
making dpehratofv statements upon lands
subject to private entry, should be fequtfetl
tinfnva their eight Of presumption wiihf1
thirty dAya from the altered settlement, leay.
ing tho tune of payment az at present. It i
lerpty 10 he regretted that those Nho arc III.
eeivint such faeorp from the Goyefnmerif,
should he 80 much dispoped to abuse tho IT,
l%atgpnce. Frandt Of thls kind IN one of tih
land d]ittriats are not lesu than ton Thousand
The annexed statement from the Surveyor
geaeral's repafl, and contained IN the Feposa
II The Secretary O. the Treasury, ate
Of the utmost Importance to those iH.
tereated In paid distritt /
The 81. Helena (iow Greensburg) district,
ieeming with vexatious difficulties 10 all who
have any olietal relation thereto, | will is
htiedy discuss as usttte to The executive OF.
icerS of the important department of the al.
mtnistrative branch of The GovefnmenthAving
Of IL, and the interests OF the large ana
respectable population within it, will permit.
In this district there are one hundred and
tny.one townships aud fractional townships,
aud | regret 10 say many of them Of most Ina
and false constructive surveys. From
person ii examination ofmany neS upon tie
ground, and from the UNMARRIED reports and
statements 81 all surveyors whe hayehad any
with the surveys Of this district.
the notes ofthiS office are, III many instances
found to be utterly false and worthless, So
much SO as te cause suspicion 1 .rest upon
all the old notes which are not proven to fe
correct, The following results are obtained
from the examination, by protrJetion frnm lie
field mites, had under the Instructions of tie
Commissioned Of the General Land Office, dae
ted September 18Th, 1912, predicted upon tie
supposed integrity nfthe data therefore on file
in this office, ms far Us proceeded in e. the 3lSt
tulv, lS42. The field notes are wanting f5r
The 3lSt parallel nflatt;ude, boundary between
he States ct mississippi and Louisiana, ma.
sing the northern boundaries oftwentv towsl.
ships no notes for the basis meridian through
Elk townships; eight townships wanting tie
notes of the boundaries, lines Of public lands |
ina private claims, 6fty.etght townships !
notes of boundaries and parts VII
,aundarieS-far detailed Starement nf which
paper marked "a No. !, St, Helena i /
,jghty.Sjx townships requiring, for correction
u interior lines ofpuhlic lands and p~rivaGs,
two thousand theee hundred and seq.
.~nty-nine miles ot surveys; thirty-Six town
hips Of the above wanting alllhe boundaries. |
md thirty parts Of boundaries. making four-
hundred sud toNF miles of surveying me-
.eSSa v for the establishment OF boundarie&;
townships Of original surveys required,
upon Pearl river, which are included
n the estimates with the eighty-six townships
L examinations specifically reported in the
.aper marked a No. :, ST. Helena For tie
DIRECTION, surveys, and resurvevS. ofnmet4.
nc townships, as above stated, In this district
thousand seven hundred and eightv-6Ie
niles are aScertained 10 be necessary, which,
the nature ofthe errors, and the dificul-
: of recouctling old work with new, should
{ provided for by an appropriation at aug
rates -lhirlv-one thousand and eighty
ollarS, as per abstract estimate n. Fiftv-Sfx 4
,wnShipS remain 10 be examined b, protrae-
on from the notes, 'or which no better propo1-
onate results can be anticipated. OnIy for.r
,wnShipS known 10 me can be approved Of, 4
nd they are recent surveys, which must re-
suspended until the old work connecting
nth them can he corrected, and proper con~ !
sxianS aScertained for the lines Of private :
aims adjacent thereto. II becomes navdntv
recommend an entire resnrrey of this dis :
as indicaiedhy the results 0 fthe exam1- !
reported in the paper "a No. .. ST.
Of all the lines Of traverse. public :
uds and private claims, now ascertained 10 !
defective, or that future examinations, bv
from the notes oT trials uron the
Quad. may prove to be false, as the only
medr for the existing evils, which / musi J.
lphatically declare spread over the entire o
rfaee Of the Greensturg districf. I have
ade DO estimate for lines that NAV be founa n
have incorrect measurements O ceurses OH u
ground. an they cannot be defined or caicu. OF
81 us,il new connexions sYe made in the X