The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03


fss.a,npdou Claims 10 caaa' lands
~ 81: ,,o,.,, we SAID several weeks
nvoin ,afefs,er 10 the oder '' ihe to.ia CT
,r',s,.rs rrsse,iiiir. tue method ~ "h'Sh
s,sn,aii,. of pra.eaa,ion "i'rn canal tots
and lands shoaI estsba,h thyir respective
claims. hnslsei.ed SOME inI'l'y as I" w'-'
rights those eitimas4S ready lave ~ ':ew
of which we la,e determined to yuAliSh
,bo.s,,,s.auee II The iawso! cur .'a'e 'i4.i
bear upoat!,c s'ditV;.
rha act orti.t 2lul Febmury, lGia, l!ie law
under which the present hoars Of T'"s;eCs
/. orranizcd, provides, That Tie lands, lots,
ami water power shall not be sold until
,hreo moutiis alcr tie con !l.tion OF the
canal: that they shalt then be Offered for
sale al pab!c auction; that the said lands,
lots aud water power shall not be sold until
appraised, &c.; and tina. in all eases where
Improvements were made upon the said ca
nal laud, or luts previous 10 the iir'I day CT
February, 1915, the ROT such Improve
nents lball @ entitled to purchase TIE sad
lands or lots en- which said Improvements
are situated q, an appraseinent TO be made
a, aforesaid without reference to SAID I'M
prcvcmen:s.
The second section ~" An sc; for leasing
water power Oh the Illinois and Michigan
Canal,' passed March !, 1913, provides,
That, "any settler on canal lands who has
not made his Improvement previous 10 the
irsiday Of December, 1872, shall not be en-
titled to the prescription rights srsnted by
the provisions Of "an act fox the completion
of the Illinois and Michigan Conal," ap-
proved February, twenty first one thou
sand eight hundred and forty three
The board OF trustees IN Tie order refer
red to among other things prescribe tina, ,hs
applicant for pre-empi:or shall sel forth in
his application. sworn 10, "tae fact, IN rcla-
ton 10 his being seller OH !he land, spec
flying the time when &c con'ncnced iirhiy
and residin, thereon" THIS order OF The
boar, was framed undoubtedly, with refer
ence 10 the ii sec. of the oct o! March !.
which limits the benefits Of The presumption
clause in the iirs, las as 10 .'s.itisrs upon
the lrnds," 10 improvements made prior To
Dec, lS!2.
1t viii bs seen Tat tiic o,-ncr Of the i'm
provemcnts upon lands or lots made prior 10
February, 1913, except settlers on land) is
entitled to purchase the land or lot AZ its ap-
praised value. II the right q p'e-emption
to the extent claimed is conceded in by the
Board OF Trustees, Of course nothing further
Unnecessary; should there, however, be any
3;igr Re 3Sa hn,ysnp Ne .nnran, and
the RICH, exists and the exten, cfthc same.
We therefore feel Justified in this case
again, as we did when rent was demanded
OF the ,rc-cmvtioncrs Oh cana! lands, in
advising them TO stand by their rights, 10
keep cut OF airy traps that may be set for
them, and to pay no attention whatever 10
the late ponpous cnscimcu,s Of the board
Of Canal Trustees.
In this connection il may be proper 10
direct attention, also, to the following see =
ton OF AL act "mal,in, further provision,
for the sale of canal !ands," passed Feb. ~.
lSJ9, which is believed TO be in fun force.
aud is OF great importance 10 tho owner, Of
improvements on the canal lands .hereil. re-.
fcrred to, The section provides,
"Iaat in selecting lands for sale in ,he
execution o'fle laws authorizing The s.ls
ofcanal lands, the commissioners shall. M
lar as may DO consistent with the ynkiic in
forest, select those lands on which improve.
msni was made previous to the Grs, DAY of
March, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty livei and in va!uins ,aid lands the
Price snail. DC Fixed withou. reference TO i'm.
PTovemen,s, and al though it had never
oecn occupied or used. The improvements
snail a!so be valued separately; and what.
ever injury or deterioration Of value In,
land may have sustained, by reason of the
occupation or use Thereof, shall be deducted
from me present value of the improve
Ihents, ana added TO the value of the land :
ana upon making sale Of said land, purcha-
'ers shall De required to pay in advance the
Naiue OF such Improvements ascertaned,
and after making the deduction aforesaid
settie upon the principles aforesaid, in adj,
u'non 70 the ten per cent. upon the price of
the land which sum shall be paid TO the
owner OF the improvement in case such
owner Is not the purchaser thereof"
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100 BAD.-Ottawa, in this State, with
population oil aOOo, is yet utterly withou,
school.house. Everything depends upon
education, in our enlightened country, and
when 1t is neglected there may be fears for
the perpetiity of our institutions. Upheld
~ ,ne people, their power must be used in.
'ellisently.- Chicago Democrat.
his Is hardly fair wov NJ .omro,,;,r