Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-11-21
LAND WARRANTS AGAIN.


LAND WARRANTS AGAIN.
Presumlng tina, the following questions
by correspondent, and answers by our
selves, will be Of service to many Of our
readers, we give them to the public:
J. THOMPSON.
SIR: notice in your Bank Note Re-
porter, an article upon Land Warrants.
| wish you would give me more informa-
ton ncerning them, and to get at VIVA,
| am desirous Of knowing, will put my
inquiries into the form of questions.
Question.--Can the owner Of the war
rant, enter upon and become the owner
Of any tract Of land, belonging to the gov
eminent land not previously settled in
any State or Territory?
Answer.-Yes; any land subject to pr.
vate entry--that is any that has been
surveyed and offered at public sale and
no, bid off at a price exceeding SIT per
acre.
Ques,ion.--When the owner Of the
warrant has chosen his tract aud goes 10
the land Office to enter his claim, will he
receive deed or its equivalent-be it
deed or patent?
Answer.-You designate your quarter
section at the land office, and deposi,
your warrant in pay ment--some of the
receivers will give memorandum of the
transaclion-others we are informed will
give nothing. The warrant is sent to
the general land Office at Washington,
where "patent" is made out and sent
back to the district land office, for the ow-
ner.
Question-Must he enter his land war
rant at the land Office nearest to the land
he wishes to locate?
Answered. All lands, in any district,
must be entered in the Office Of that dis
trict, without any reference to its prox-
unity to other Offices.
Queston.--Must he locate and enter
his land warrant within any certain time
Answer.-No. Land warrants of our
last war with England are good now
and the Mexican war land warrants will
be good fifty years hence.
Quesiion.--is there any reason to fear
delay or hindrance: ut the land office, in
getting the warrants fled--by reason of
a suspicion that the same is counter
felt?
Answer.--Not in the least, unless you
really have counterfeits; in which case
the land receiver will as promptly con-
denim them, as we would counterfeit bank
notes.
Question Gould the holder Of a war
rant, buy out the claim Of an actual set
tier, and then use his warrant as pay
mept for the land, which the settler had
acquired presumption RICH. TO buy?
Answer.--There are seve raj ways 10
'whiP the devil round the stump and pay
for 'pre-cmption rights" with warrants.
Instead of exposing the tricks of the
trade,' we would recommend that some
of the various land agents, (who can al
ways be found close to any land Office J
be employed on such occasions.
Questons.--In case | should wish to
furnish warrants to men wishing to be-
come settlers upon government lands, can
you furnish them to me, duly authe mica
ted and guaranteed?
Answer.--Yes, at $1l0 each in N. Y.
city or New England runds--$lli each
in New YORK country funds, and $l12
each in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Missou-
II, Michigan or Wisconsin bank notes; a.
ny of which can be sent ov mail, post
paid, and the warrants will be forwarded
by the first return mail.
The warrants are for $50 acres each
and are so executed as to be transfe ra BILE
by passing from hand to hand; in short,
they are good to the bearer. Thompson's
Bank Note Reporter.