The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-24

AS soon as the remaining shall have been ajuii-
Gated by the hoard, full report will be made to Con
gress OF the whole number OF entries confirmed and
eced by the board, under the provisions of the acts
aforesaid, in conformity with the second and third sec
| tons of the first recited act OF August g. 1876
In the time patents will be issued to the claim
ants heretofore, fast as the conf made,
and the several thereby released from suspen
SION.
lVIlI-THE NUMBER OF PATENTS ENGRossEp, RECORDED
TRANSMITTED, ETC.
l. The number of cash. system patents engrossed re-
corded and transmitted 10 patentees, of the
ordinary sales of the public lands for cash. from the LIST
of January, 1877, 10 the 3oh of September, S4S, is
49,, 500
q The number of patents engrossed, recorded, and
TRANSMITTED for private land claims, Indian reservations,
and Chickasaw Indian sales, from the LIST of January,
lsl7, to the 3Oth Of September, ls4S, is 1929.
g. The number OF patents engroSsed, recorded, and
tran sned upon located bounty land warrants, for ser
vices rendered in the late with Great Britain from
the LIST of January 1917 to the 3oh September, 1913, is
257.
A. The number of Virginia military patents engrossed
recorded and transmitted. entries and surveys made
in the Virginia military reservation in the State of Ohio,
from the LIST January ls47 to the Both September, 1885,
is 375.
5. The number of patents engrossed recorded, and
Transmitted on locations made with Mexican war bounty
land warrants from the 4th day of December 1917 to
the 3Oth day of September 1913, is 5000.
Making the total number of patents engrossed, re-
corded and transmitted to the patentees by General
Land Office during the calendar year 1877 and first
ond and third quarters OF the year 1913, III 1856
l. The number OF copies or exemplifcatons of cash
system patents furnished to applicants during the year
ls47 and for the first second and third quarters of lS4S,
is Asst.
o The number of copies, complications, of late
war with Great Britain bounty land patents for the same
periods, is 400.
g. The number of COPIES or exemplfcations, of Vir-
gina military patents, for the same periods, is 300
4. The number OF copies, eXempicatlons of private
land claims. Indian reservations and Chckasaw Indian
sales patents. for the same periods, Is 25G.
Making the total number of copies of patents furnished
10 applicants during the year Sill and for the first sec
Onu, and third quarters OF the 1913, lab,
Unremtted attention has been given this important
branch of the operations of this Office, with the view OF
bringing up all The patents, of the various classes
toned, The latest practicable dae and much credit is
due 10 the gentlemen inrused with this service for the
extraordinary number as compared with former years
which have been written and transmitted for the last and
| first three quarters Of the present year.
Great labor and particularly often necessary pre-
pairing the forms OF the patents for the private land claim
and Indian reservation cases. and much time consumed
IN writing them, after the forms made out and
rectedt being not unrequently the that the writ
ing of single patent will require the constant employ
ment of a good clerk for whole day. The Virginia
military patents also require much time in writing them,
on account OF the numerous courses and distances in
many OF the surveys, and much necessary, to
avoid mistakes, which might render them vaueless in
the hands OF the paenees, after they are written
10 AVOID all possible errors however, as far may
be practicable, all the patents, OF every description,
rgidly examined and compared with the certificates of
purchase, certificates of location, or other data upon
which they are Predicated by boards Of competent ex
transmitted to the local land Offices for delivery
lN-BouNrY LAND OBSTACLES IN THE STATE Quo
| BOUNTY LAND SCRIP, sc.
mentioned in my last annual report, that there
three military districts in the State of Ohio, wit
The United States Military Districts ID. The Canadian
and Nova Scotia Refugee District; and 3D. The Virginia
Military District These districts originally carved
of the "Norh western Territory, and set apart and
reserved by the United States and the State of Virginia,
for the satisfaction OF claims to bounty lands" for
! vices rendered during the revolutionary
l. The Uaued STATES Military District contained orig
nay 251i, SCI IS acres, and apart satisfy the
claims of such officers and soldiers only had served
continental establishment during the war OF this guam
tity ,3Ol 1868 located with bounty land
warrants, and l276255O acres appropriated for common
schools in the district and otherwise granted TO persons
properly entitled theetoeaving oSj, 9lI. 10 acres unlo
Gated prior to the sd of July, 1892.
The INDICATED portions OF this district restored TO
the mass of the public domain and made subject TO pr-
vae entry, other public lands by the act of July g.,
1884, OF which there have been Sold up 10 December 8
lsl7 069 .20i 50 acres, leaving still vacant remnant
of l670 Ii subject to sale at "prpate entry The
provided for the satisfaction of all the ousand
ing INDICATED claims upon this district, in species OF
scrrp usually called Revolutionary military land Scrip
which made receivable in the entry and payment Of
other public lands for the number OF expressed
upon the face OF the scrip
/ The time for issuing warrants for these unsatshed
claims was EXTENDED, BY the act Of July 10, 1882, to the