Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-10-17

This act, our readers will learn from our COL
umns to-day, is in full force. After the bill was
engrossed, il was discovered that there was o.
mission in it Of certain ords and ae of 9TH
ers, which it was supposed would permit the war
rants to go into the market imne and there
by defeat the laudabIe intention Of Congress, that
no warrant should issue to the soldiers until they
had made their location of land, and that patents
should issue only to soldiers and their representa-
tives. This omission and alteration was supposed
to be the work of dishonest clerk, at the instga-
ton Of certain SPECTATORS in land warrants. As
soon as it was discovered, a bill was introduced
and passed in the Senate, to cure the defect. II
failed, however, for want oftime in the House.
1t is said that Messrs Benton Walker, ofthe Sem
ate waited on the President and requested him to
suspend all proceedings under the law until the
next session OF Congress. We are glad to learn
that such construction will be put on the law by
the proper authorities will be the me ans Of car
rying out the intentions of Congress.
The New York sTribune's' commercial and mon
ey article OF the LIST nst says that the market for
Land Warrants will not be sensibly effected by the
Bounty bill, and continues to quote them at s1l5
to $la5 each.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
The Bounty Land Bill In Full Ferce-L,nd
Bounty Claims.
Washington, Oct. 2, 1850.
The Secretary Of the Interior was engaged this
morning in drawing up instructions relative to the
execution OF the general land bounty bill. The Of
neral copy OF the act has not yet been communica-
ted to the Pension Office, and the numerous appli-
cants were Informed that nothing would be done in
the business to-day. noticed statement in the
Baltimore papers, that the President has suspended
gress; but this is not The President signed the
act on Saturday night. He might, i, is true, have
pocketed the act, and give his reasons at the next
session foi his course. But this he did not do,
and the act IL in full Forces and will take effect as
soon as constructions and instructions are eyised
and promulgated. The clerical omis sion of certain
words, which was supposed to remove all restric-
lions on assignments Of land warrants, or claims
TOT warrants cannot, upon fair construction so
alter the act as to defeat the restriction. Such a
construction will be given to the fourth section al
Will carry out the intention Of Congress, and be.
sides, the second clause Of the 4th section be re-
ferred to, it will be seen that the restriction il
there fully enforced. -
There is therefore no way in which persons can
legally ALLEVIATE their claims to land bounty. and
they must wait till they get the patent for the land
before they can deprive themselves of any interest
in It. lfthey are disposed to be improvident OF
their bounty, they must show it after and not be.
fore they get the patent. :.
am glad TO see that the third auditor, Mr. Gala
her, has refused all applications for partial pro-
mitigation OF the names OF tn officers and soldiers
entitled under the act. Let the government give
the information to every body or 10 nobody.