Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-10-16

The BoUNTY LAND Circular of
the Secretary of the Interior-Protection
against SpeculatorS.-There has been some
uncertainty, says the Sun, about this im2or-
tant law, occasioned by the attempt to pass
supplemental bill, and the superstition tina,
its operation would depend upon the inter-
probation to be given it by the Executive
department. A circular just issued by the
Secretary of the Interior removes all doubt
upon the subject. The meaning of the
Bounty Land Law is now established by an
authoritative exposition. There is now no
doubt whatever that no transfer Of bounty
land is valid before the issuing of the patent.
With the Washington Republic we rejoice
at the truly paiernal precautions which the
President has taken to secure to the veteran
soldiers of the Republic the just rewards of
their valor. Not only does that officer de-
clare, in the most emphatic manner, that all
transfers are void before the issuing of the
patent, but he provides that the simple forms
of proceeding necessary 10 obtain the land
shall be published and furnished to the clerk
of every county court in the United States
and to each member Of Congress. They
are now in the hands Of the printer. He
moreover recommends that every county
and township in the United States shall pro-
vide means for having the rights Of the sol
der verified without expense, by employing
a suitable agent at the expense of The coun-
ty or townshIp-to supervise the prepare
ton of the applications and proofs of claim
ants. These precautions will secure the
bounty Of the country oirecily to those Tor
whom j. was intended, and not to specu-
lators and agents. The Republic says:
/ We have been Informed that q system Of
buying up these claims has been extensive
| ly pracrised in anticipation Of the passage
Of this law! Very smart persons have per-
suaded the unsuspec'lng soldier that his
claim can only be established with trouble
and expense These PERSONS have maenIi-
ed the difficulties Of proving the service Of
The soldier; and having bewildered the no.
nest claimant, or the confidng widow, with
mag iuary obstacles, have in many cases
obtained large interest in the claim for SER
vices which any dry goods clerk can rem
der efficiently, under The plain Instructions
of the President, as the Attorney General of
the United States. In this way, we under
stand, thousands ofclaims have been brought
up.
Persons interested will, however, take
notice that no transfer is binding until after
! the patent for the land shall be granted :;
that all such transfers are contrary to law
and void. They will, moreover, take no.
lice-
l. That their military service and dis
charge will appear upon the company and
regimental rolls, now in the Auditors office.
2. Tha, these rolls will be, By order of
the President, published, and the claimant,
will find them, with the forms necessary to
establish his rights, in every clerks office
in the United States.
3. That the soldier need only prove his
iden,ity-the widow her marriage-,he heir
his right 10 inherit.
We therefore advise the soldier to wal,
for short time until the rolls and forms
Of proceeding shall be distributed. He will
then 90 TO the clerks office of the county
court, and examine the rolls for his name,
his term of service and date Of discharge
Upon filling up proper form, which the
clerk will furnish, he will obtain, without
fee or reward, the patent for land to which
he is entitled under the law, and this with
out the Intervention Of any agent or specu-
lator whatsoever.
Should it be inconvenent 10 the claimant
to locate the land in person, he may trans
mi! his warrant to the commissioner of the
general land office, whose duty i. is to cause
TO be located, free of expense, "any warrant
which the holder may transmit, to the gene
raj land office for that purpose, in such State
and land district as the saiA holder or war
rantee may designate, and upon good farm
ing land, SO far as the same can be ascer-
tained.''
The official circular concludes as follows:
In conclusions, desire to say. that great
care will be used to guard agains. undue
preferences of one class over others. With
this view, at the proper time, sufficient,
number Of clerks will be employed to issue
the certificates with the least possible delay,
so that all may have an equal chance Of
making advantageous locations.
ALEX. H. II. STUART,
Secretary Of the Interior.
TOMATO Characterization Recipe
correspondent of the National Intelligent
Ger sends that paper the following recipe,
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