The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-23
MILITARY BOUNTY LAND-PRE-EMP-
T1ON RIGHTS.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE. March 81, 1851.
TN ORDER that the liberal views of Congress, in
i passing the act of 26th September, 1850, grant
ing bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who
! have been engaged in tho military service of the
United States, may be carried out, and every ex.
pense to the warrantees be avoided far as possi
bic in obtaining the benefits granted by the graft
tudc of their country for faithful and patriotic
vices; and, at the time, to to the hardy
and cntcrprising settlers on the public lands the
fruits Of their industry and privations, the Sccre-
i tary of the Interior has directed:
| That public notice be given to all settlers on
public lands subject to private entry to come for
ward and file their declaratory within
thirty days after making thcir settlements and i'm
| provements as required by the pre- empton act of
4th September lS4l, 30 as to secure their pre- emp
ton rights and prevent interference by the location
Of these warrants. aG etf aln i6irt-e
And that all warrants may be located upon the
land applied for. If subject to private entry the
Sd March, 1851, without affidavit to whether
said land is improvedor not; and after having been
30 located, said warrants shall remain in the hands
Of the land officers at least forty days. If at the
end Of that time there is no interference by those
locations with pre- empton claims or otherwise, the
warrants win be returned to this office for patent
ing; but if there is such interference, loca
ton will be made.
warrantees can locate their warrants on their
own pre-emption rights where the land was pro-
claimed and offered at public sale prior to 3D.
March, 1851; and where the minimum price OF the
land is more than ono dollar and twenty five cents
per acre, can pay IN CAST the difference between
the cost OF the land anu the amount c0vereu by tho
warrant, estimating the warrant at q 25 per
acre. No pre-emption rights attach TO the alter
nate sections reserved TO the United States along
the routes of railroads or canals.
Where application is made TO this office by the
warrantec 70 locate the warrant, the applicant
should designate the land district, section Of coun
try, or particular tract which he wishes the
location made; and, where the tract is specified, il
would be we'll to designate several others in the
order in which they desired, that in case the
tract first selected shall have been taken, the war
rant can be located upon the first Of thetothers
which may bc vacant without further delay. In
these cases the affidavit of the applicant, taken
before an officer competent to administer oaths,
that he ia the Identical person mentioned in the
warrant, must accompany the application Tho
samo rules must be complied with where applica-
ton by letter 10 mndc to the district land officers
Where such application is made by the attorney,
guardian, executor, &C., tho evidence duly certi
fed, of their authority to act, must also accompany
the application.
Bya clause in let section of the act making ap
preparations for the support of the Government for
the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1852. approved
Sd March, 1861, il is enacted that warrant for
bounty land issued under the act Of 28th Septem |
Der, 1850, or by virtue Of any other act of Con-
gress, shall be located on any land which had not
heretofore been brought into market and then sub
ect TO private entry; that no land be located
under the Bounty Land law of 2Sth September,
1850, or any other law granting bounty land,
except that which had been proclaimed and offered
for sale prior 10 the 80 of March, 1861. ASA |
J. .BUTTERFIELD, m |
Apr 1i--law6w Commissioner.