Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-10-17
Bounty Land.
Y PRE- EMPTYON NIGHTS.
GENERAL LAND 0FFicE, ,
March 81, 1851. {

TN order that the liberal views OF
4 Congress, in passing the Act OF 2Sth
September, 1850, granting Bounty land
to certain officers aud soldiers who have
been engaged in the Military service OF
the United States, may be carried out,
and every expense 10 the Warrantees, be
avoided as far as possible IN obtaining
the benefits granted by the gratitude ..
their country for faithful and patriotic
services; and at the same time To secure
TO the hardy and enterprising settlers on
the Public Lands, the fraits of their in
dustrv aud priVations: the Secretary of
the Interior has directed:
That public notice be given to all set
tiers on Public Lands subject To private
entry, to come forward and file their
Declaratory statements, within thnly
DAYS after making their settlements and
Improvements as required hy the Pre-.
emphon Act of 4th September, 1871.
so as 10 secure heir pre- enption rights.
and prevent interference by the location
Of these warrants.
And that all warrants may be located
upon the land applied for. if subject to
private entry on the 3D. of March. 1851,
without an atlidayItas to whether said
land is improved or not; and after having
been so located, said warrants shall re-
main 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 presumption claims or 9th,
erwise, the warrants will be returned To
this Office for paien,ing; blu, iC there is
such interference, a new location will be
made.
Warrantees can locate their warrants
on their own pre-emptloa rights where
the land was proclaimed ana offered nj
public sale prior to 3D. March, 1851; and
is more than one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre, can pay in cash, the diff
ference between The cost of the land,
and the amount covered bv the warrant,
estimating the warrant at 20 per acre.
No presumption rights attach 10 the al
ternate sections reserved To the United
States along the routes of Railroads or
Canals.
Where application is made in This
Office by the warrantee to locate The
warrant, the applicant should designate
the Land District, section of country, or
particular tract on which he wishes the
location made; and where The tract is
specified i, would be well to designate
several others IN The order in which they
are desired, that in case the tract first Sc
lected shall have been taken, the war
rant can be located upon the first Of the
others which may be vacant without
further delay. In these cases The alIida-
vitof the applicant, taken before an Off
Ger competent to administer oaihs, that
he is The identical person mentioned in
the warrant. must accompany The appii-
cation. The same rules must be CON-
piled with where application by letter is
made 10 the District Land Officers.
Where such application is made by the
Attorney, Guardian, Executor. &C., the
evidence duly certified, of their authori
ty TO act, must also accompany the ap-
plication.
| Is. cfause III Isl section OF the Act
making appropriations Tor the support
of the Government for the fiscal year
ending 30h June, 1852, approved Sd
| March, j ISL il is enacted that no war
rant for Bounty Land issued under the
Act OF 28th September, 1850, or by
sir..e of any other Act of ongress.
shall be located on any land which had
not therefore been brought into market
and Their subject to private entry: so thai
no land can be located under the Bounty
Land Law Of 2Slh September, 1850. or
any other law granting Bounty Land, ex.
cept that which had been proclaimed
and offered for sale prior TO the Sd OF
March, 1851. j. BUTTERFIELD;
Commissioner.
April25th lS5l.-6w.