Washington telegraph., 1851-06-11
Military Dounsy Land--Pre-emptiouRisht

| GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March II, 1901.
| In order that the liberal views o: Congress, ii
passing the act Of 26th September, 1850, granting
| Bounty Land to certain officers and soldiers who
have been engaged in the military service OF tho
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 Of their country for faithful and patriotic
services; and at the same time to secure 10 the
hardy aud enerprisIng settlers on the public lands
the fruits of their industry aud privations; the
Secretary 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 6eclaraiory statements, within
thirty davs after making their settlements and
improvements required by The presumption act
of 4th September lS4l so as to secure their pre-
emption 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 the
Sd March, 1851, without an affidavit as 10 whether
said land is improved not; and attire having
been located, said warrants shall remain in the
hands Of the land officers at least forty days. If
at the end of that time there interference by
those locations with -emption claims or other
wise, the warrants Will be returned to this Office
for patenting; but if there is such interference
new location will be made.
Warrantees can locate their warrants on their
own pre-enpton rights where the land was pro-
claimed and offered at public sale prior to Sd
March, 1851; and where the minimum price of
the land is more than one dollar and twenty five
cents per acre, can pay in cash, the difference
Between the cost Of the lana and the amount
covered by the warrant, estimating the warrant
at s 20 per acre. No pre-emption rights attach
10 the alternate s-ctiois reserved to the United
States along the routes of railroads or canals.
Where application is made 10 this office by tho
warrantee 10 locate The warrant, the applicant
should designate the land distrcr section OF coun-
try, or particular tract oh which he wishes the
location made; and where the tract is specified, it
would be we'll to designate several others in the
order in which they are desired, that in case the
tract first selected shall have been taken the
warrant can be located upon the first Of the others
which may be vacant without further delay. In
these cases the affidavit Of the applicant, taken
before an oiilcer competent TO administer oaths.
that he is the identical Lerson mentioned in the
warrant, anust accompany tue application. The
same rules must be complied with where appii
cation by letter is made 10 the district land officers
Where such application is made by the attorney,
guardian, executor. &c, the evidence duly certI-
he'd OF their authority to act. mus; also accompany
the application.
BY clause IN LIST SECTION of the act making
appropriations for The support of the Government
for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1852, ap-
proved Sd March, 1851, it is enacted that no
warrant for bounty land issued under the act Of
2oth September, 1850, or by virtue of any other
act of Congress, shall be located on any land
which had not heretofore been brought into mar
ket and then subject TO private entry; that no
land can be located under The bounty land law
oi 2oth September, 1850, or any other law grant,
ing bounty aud, except that which had been pro-
claimed and offered for sale frior TO the Sd Of
March, 1851.
J. BUTTERFIELD, COMMISSIONER.