Washington telegraph., 1851-05-14
Military Bounty -emptiOn Rights
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March 81, 1851.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE, March 81, 1851.
In order that the liberal views o: Congress, in
passing the act of 18th September, 1880, granting
Bounty Land 10 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 Of their country for faithful and patriotic
services: and at the same time TO secure TO the
hardy aud ent-rprsing settlers on the public lands
the fruits of their industry and 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 Geclaratory statements, within
thirty davs after making their settlements and
Improvements required by the pre-emp,Ion act
of 4th September, lo4l 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, il subject TO private entry on the
Sd March, 1851, without affidavit as TO whether
said land is improved not; and attire having
been SO located, said warrants shall remain in th-
hands of the land officers at least forty days. Ii
at the end of that time there rs no interference by
those locations with pre-emption claims or other
wise the warrants will be returned To this office
for patentng; hut if there is such interference,
new location will be made. 3D..
Warrantees can locate their warrants on their
own pre-enption 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 land, and the amount
covered by the warrant, estimating the warrant
at 81 25 per acre. No pre-emption rights attach
10 the alternate sections reserved to the United
States along the routes of railroads canals.
Where application is made to this office by the
warrantee to locate the warrant, the applicant
should designate the land district section OF coun-
try, or particular tract on which he wishes the
location made aud where the tract is specified, il
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 officer competent 10 administer oaths,
that he is the identical person mentioned in the
warrant, must accompany the application The
same rules must be complied with where app-
cation by letter is made TO the district land officers.
Where such application is made by the attorney,
guardian, executor, &c, the evidence duly cert-
fled, of their authority to act, must also accompany
the application. u,
By clause IN LIST section OF the act making
appropriations for the support of the Government
for the fiscal year ending goth June, 1882, ap-
proved Sd March, 1851, it is enacted that no
warrant for bounty land issued under the act of
2Sth September, 1850, or by virtue Of tny 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; so that no
land can be located under the bounty land law
oil 2Sth September, 1850, or any other law grant.
ing bounty laud, except that which had been pro-
claimed and offered for sale prior to the Sd Of
March, 1851.
J. BUTTERFIELD, Commissionrr