Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-09-19
Military Bounty Land.
PRE.EHP7YON RIGHY s.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, }
March 81, 1851.


I'm order that the liberal views Of
Congress, in passing the Act of 2Sth
September, 1850, granting Bounty Land
to certain officers and soldiers who have
been engaged in the Military service of
The United States, may be carried out,
and every expense TO 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 10 secure
to the hardy and enterprising settlers on
the Public Lands, the fruits Of their in
dustrv aud priva,ions; 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
Declaralory statements, within thirty
days after making their settlements and
improvements as required by the Pre-
empiion Act of 4ih September, 1871,
So as to secure their pre-empiion 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 Sd of March, 1851 =,
without an affidavit as 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
al 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 patening; but if there is
such interference, a new location will be
made.
Warrantees can locate their warrants
on their own presumption rights whore
the land was proclaimed ana offered at
public sale prior to Sd March, 1851; and
where the minimum price of the land
is more than one dollar and twenty 1--WE
cents per acre, can pay in cash, the dil-
ference between the cost of the land,
and the amount covered by the warrant,
estimating the warrant at q % per acre
No presumption rights attach to 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, it would be well 10 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 aflida-
yitof the applicant, taken before an Off
Ger competent To administer oaths, thai
he is the identical person mentioned in
the warrant, must accompany the appli-
cation. The same rules must be COM
piled with where application by letter is
made to 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 APP
plicalion.
BY clause IN lst Section OF the Act
making appropriations for the support
of the Government for the fiscal year
ending 30,h June, 1852, approved Sd
March, 1851, il is enacted that no wlr,
rant for Bounty Land issued under the
Act Of 28th September, 1850, or by
virtue 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 that
no land can be located under the Bounty
Land Law of 2sih 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. BUTrERFIELD;
Commissioner.
ApriI 18th. lS51.-fiw.