The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-06
MILITARY BOUNTY LAND-PRE-EMP-
TION RIGHTS.

GKNEnAL LAND OFFICE, March 81. 1851
| IN ORDER that the liberal views of Congress, il
| Il passing the act OF 2Sth September, 1850, grant
ing bounty land to certain officers and soldiers wh
have been engaged in the military service of th
| United States, may be carried out, and every ex
| pense to the warrantces be avoided far posi-
BILE in obtaining the benefits granted by the graft
tude of their country for faithful and patriotic ser
vices; and, at the same tme to to the hardy
and enterprising settlers On the public lands tn,
fruits OF their industry and privatons, the Sccre
| tary Of the Interior has dirccted:
| That public notice be given to all settlers or
public lands subject to private entry to come for
ward and file their declaratory statements within
thirty days after making their settlements and i'm
| provements required by the prc-cmption act O
4th September lS4l, so as to secure their pre- emp
ton 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 March, 1851, without an affidavit to whether
said land ia improved not; and after having been
SO 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 precmption claims otherwise, the
warrants will be returned to this office for patent
ing; but if there is euch interference, new loca-
ton will be made
Warraptecs 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 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 % per
acre. No prc-cmption rights attach TO the alter.
nate sections reserved TO the United States along
the routes of railroads or canals.
Where application ia made to this Office by the
warrantcc 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; and, where the tract is specified it
would be well 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 thcsothcrs
which may be vacant without further delay. In
these cases the affidavit of the applicant, taken
before officer competent TO administer oaths,
that he ia the identical person mentioned in the
warrant, must accompany the application. The
same rules must be complied with where applica-
tion by letter is made to the district land officers
Where such application is made by the attorney,
guardian, executor, Sc, the evidence duly cert.
fed, of their authority to act, must also accompany
the application
BY clause in lst section Of the act making ap-
propriations for the support of the Government for
the fiscal year ending 30th Juno, 1852, approved
Sd March, 1851, il is enacted that no warrant for
bounty land issued under the act of 2Sth Septem-
Der, 1850, or by virtue of any other act of Con-
gross, shall be located on any land which had not
heretofore been brought into market and then SUBJ
ject 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 to the Sd of March, 1851.
J. BUTTERFlELD,
Apr 1l--law6w Commissioner.