Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-12-25
Report of the Commissioner of the Gen.
eral Land Office,


Report of the Commissioner of the Gen.
eral Land Office.
The report of the Commissioner of the
Lind Office is one of the official documents
accompanying the Presidents Message
We learn from it the following interesting
facts, respecting the public domain, and 9TH
er interests in that connection:
The minimum price Of the public land is
one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre;
and while the quantity offered is SO immense
that it is placed beyond the reach and pow
or of monopoly, the price is at the same
time so small, that every man Of ordinary in
dustry has the ability to provide himself with
a homestead; and so long as government Of
fers hundreds of millions of acres for sale,
a: the price of about one days labor for each
acre, every man able to till the ground will
have it in his power to become lrceholder.
The sales Of public lands since 30th June,
1850 and TO 80 June, 1851, amount to l :
S46,S47 59-1OO acres; and the purchase
money TO S2.37O,947 45.
The amount Of land sold during the first
quarter Of the fiscal year, commencing July
1st, 1851, was 473,l40 65-lOO acres, for
which there has been received the sum Of
$GOl ,99l Of. The amount of land sold for
the CORES ponding quarter of the last fiscal
year, was 2G6,S79 G6-lU0 acres, for which
The sum Of $3I9,ST6 90 was received. The
sales thus 0prear to be largely on the in
crease.
The locations by military bounty land
warrants during the fiscal year commencing
July 1st. 1850, cover an aera Of 2,4540C0
acres, making an aggregate Of cash sales and
locations by warrant, during that period, of
4.300,S47 49-l00 acres which, at the mini
mum price, would amount 10 93,SI6 &C.
The sales however, exceeded the minimum
price by 362.308 90. The whole number
of land warrants issued 10 the 81 November.
1851, under the Mexican Bounty Land act
of llth February l847, is S0,7ol. OF this
number G6,Ol0. have been returned to the
General Llnd Office as located; and ofthese
located land warrants 66 200 have been pat
en!ed. The whole number OF land warrants
issued up tothe sam" pe;io1. a"!.r the Cen
cral Bounty Land Law Of 2S.h September,
1850, is 54,20l. OF this number 3,70S
have been returnedt to tie General Land Or
flee as located; and OF the located land war
rants Of this class, 800 have been patent
ed.
Since my last annual report there have been
/ issued and Transmitted 10 their respective des-
tlnations, upwards of $4,000 letters patent
ioI public land titles OF all descriptions, and
/ the labors Of the accountants and book keep
crs have been diligently prosecuted. The
quarterly accounts OF the receivers Of public
Money, and those of the Surveyors General
including California and Oregon, am graft.
fled TO be able 10 state have ali been adjusted
at this Office, TO the 30,h o, September past
and the accounts OF Deputy Surveyors as ial
as received, are al adjusted to dates more
recent, with the exception OF two suspended
cases.
The quantity of public lands reclaimed fo
market since the date of my last annual re
port, amounts to 1871 53S; and the csti
mated qu-n,i,y available for market during
the coming year, viii no. be less than II,
0UO,00 OF acres, as shown by The tables sub
mi,led.
Late in the spring the District Land Ofic
at Defiance wa. destroyed ly fire, and he re
cords all consumed. Til, ofi;e prompt
suppl cd he Register and Receiver witt. ist
OF the lands yet remaining unso.d in that dis
trict, and the duties of that office were shot
, ly afterwards resumed.
Every preeaution has been adopted, b
official regulation and system, to dctcc; an
c arrest any attempts to impose upon tie otfic
; fraudu!on. assignment Of warrants under Il
Il Mexican Boundary Land act Of Februar
= II, lG47, the warrants in that class havi
it been hell 10 be as ignub,e. Measures hay
n been adopted to secure accuracy and nea
ness in the engrossing OF all the patents, I'll
O ,ahicclirg them to proper test, by Il car
!, iu! examination OF q Board; and the busine
II generally in It's multilUrious details, is sati
l. factorily progressing.
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Report of the Secretary of the Navy.
Df The Report Of the Secretary Of the NAY
=, is very full, able satisfactory document.
N The Home Squadron consists OF five vc
d. sells, under the Command OF Com. Park
I'd The Mediterranean SOU 1dron, under Co
le Morgan, consists OF three vessels, and one
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