Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-12-24
The Public LINDA.

The Report Of the Commissioner Of the Gen.
eral Laid Office conlnIns much Information in
regard TO The public domain. The lands sur.
veye5 the past year amount 10 9,522, ,053 acres.
The lands advertised for sale 10 8 O32. .483 acres.
Lands sold for cash to | ,553 OF acres. Loca.
led with The Bounty Land Warrants, 3.2OI .3l4
acres. Located with other certificates. Il5,.
682 acres. Making a tcIal 4870,U78 acres To-
Gated during the year. In addition there were
reported as Swamp Land Grants, &c, $685..
100 acres, making the grand aggregate of 49,.
II5,l75 acres disposed Of during The year, an
excess OF 3,342,372 acres over The previous
year.
A few figures show tho magnitude of the
Land Office business. The accounts adjusted
and reported TO The Comptroller for settlement.
were 1891. Leuers received during the year
$4,000. Certificate Of Land sales issued, 9I,.
sos. Bounty Land Warrant locations regis.
tered, 59,226. DelclaraIory statements enter.
ed, 9Sl8. Swamp Land, Internal Improve.
menl and other selections recorded, so 0O0.-
Cash, Bounty Land and other Patents recorded
and transmitted, 10000. No less Than 1854, :.
$40 acres Swamp Land and other selections
were certified 10 the respective States, and up.
wards of 10000 pages of letters and accounts
were recorded
The rpou Of DR., Owen on the North West
Territory, including Nebraska will soon be- out.
lie recommends geological survey Of Oregon,
and the Commissioner concurs 10 The expedien.
cy Of il.
The total number Of land warrants issued
from i847 10 1859, inclusive, are 230o7, em.
blacing 22428,0 ,06O; The number of warrants 10.
Gated l2l ,026, covering I4,R02 O40 acres
leaving outstanding lol .98l warrants which cnIl
for 762636O acres. There have been issued
under the acl Of so, granting Bounty Land To
the officers 0f The war Of ~, and the Mexicar
war. 7So,698 warrants, covering 982I SEQ acre,
Of land which have been loca,ed 46, SOC, leav
ing Outstanding, 92,l92 warrants.
The Commissioners recommended the pas
sage OF an act granting u quarter section OF lane
TO every soldier Of the war Of 'l2 VINO has no
alTeudy received bounty land, whether regular
81 volunteer, who served for any length of lime
howtvor short. As the number of warrants is
sued under the ucI Of '52, supplementary TO lha
OF 1850, is only I'LL, II is not pIobable that Ihr
, proposed extent OF tho Boudly Law will Ieouir,
The OPProPriO' ion OF any large quantity OF III,
public lands.
The Commissioner recommends the erection
Of Land Offices 10 California, Oregon and N,
Territory Of Nebraska, Utah and New Mexico
10 collect evidence Of claims and make oihe
necessary preparations for The sale Of The Pub
lie Lands therein,
The number Of claims pending before III,
Board Of California Land Commissioners wa
298, and testimony had been ken u 5 cases
On the subjec, Of Railroad Gran, Lands, N,
Commissioner s,al1s that the reserved section
OF the grants 10 railroads along their route
have sold readily 81 the minimum prices fxe,
J by The laws. aud The Commissioner thinks lhes
grants have enhanced the value Of the Pubi
Lands. lie states lhe average cost Of railroad
in the Land States, nj SIS 600 per mile an,
ihlnks that the giant Of S,84O acres per mil
10 aid OF rBilroads ia those States vii! be bene
hclhl alike 10 them and Tho General Govern
ment.
The grant Of six sections, or $3.50 acres. pc
mile. the Commissioner states would no, Qui,
realize $4,000 at the double minimum. Tn
balance of over $4,000 per mile. would hav
I 10 be furnished BY The State, or The indvidua
enterprise TO which The cons,ruc,ion Of the roa
/, might be entrusted. Tie regards The act pssse
al The last session OF Congress, granting tn
right Of way and The privilege Of taking The ne
cessary materials for Ihe construction OF s