The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-01

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reduction did not take effect un'll arteT
the ls, day. Of January, "A. DslesS.
Question. Did the Commissioner es>
,ablish any rules for the government OF
aOles on Ihs Sd day Of January, i SO,
VIA, were those rules and regulaIiousf
Answer 1.-The Oommissioner gave a
ve,LaI notice At his office on Saturday,
Janua,y Isl, thai his offics would not be
omen 10 do business until half>past eight
on Monday. morning, There WIS 2
wril,eii notice stuck up on the dook of
a'tbe Office, sat he concluded he had no
tish, to pu, up 'snrk written notice, ana
i, vas taken down after sheri tire.
Ifihete was only one application fot
The same tract after ihe office was ppens
lhe person applying p'irchpsed ti'e land
a, ssysn.y>fye per cent. less ihan ihf
1appraisemsni, if more than one person
applied for the same tract, tlien, thai
tract was pul up at auction, and sold 70
the highest bidder, no one having the
liah, 10 bid except such as had made a
written application for thar tract. If one
eperson applied fHla greater, and another
for smaller portion of the same tract,
lie smaller porlion'was put up ataucllon,
ftr sale TO such and such only as had
made a written application as stated
above. ea sass aSaa4 e%ei ~ ",
DIGESTION Did the Commissioner re-
,dbire' the sncccssfu bidder ioemaks ihf
boalh of settlement as required BY lawy
Answer. Q He did, lnul1a o. ,9nFV
Question. How long was the Office
open for applicaiionss 3ohni1o2 ~
oli Answer. When the ofhcsl was frs
opened, applications were received IRON
caIl persons who wished to make them
after which those applications were dis
posed Of as before stated. After tn,
Afrst applications were disposed Of, there
was no opposition 10 any other sales tha
,iknow Of. 9s$A" A'''i nAh 't'' '''
Question. How long after the Office
was open in the: morning at Clialf-pas
eight, before the auction OF sales CON
msncedi gf kea ,,4aas ssl M
Answer. The Commissioner CAV
them Is minutes Or 90 minutes, or per
.bups half an hour, ! do mol recollec
exic'ly how long, TO put in their aPplica
lions. sse .sg az q serel ga g,rs
Qneslion. u Were these application,
principally made out in ihe'office Of rth'
Commissioned, or were they mostly made
clsewhere2 .Sfl
Answer The applications were made
elsewhere, principally, We furnished
blanks 10 such as wanted. !,
Question. How much Of the day d
the Sd Of January was occupied III dis
posing of these applications which were
made first in the morning! ,0
Answer. From The time the sale
commenced, until abou, 8 o'clock in ihe
afternoon, can'i be positive about til,
time we got through with Them, bui
o'clock is as near as | can tell, at abou
noon in The day we stopped the sales
short lime TO take pay for what had beer
sold.
Question. We're there any bid Oh
bids made which were not cousidered on
the ground-;ihat. no applications had
been made for that traci? Ia.
Answer. ! think there were. a
Question. Were there any applica>
lions made which included all the lands
for sale a, the Office, and BY whom were
such applications mades " ,,o.s a
Answer. There were. Jonas Colby
made an application for the whole. !
donh know but there were others. s. s.
3prague had an application for a large
quantity, but / think not all, w. WelIes
had also very large list OF lands on his
application, but do not know that il
covered ell; think it did not. y ,,.s
t,;;.o ,'TUEsDAH, February 20.
Question by same. fe s
Were there applications offered 10 the
commissioner after the sales commenced,
which he refused to receive until after
tho sales on applications already i1 had
been closed? II so. what reason did the
commissioner give for refusing to receive
these applicaionss 5a
Answer. There were some applica-
iiops offered, which she commissioned
refused 10 receive. The reason which
he gave WIS, that he considered the
applications which were handed in In the
morning as applications made all a, the
same time, and applications offered after
wards, he considered as subsequent
applications, and as not emitting them
10 bid for the land, IA M. 6. Il. n.
Question. Safe, az near as you can,
TIE amount of land which was sold al
auction.
'9 Answer. All that was sold for more
tllan one- fourth Of the a2praisement--
about 400 acres Of Mi mi land, ahc
1850 acres Of Wabash & Erie.
Question. Does the above amour
include all The land bid off by Woolse,
Welies, ESD? & 'a 4 ''s.a
Answer. No. Sir; il does not include
any ofii. y @4 "
Question. VIVA, amount was bid of
by Wellesf Foe Isa
Answer. About $500 acres. 5',.