The daily union., 1854-12-13

aGGann, sY , ,"Ioarna I four large folio volumes of rec
Pages and raiir6aa ssss,ons covering 1920
have been received and acted on.
SOB Virginia bounty-and claims filed for the issue of
scrip under the of August 81 1852 have been
ined of which 3!a were allowed SO rejected and y sus-
pended 4043 pieces of scrip issued, amounting to
2o2l acres and 100 claims fled calling for 90342
acres 2,S06 preempton claims under the several laws
have been examined and settled and the volumnous
respondence Herewith connected promptly attended to-
266lT letters have been received and registered the
gistry covering S659 pages or volumes of large folio
ord and 24279 letters written, filling l54f3 pages
81 volumes of record
6GS4 packages exclusive of letters, have been transmit
ted and the seal of the office attached to $1,000 patents
copies, &c
1t will thus be perceived that average full
third business has been done in the Office during the
past year than in the preceding; and although more
ssance has been furnished for part of the current
than formerly the gentlemen in the Office heads of dvis
ions and Others who cordially cooperated in pressing
this labor, entitled to high commendation.
The unusually large number of patents prepared and
the Office business connected herewith evince the
of labor performed in the recorders division
The and responsible duties of the chief clerk
have been faithfully and efficiently discharged and the in
ternal police of the Office fully sustained The principal
clerk of private land claims has also been actively
poyed in the difficult and complicated duties of his dvis
ion, which are in satisfactory state of orwardness.
The principal clerk of surveys though in ill health has
been assduousy engaged his strength would permit
in organizing the surveying operations in the Terri
tories, and carrying them out in the States.
The clerk in charge of the presumption division has also
been most ndefagably employed and in view of the fact
posed of very large amount of business.
The clerk in charge Of the Virginia revolutionary claims
and of 1912 bountes has labored ndetigably and
ably in this most difficult branch Of duty
The clerks in charge of the Mexican bounty and claims
and those under the acts of 1850 and 1852 have sriven
earnestly and successfully to keep up the duties of their
respective divisions notwithstanding the great pressure of
those duties.
The accountants have had the posting of the sales and
locations though unusually heavy, brought up close
possible and the of the receivers and dsbursng
agents, adjusted the latest dates practicable and
wihstanding the large amount of money received for
lands il is confidently believed that every dollar has been
will be paid into the treasury. The duties of these d-
visions though exceedingly arduous have been zeaously
and faithfully performed
The clerk in charge of the swampand division has also
been diligently employed and has ably pressed forward
the duties of it towards completion
With very few exceptions the assistants in those several
divisions have ably and efficiently seconded the efforts of
their principals to consumnae speedily and satisfactorily
the duties of their respective branches
The accounts of the surveyors general deputy survey
o and publishers of newspapers have been adjusted and
reported TO the latest possible dates
The following table shows the present condition of the
bouny-and warrants under the acts of ls47 1850 and
1852, to wit:
Act Of 1S47.