Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1856-02-12
For the Rneie.


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Ma. EpgToR--In the last Chronotype, there
appears an article, under the editorial head
relative to the business of the LAM OGce,
10 which | beg leave to make reply.
The statements in the article, as far as
the Office Of Register is concerned, are most
" correct; vet while the statements are cor
rect, they are calculated to produce wrong
impression upon the mind of person who
does not fully understand tho DUTIES. EuoL-
UAENTs and amount of labor performed by
the Register of Land Office. All have
heard that the Register receives $1,000 for his
services; and nearly al are ready to say that
he has "a fat Office" But all--no not one
tenth Of the persons who transact busines
with him, have any idea of the amount of
labor which he has to perform. For the
! information of such as are IGNORANT upon
this point, | propose to make statement
of the mount OF labor to be performed -
First, the Register receives the application
and in many instances makes it out for the
applicant. Second, he designates the entry
b. muking the number Of the entry lin pen
1 cil) upon the Plat. Third, he enters the
number OF the entry, the name of The pur-
chaser, his place of Residence, the descr;p-
ton OF the land, The Section, Township and
Range,-the number of acres, the price per
acre and the amount paid for the land upon
the "abstract of lands sold" Fourth: when
the applications and original receipts are re-
turned from the Receivers Office, he COM
pares the application with the original re-
ceipts. Fifth: ho compares the application
with the Plat and makes the entry on the
Plat with INK. Sixth: he compares the alb
stract with the application. Seventh: he
makes copy of the abstract. Eighth: he
/ compares the copy of the abstract with the
application. Ninth he enters the entries
made during the day upon the Tract Books
Tenth: he compares the entry upon the Tract
Book with the application. Eleventh: he
makes ous the certificate Of purchase
Twelfth; he compares the certificate Of pur-
chase with the application, and, Thirteenth:
he folds and endorses the certificate Of pur-
! chase. All Of the above described work he
is compelled TO perform EACH DAY, and at
the end Of the month be must foot each coll
umn OF the abstract, and carry the footings
forward, aud make recspitulation at the
Il a
foot OF the lastcolumn, showing the number
OF acres entered with cash. the number OF
acres entered with land scrip and the num-
Der OF acres entered by presumption. The
va!1s OF the lands entered with cash, the
value of lands entered with land scrip and
the value Of lands entered BIZ pre- emption--
! the total number Of acres entered and tho to-
tai value OF the same; after which he must
fold and endorse the abstract; and return the
abstract, original receipts, and certificates of
purchase, with a letter describing the returns;
| TO the Commissioner of the General Land
! Office.
Now it will be seen that the application
must be read THIRTEEN TINES and each of the
other entries must be read TWICE, making
THIRTEEN TINES more, and showing that there
must be TWENTY S TX readings before sin.
gle cash entry is completed.
| Nine entries each day, averaging eighty
acres each, will overpsy the commission al
lowed the Register two hundred dollars
Provided he keeps his Office open 300 DAYS
in year, and NINE entries per day, is fair
and rather over the average number Of on
tries made At each Of the Land Offices in the
United States. Nine entries is a. many en-.
tries as one man could make and complete IN
one day. In making nine entries it will be
seen from what have before stated, that
there will be two hundred and thirty four
readings before the days work is completed
Now, at this Office, there has been made and
Z, completed six Thousand four bun 3red and