New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-03

lunba The Cepsr and the accounts Of the Marshss'
| Ckiks and cher cfheers Of all the Unted STATES
Courts, embracing those Of the District of Columbia
" thee. have since been added the Insane Asylum,
the Mexican Boundary survey, and the construction OF
| seveial TENT nal roads.
Wh,ntbe legitimate objects OF the different Depart
mfp,s are duly considered, it would seem that re-
organization of he whole had become necessary, ana
tbs, more usbe arrangement IL an the present one
| esnn he devised, and should be adopted. Al ell
events. no further burdens should be imposed upon
IN Department its lsbors are already sufhcienliy
severe and aiduous. WbeL orgaei1ed In isi' several
Of lie bureaus larger than mott OF the present
D.pa,nert t. twenty years before and III have since
h., eops,sntly IL Increasing and will coDl he 10 DO So
teeptg race with the extension and advancement OF
| the county. 49,. Ill.,
Noiwi,bstsndipg the Indian difficulties and other
disturbance in sewers, of the rerifoes, the surveys
| OF the public lands have prosressei rapidly lhe
quantity Of land surveyed exclusive OF school secu9ps
since les. report snd up to TIE JUN OF oepemos
last, 10 S3699 acres. much Of which no" ready
| for market
The giants made BY Congress, a. is last Session for
railroad purtoses have had the effect of witadrsF wing
IF, m market large body OF the public i,nds wneo'
potw ,b.tar ding every eIetion tn can be made can
not be restored less than niIe months, and perhaps
not then a. depends In grea. DE- gree upon the ac
ton of the States TO which the grants were maie au
| in many cases the egisation of those Sta'es.
In executing The Graduation Act, many grave q"es-
tions have arsep some of which cannot be sats'sc'
tv,ily settled without the nte'pc son OF Gong ess'
Every .or. has been msoe 10 cary nao .st,er
I'm, ito IL, seness with which some OF ne parts "ele
drsfeo 81 tie want of proser guard 10 psoos. US
principle has, thus far, rendered most OF nose enos
In n, g nal Mapy fraudulent entries under tue act
bayiI be, repcrled 10 the Ger ersl Land Oncc su-
bic ru',s aid tguatioLs have been adopted of ,leu
Connection and TO prevent the occurrence Oh others.
The ppcpal officially arises IRON the iacI Sha' III
man, cases although the land has been entered more
thar a ye ar DO improvement, Indicating bona nde
lot. niiC reform the requirements oil the ia" nave
been made, and in others, the purchasers, idims
| diately after tho entries made sale oil ue linos
| purchssed without the slightest attempt al
''aclual s, Element cultivation Patents upon
entries have been applied for, and WI be erSatea
vlueyer The Loud Office is s hed OF the fairness OF
the raI sacD bot here there reas 1naoo grounds
for suspicion, prof will be- rqaned to be nci within
given period TO sustain The entry. Ia, hosever,
e, m eel for Congress TO declare whether the tltc 10
IT, Sc lsi ds shall pass all ndiscrimnaely or whether
| satisfactory evidence Of compliance With the spirit
and intention Of the law shall be first required The
forn would tend most to the recf oil tae Lana
Office, then the Issue OF the patens would he the
only labor required. For the benefit OF purchasers
generally end The States in which the grade lands
lie it is important that tie matter should De promptly
dsrosel or either By sanetioDng and aih Sning the
action of the General Land Office, or directing the
patents to be sst ed vi ,hout further requirement.
HE qusn'iy oapd sold for cash, during the ls' Acres,
fiscal year '-<'i''0'''
|
Swamp Lands approyed TO the states; :'''.''; oV"0oS
Selected Ger Donations for Railroads kc' and o., ~
granted fol Rsirosi purposes es lus.dl'''''' P'o'
Making total of.....-............... % 35 1881
The quantity of apds sold for cash. during the second
auC third quarters of the present caetcar year, Is
AGO, $3.50 scts-rceiyed therefor 81, 700, sS3 ~
Tie difficulties IN execuog, satisfactorily, the wamp
laid grants still exist. Several OF the states have
psss.d laws donating these lands for specific pur-
to.es snd they complain that If the selections are
set eide for any cause their faith must be violated 1t
is conier ded that most of those VIII contesng the
rights Of the States mere spectators, and should
not be permitted TO ooeat their permanent interests
that thereby many OF the couoes, and OF their people
will be injured, and the Go .ernment not correspond
| il civ benefited Much Of this is trne and although
LAZY erors have been committed, yet it is worthy OF
const Grafton whether, under all the crcumstances, it
is Dot the rest policy TO approve the selections 80 ar
| a. thew DO not interfere viii actut settlers
by be Act of April 20, 1918. it was supposed that
| the nbuol maximum compensation TO Registers and
Receivers Of LAND Offices was 80 GOO each; the same
| ber o made up by the salary of 500 and one pee
| etrtnm con mission upon the moneys received from
Ire saIe of the public LANDS. Bnt uldee tho ruling Of
the supreme Court, the commission /. computed upon
| the ON unit actually received with,ut regard TO me
60 that if the commission, together with pro rata
amouD Of The salary, reaches 1900 in one month"; aad
the tfctrs Term then expires, The s3OOo Is retainei
by him. In any il is thus made the interest OF
tile officer to yacaic the fce because for the remain
der IN he would have TO discharge oil IT'D duties
without fDrher cCmIei saoDi and where the iands 10
tie district are, as sometimes IS the Gaze IN srea DC
IL
maximum cUmpt alton several times during the same
| year Ii ia an evil that needs correction.
| The land system under the legislative cnactnents oil
lie last four year. sId by tue active measures taken
| TO meet demands for settlement has been EXTENDED,
with entire and unprcc. dented raPdity, along
the whole Pacific sope, embracing TIE state Oh Caior
nia the Tie, rores OF Oregon and Arlington and in-
to The Territories of Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico,
and Utah. This immense geographical surface has
been ogaIized into six DeT surveying Departments,
and the public surveys in rapid extension over it.
Surveying opera ions in the new and the old districts
have In the period been extended over an area
Of ar!y safy millions OF ARES In which the lines have
| been run and estsblshed.
Duiipe ihis period, also, there have been Acres.
tfor witch there he. been rsceivca s2ioioi5
located ior Military Bounues sos 80
Onnied ioE Railroads. 2s2
Making the aggregate. s,sis77a
acres disposed Of In paI for fans BY direct grants to
industrious citizens portion by titles Issued as ndem-
Lty 10 The defenders Ct the country ia part b. aid the
sew States in re6eemipg from overflow and its
quences valuable lands, and bringing theu under till
bge, and the residue in facilitate travel aud ner-
couIsc by the eIter of the railway, caaa and othsy
sysms Of Lational inter accommodation, thereby, aso,
largely increasing the value of the landed interests
| OF the couJtTy.
ts 'careeIy possible to convey proper idea of the
great labor cdeLt 10 the accomplishment of the opcra
| tioi Mentioned. II may be stated, howeyer, nong
npmeIous heavy items tbat the records OF core pond
eBee Blnoty thousand fol pages embracing de-
crions upon numerous intricate questions tide
only az derived from foreign Cover mebts, but arising
under the land egislan of Congress during the pat
bali century. Beside tbs, eight thousand accounts
have Len adjusted and for hundred thousand iaud
| paieD's issued By the GoycInm.nt.
| An animation has been made, with 8 view 10 as
ctiiain whether the number Of Offices Of Surveyors
General could net be diminished and /, has bee found
fisf hn 10 purA