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

Jan DIST lou.
Ma. EbIroR In the last Chronotypc, there
appears an article, uni Ter the editorial head
relative to the business Of the Liant Office,
70 which | beg leave to make a reply.
The statements in the article, as far as
the office Of Register i concerned, are most
~ correct; We: while the statements are cor
rect, they are calculated to produce a wrong
impression upon the mind of a person who
does not fully understand the DUTIES. Euol.-
tEENrs and amount of labor performed By
the Register of 4 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 transac, business
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 he mount Of labor to be performed =
First, tho Register receives tie application
and in many instances makes it out for the
applicant. Second, he desisnates the entry
BY making the number OF the entry (in pen
cil) ufon the Plat. Third, be enters the
number Of the entry, the name Of he pur-
chaser, his place Of Residence. the descr:p-
ton Of the land, the Section, Township and
Range, the number Of acras, tie price Ter
acre and the amount paid for the land upon
the ''abstract Of lands sold.n Fourth: when
the applications and original receipts arc re-
turned from the Receivers Office, he com
pares the application with the original re-
cepts. Fifth: he compares the application
With the Flat and makes the entry on the
Plat With lSE. Sixth be compares the alb
stract with the application. Seventh; he
makes copy Of the abstract. Eighth: be
compares the copy Of the abstract With the
application. Ninth: lie eu'ers the entries
made during the day upon the Tract Books
Tenth: ne compares the entry upon the Tract
Book with tho application. Eleventh: he
makes QUE the certificate Of purchase
Twelfth: he compares the certificate of pur-
chase with the application, and, Thirteenth;
ne folds and endorses the certificate Of pur-
chase. All Of the above described work he
is compelled to perform EACH DAT, and at
the end Of the month he must foot each coll
umn of the abstract, and carry the footings
forward, and make recapjulation at the
foot Of the last column, 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
value Of the lands entered with cash, the
value of lands entered with land scrip and
the value OF lands entered BY pre- emption--
the total number Of acres entered and the to-
tai value Of the same afte. which he must
fold and endorse the abstract; and return the
abstract, original receipts, and certificates of
purchase, with letter describing the returns;
to the Commissioner OF the General Land
Office.
Now AZ will be seen that the application
must be read THIRTEEN TINES and each Of the
Z,
THIRTEEN TINES more, and showing that there
must be TWENTY SIX readings before a SIM
gle cash entry is completed
Niue entries each day, averaging eighty
acres each, will overpay the commission Al
lowed the Register two hundred dollars
Provided he keeps his Office open 800 DAYS
IN year, and NINE entries per day, is a fair
and rather over the average number Of en-.
tries made at each of the Land Offices in the
United States. N,ns entries 10 - many en-.
Tries as one man could make and oomnlete IN
one day. In making nine entries itKill be
seen from what have before stated. that
there will be two hun!rsd and thirty-four
readings, before tho days work is completed.
Now, q. this office, there has been made and
completed six Thousand fur hun ired ard