The Placer herald., 1859-03-12
LANDS LOCATED BY SCHOOL WARRANTS

LANDS LOCATED BY SCHOOL WARRANTS
We have received a pamphlet copy, from
the Surveyor Generals Office, of a printed
list Of, those who hold lands under School
Warrant locations. 1t has been compiled
from returns of County Surveyors, the re-
cords in the State Surveyor Generals office,
and the several U. s. Land offices. Surveyor
General Higley says the list is undoubtedly
incomplete, and he desires to be notified of
the fact of locations having been made and
not noted in the list. He says:
81 am afi aid many difficulties will arise,
in regard to those locations, owing to the
incompeteness and defects of the acts au-
thorizing them to be made. Should persons
now holding lands under school warrants
find, from an examination of the list, that
the same have been previously located, it
would be we'll for them to ascertain whether
such locations were properly made, and if so,
whether they were floated in the manner
prescribed by law. A statement of the facts,
certified by the County Clerk, or Recorder,
should, as soon as possible, be transmitted to
this office. g
"The Act of 1852, authorizing these loca
tions, required that the same should be made
by the County Surveyor, and the field notes
and description recorded in the office of the
County Clerk, Tor Recorder, under Act of
1852
"The Warrants could be afterwards hoated,
if found to be upon lands not subject to
such locations, provided, the float and the
reasons therefor were made matter of re-
cord at the time, in the office where the
original location was recorded.
Il would suggest to those persons who
made locations upon unsurveyed lands, under
the Act of 1852, and which have been since
sectionalized, the propriety OF completing
the locations under the School Land Act of
1853.
"Unless this is done or the lands were
located in the U. S. Land Offices, under the
Act of 1857, the U. S. Register will have
no legal notification of such locations, and
will consequently offer the land at public
sale"
We have number of these lists and will
be pleased to furnish copies to these interest
ed. From an examination of the list we are
confident that the names of these who locat-
ed lands in this county under School War
rants are not all upon it.
SAYING GKAcE.-New England is staid
old country, and has some very proper re-
ligious rules We know a Mr. p, who, Cat
this time does not live thousand miles
from Fosom), was sometimes called upon
to say grace at the table of n pious old lady
with whom he and other students of old
Yale were boarding 1t was custom of
this pious lady TO have the young bucks do
grace by turns-going the round Of the ta-
bic with the course Of the sun. If the per-
son asked declined, he did so bv saving ''no,
thank YOU. prefer to unite with some other
person" Once upon a time, when it was Ps
turn to say grace there was young lady
visitor at the table, and the old iadv, during
some 'noise and conflson," was in the act
of introducing her TO p; but poor p. under
standing her rs making the request for the
aforesaid blessing, answered, mo, thank von.
prefer to unite with some other person.
p. yet retains a vivid recollection of an ex-
plcsion Of laughter from the young scape-
graces at the table that nearly extinguished
him.