Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-05-23

the school sections as may be. The selections
must be made of agricullural-not mineral
lands, rs contiguous 10 the school section as
may be-" and in legal subdivisions according
to the approved official township plats Of the
public surveys on file in the Registers office
at the time the selections are filed. "a
The school selecting agent should fife in
your Office an authenticated copy of his letter
of appointment, or other satisfactory evidences
Of his official character. .s.5 ,ssilsy.iirs
Under ths provisiops. .of ilse aforesaid sek&
1859, where said sections 16 and Sc, ore ftsc-
tionnl 10 quantity, or where either oftllen arc
wanting by reason of the township being fac-
| tional, or from any natural cause whatever, tho
State will be entitled to other lands as indenl-
nifty for such deficiencies, to bn selected and
appropriated in accordance with the principles
Of adjustment, and the provisions o! the act ct
Congress of May goth, 1S26-yiz: For.eacll
fractional township containing greater guam
tity of public land than three. quarters CT an
! entire townshp-that is, more ,@lan 1880.
acrcs--the State will be entitled TO two Sec
tions, or 1880 acres. 1s.s
For each fractional township. containing a
greater quantity of public land than one-balf
and not mnre than tllgee.qnarleys OF town,
ship, the State will bs entitled to one aud a
half sections, or 9G0 acres. a.,
For each fractional township containing a
greater quantity OF public land than onG-quar.
| ter and less than one-ha!f Of township,
the State will Le entitled to a halfsection, OF
32O acres. hAks
The law directs the selections shall be made
| by the Secretary of the Interior, and the fol-
lowing rules are prescribed to1 your govern
ment. .afsf
| 1st. When the lands have not been offered
at public sale, the selections arc to be- made
p,ior to said sale. The school agents may
recommend the selections, and itHnay BE- pro-
per for you to give notice TO such agents that,
prior to certain day to be fixed by you, rec
concentrations will IL received from them for
school selections for certain townships, which
townships will be specially designated in said
notice.
If the school authorities, after service Of
notice, should fail to make any recommended
ton, you will report your own selections.
Cd. The quan,ity of school lands selected
for any township, is to be located within tho
limits of such township: Hotit:sd, a sutf-
cient quantity cf good agricultural land ex-
lists therein. If your are satisfied that suf-
icient quantity of good land cannot be found
therein, the selection is to be made in the
nearest adjaceut township wherein good land
exists. y - ss
Sd. When portion Of section Is or SO
exists in a township, an additional quantity
of land only, is to be- srlectcd as will, with
the existing portions of said sections, make
up the full quantity to which the township
is entitled under the law. 20
| 4h. The selections Of section, three quar-.
tess Of section, or halt section for any on6
township, are to be made in one body of land
if Practicable; if not, in separate "quarter
sections" A less quantity than one quarter
section is not to be taken.
| Fractional sections are TO be excluded, OK.
cept in cases where portion Of the section
| 16 or sc exists in the township, and selec.i
ton has to be made of the balance of the
quantity of land to which such township 10
entitled, and where the quantity cannot be lo.'
Gated on quarter or laifquarter section in
such cases only may fractional sections bs taxi
en- according to the legal subdivisions, 10
make up the deficiency in quantity as nearly
as practicable. -
5th. In those townships and fractional town.
ships fronting on bayQps, rivers, lakes, or WA
ter courses, wherein the regular mode ofsur
veying may have been departed from under
the authority Of law, and where portion efi
the land consists Of lots fronting on such has
YOU, river, lake. or water course, and running
back for quantity, and where there has bean
great irrrgularity in numbering the sections.
in such cases where section l6 or36 happans
to fall ON one of the small lots ON thu water
courses, or on section containing less than
the proportional quantity of school land to
which such township. is legally entitled. such
lot No. 16 or SO should be reported BY you
in your abstract Of proposed selections. apdin)
addition t.reto, soinuch Of the section--wbat..
ever its number may bB---as covers the ground
which No. t6 or 36 would have covered bad
the township been regularly numbered, - will
make the complement Of school land to which
such township is entitled -
9th. Fractional townships, created by In.
dian reservations. are rot to be understood 40
coming within the meaning Of this act. ~
| when the township is completed II Will then
have it's proper school lands.
7th. Where township falls wholly within
the limits of private claim, there is no public
land. and no grant for school purposes in
said township; nor is the State entitled under
any law to indemnity for the school scctious
which would otherwise exist in said township.
any more than they would BE- il the township
were entirely covered, BY lake or navigablq
stream. and no selections are to b0 made In
such cases: nor will the State be lentitlsd -
| indemnity for spetions l6 aud SO which may
fall on mineral lands. pd' D.
Sth. The selections under thisA ACT. - well
as under the act Of 1853, mast be made 10 Ie-
Gal subdivisions, according tothe Official town
ship plats of the public surveys on file IN the
L.aol nffra NJ the time the eelectiOnn aro made