The Placer herald., 1866-04-21
Important to Settlers upon Public Land
in Placer County.

Ths Marysville Appeal OF April 7th con
taius the following:
The Land Register and Receiver of the
Marysville Office give notice that the follow.
ing described township plats were filed in
the Registers Office, on the 10th day OF
April 1866: South half Of township 10
north, range east; south half Of township
10 north, range east; south half Of town
ship l3 north, range 8 east; south half OF
township IA north, range 9 east; south half
Of township Is north, range 9 east; south
half OF township Is north, range 10 east
Settlers upon lands in the above townships
are hereby notified to file their declaratory
statements in the Registers office, at Marys.
Vile, within the time prescribed by law,
otherwise their rights will be forfeited. The
above lands are within the limits Of the
Central Pacific Railroad Reservation. Per-
sons who settled on any of the above lands
prior TO the 18th of September, 1862 (he
date Of said reser, a,ion), and who have
from the time of their settlement TO the pre-
sent time continued TO reside on and cult
vate their lands, making their homes there,
on, and complying with the requirements Of
the Preemp,ion law, will be entitled to en-.
ter their land by pre'empiiou, whether on
even numbered or odd numbered sections,
and pay for the same either with money or
military bounty land warrants at the rate Of
81 25 per acre; provided they file their
claims in this office within three calender
months after the date Of this notice; and
provided the lands so sought to be entered
are not mineral. Persons who settled on
any of the even.numbered sections Of the
above named lands subsequent to September
IL, 1862, can in like manner enter and pay
for them at s. so per acre; provided they
file their claims within the time above
named and the lands are not mineral
Persons who settled Oh any of the odd.numl
bered sections of the above named lands
subsequent to the 18th of September. ls6o
cannot enter or pay for them nor file any
claim in this Office for the same.
The lands designated in the above are all
situated iu Placer county. Townships 10
north, range and east, are in the southern
portion Of the county, the south half Of each
being principally covered by the Norris
grant. Township Is north, range s east,
lies directly aorth Of Auburn, the north line
Of which runs through the Junction House
property, the Turner ranch, etc. The south
half Of The township will include the land
as far north as Dry Creek and possibly the
California House. Townships IA and Is
north, range east, and township Is north,
range 10 east, will embrace the country in
and about Cofax, Long Raviue, Mineral
Bar, Iowa Hill, Wisconsin Hill, and The
surrounding country-Gold Run, Dutch Flat,
Little York, and perhaps Red Dog, Walou.
pa and You Bet. As it is the south half of
each Of these townships that have been re-.
turned as sectionzed and subject to pre-.
emption, we are unable to say whether all Of
the above towns will come within that por.
tion Of the several townships named-we
only know that in the general map Of U. S.
Surveys they come within these townships.
Within the territory designated are many
valuable improvements Of ranch mining and
town property, and it will be observed that
settlers upon the same are required to make
proof Of settlement within ninety days from
the publication of the above information iu
order to be entitled to the right Of preempt.
ion. A failure to do this, or failure to
show that it is mineral land and not subject
to preempton, will result in the Pacific
Railroad Company obtaining patent to the
odd sections, and the even sections will be
open to pre- emption to whoever may apply
for them. 1t will not do for settlers to be
Indifferent TO this matter, if they desire to
secure titles or be protected in their inn
ovemen,s-otherwis they may find before
long, the titles to their possessions in the
hands ofths Railroad Company, or Of greedy
speculators.
Fit is susceptible Of proof that any OF these
lands are more valuable for agricultural or
grazing purposes than mining, the settler
should give six weeks notice in newspaper
printed within the county, that at certain
date he will apply to the Register or Recev
or Of the Land Office at Marysville, to pre-
empt said land by proving the character Of
the same, and his settlement prior to Septem.
Der 18th, 1862. At the time named 1the
settler should appear at Marysville, with two
or more Witnesses. In case Of contest the
testimony is taken in full, and the officers
make up their decision, according to their
belief of the credibility of the testimony. II
the land is clearly mineral, the occupants
thereof, or the miners Of the district should
procure aaidavi's Of the mineral charac or
Of each surveyed forty acre tract, from two
or more persons who have worked upon the
same, or personally know the land TO be
mineral, and such affidavits should be filed
in the Land Office, at Marysville, as infor'
nation 10 the Government, by which the
land would be withheld both from pre.enpt.
ion and from the Railroad Company. If a
town site is upon mineral land, we think
the same course should be pursued-it is
trua there ia an Act of CONGRESS- nrotoct;ro