The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-05-27

I BIhWh' W if'Js ~ wv ptMG F'AHV e"N
established her lnd Office, the legislature
appointed boarl1 Of commissioners to
settle and determine these rights Of
chalmers 10 unpalrDted lands" as they
were termed in the Legislative Acts
"uuder The former and Presenl Govern.
mfn', and report, 20 patents might be
eran'el 10 such Os were found TO be just
and valid Thesa boards PROGRESSED
very Slowly with The @otk. When the
war CLOSED in 90 there was great
rash for these lands lying between the
AIleghanies Dnd Ohio River All west
oftIal river Tho Indiors then held,
Warrants wefo purchased Of her Treas,
Urer AT 2 cents per acre, md located by
entry otenry ond survey, heller skel-
ter, without system. i0lerIoclipg al
overlapping 10 all FORMS and in many
eases patents we're taken out, neg locu-
lers often interfering with tho existing
iochooIe rights Of Others. Prior TO June
1888, many surveyors had returncd
pals including in their exterior boun
dorics the rights Of these "prOr claim
ans a term then synonymous with
chalmers 10 Unpatenl4d lGnls,' which
they deducted out ard allowed ior. To
OuihOiz, the Governor % issue patents
on such survey, and similar plats uf'er-
wards mode and returned, rescrying the
ssne ia the paIcnt for the np.ior claims
ans" The act Of 1855 was passed two
years after the patent 10 Gala,in had
been issued, under which Morrill, claims.
To carry out this act tho Governor, Al.
toney General and other ggicers, con-
Mructcd form Of patent. containing
reservation which was varied only 10
meet the amount Of deductions made by
the surveyors il each Gaze, in bshalf Of
"pfi9r claimsnIs." The allowance made
by the surveyor in Hopkins plst, which
Included in lis rX'erior boundaries 427,
AG0 acres, is in these worI.. Gan al
lowonco of 2&H60 acres is made ia the
calculation Of Tie area Of this 2a, for
p.ior claimants contained within The
boundary thereof" The patent TO Hop
, h'us VI <ou'ooG u'.ss' ae'oflU!nS Inc e1'
! .. oDS S s"O'ol"S lh's rtscrVa-
t,o". pI u, y Is Always 10 Oe G0as!'
ssUuu wa" t,, ,"g su':ey upon wn,eH mus
sl""' 10 ''u Nv NV ,ne,uues -! s1v SstoS'
e ooo '... u ,"o 4oSye T"an''yo Oh fyV''
oOo % I :. Va E"'Su having a Ple'et
g1ye Wy LOW w., =" s"o wsfI'ns as1 f'gh's
upon "n'o" 1" rs gram Is 'ogn'Gd' Ioer-
" - 'e S.j ~ ,"a' 'l,e Sl"e snGH o F'@
,l'1 oa.."' ""I ~, %G.y os Cured mo gram
Or y,I"'', ""a '"S %r ~ @aE' o. no oar
'L'e e. r., e't0 ., e4a''2 'oh@G co"frM mon
= m ,; '.,.? ., '5,..' % NC s'Ms' Us before
men.onea anu %l re,er'eu' w'!h lis 9ppnF,
ne men eS's'ins rights Of
prior cI1 ,1,s, or "'il'me" OF IN
Pa'shIeu iaDuS n"u preference by VIZ
Tue OF previous 10'S Oh inc LcGsiaafe
IN the'f oenoI''
l9oes the language of this Reservation
apply to and incIud, the 1900 acres
claimed bY Morrill,, which had bcsn pat
tea'edh Gg!lata, and so actually carried
into gran! tcn gears , fore, and thereby
investing Gallatin With the absolute fee
simple, good against all, including the
Slate, except only her right 10 lax as she
taxed other peoples lands, and to forfeit
Cor non -Paymon, Of such taxes? What
reason or sense for the States rcsGrving
liberty that Golla!in's patent granted 10
gears before, Should b. firm and raiid,"
'mly be carried into graft tolca he had
had the grant or patent IN lis pocket for
10 Years. OF that The grant 10 Hopkins
"skould BE- no bar in cider lac or gritty
20 The confirmation If wrh gran! 10 Gal.
latin? Suppose Galialin had happened
ia the Governor's Office with bis patent
10 years old in his pocket, and the Gov.
ernof had called his attention 10 The res
.ryotion he was about In inseri in I,e