Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-11

high price. These sheep will be hardy,
but they should be sheltered from the
storms in winter ana fed OH IurnIps and
other roots rather LhalI corn, that the
wool staple may be strong anu lustrous.
Our quotations ior heeces are Us fol-
lows, fine So e 80, IL medium 5z (.e 53
coarse 90 "a o2, coniDing unwashed 30 e
IS, combing washed DO. .-.-z.
Truly yours,
JUSTICE, BATi.AiAN * Co.
The Soldiers Of IsIa and their Land
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
s7 In relation to the''swindle" your cor
respondent from Beifeiontaine wishes
exposed, Ill relation to copies OF land
patents of 1872, / would say that / pro-
cured one of these certified copies some
two years ago through an agent-went
out TO where the land was, with proof
that l WAS the soldier who drew this
land, and the occupant OF the same was
glad to pay me ST 100 for my claim. L
would say to all interested that they
can procure these copies by applying to
the Land Office, through proper afti-
davit, showing their claim as heir, OF
soldier himself, and remitting fee 81 10
TO the Commissioner thereof. For my
part cannot Gee any swindle in the
matter. Persons who apply for copies
of these patents should be certain that
they are the proper ones To do SO.
Yours truly, PETER LANGwELL.
HOW ExEMPLIFICATIoNs ARE OBTAIN
:iiN Ntl-'-lh--,@ ABLE. ...........
The following is the act of Congress
iv,r 10 m, r,Ii ~F III,
cords OF the General Land Office, which
your Be-lefountaine correspondent think
is a 'swindle" on the part of the Gov
eminent. Please give 1t place in your
valuable paper for the benefit of those
Interested: -
AN ACT prescribing the terms OH
2 which exemplifications shall be fur
( nished by the General Land Office.
Be II enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives.. Of the United States
Of america in Congress assembled, That,
from and after the first day of July next,
all exemplificatiOns of patents OF papers
on file or of record in the General Land
Office, which may be required by parties
interested, shall be furnished by the
Commissioner of said Office, upon the
payment by such parties at the rate OF
fifteen cents per hundred words, and
two dollars for copies OF township plats,
or diagrams, with ali additional sum OF
one dollar for the Commissioners GER
tificate of verificatiOn with the General
Land Office seal and one OF the employees
OF said office shall be design ated by the
said dCOmmissiOner as the receiving clerk,
and the amount so received shall, un1er
the direction of the said Commissioner,
be paid into the Treasury of the United
I States; effect to be given to This act ac-
cording to such regulations as may be
prescribed by the Secretary of the lnte-
( rior, not inconsistent with, the laws oil
the United States.
PrOcifed, That the fees stipulated in
the foregoing provisions shall not apply
to such authenticated copies as may be
required BY the officers OF any branch OF
, the government, nor to such unverified
copies as the Commissioner in his dis
cretior may deem proper 10 furnish.
Approved July ,, 1864.
The fees charged for an eXemplifica-
tion of a Bounty Land patent is 81 45,
which any interested party may obtain,
by sending said amount to the Commits
siuner of the General Land Office, and
observing the following rule:
That where copies are wanted, the APP
plicant is required to transmit to this
office his affidavit, stating the nature OF
his Immediate or derivative. fright in the
land or claim to which the desired ex-
emplifications relate if the applicant is
not an original party in interest in such
land or claim, his affidavit mustset forth
when, from whom. and in what manner
he derives his Interest; the purpose for
which the exempiifications are wanted,
aud that they are necessary to secure
his rights the stess he has taken to alb
tain the originals from the persons to
TO whom issued and that they are not
in the power or possession of the appli
cant, or have been lost or destroyed
| When required for legal proceedings the
| names of the parties to the. suit must be
stated, with the name and residence OF
] the clerk of the court in which the cause
may be pending, or about to be institu-
! ted. In all cases in which it may salts
factorily appear from the affidavit that
the applicant has right to the exem-
plifieations, they will be duly furnished,
and in case of Judicial proceedings the
| copies will be sent to the clerk OF the
| court, SO as to be open to all parties con-
/ cerned.G9 Hsr if
81 aa,. 3.CUI Bono.
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