Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-12-09

the residue to be used Tor the settlement |
of other friendly Indians. Efforts will |
be made in the immediate future to in
duce the removal of as many peaceably
disposed Indians only to the Indian ter
ritory as can be settled properly, without
disturbing the harmony of those already |
there. There is no other location now
available where a people who are en-
deavoring to acquire knowledge of pas
toral and agricultural pursuits can be so
we'll accommodated as upon the unoccu-
pied lands in the Indian territory. A
territorial government should, however,
protect the Indians from the inroad of
whites for term of years, until they be-
come sufficiently advanced in the arts and
civilization to guard their own rights
and prevent the disposal of lands held
by them for the same period.
During the last fiscal year there were
disposed of out of the public lands H.
S64,975 acres, quantity greater by L.
9O9,27O acres than was dispo sed Of the
previous year. Of the amount $780,
800 acres were sold for cash; 3S9.460
acres located with military warrants
4,671.332 acres taken for homesteads
693,6l3 acres located with college scrip;
3.554,SS acres granted to railroads;
465,347 acres granted to wagon roads;
7l4,255 acres given to the states as
swamp land; $3.50 acres located by In
dian scrip The cash receipts. from all
sources, in the land office amounted to
S3.2l8.1OO During the same period
22,Ol6,6O9 acres of the public lands
were surveyed which, added to the guam
tity before surveyed, amounts to $685.
364,7SO acres, leaving l,257, 1858, 1928
acres of the public lands still unsurveyed.
The reports from the subordinates of the
land office contain interesting infcrma-
ton in regard to their respective dis
tricts. They uniformly mention the
fruitfulness of the soil during the past
season and the increased yield of all
kinds of produce, even in those states
and territories where mining is the prin-
cipal business agricultural products have
exceeded the local demand, and liberal
shipments have been made to distant
points.
There were issued from the Patent Of
flee 1926 patents, 233 extensions and
556 certificates of registry of trade
marks. During the same time 1887
applications for patents, including reis-
sues and designs, have been received,
and 800 caveats filed. The fees re-
ceived during the same period amounted
to SCI, O95, 466, and the total expendi-
lures toS62, 800, 800, making the net re-
ceipts over the expenditures S7,740,096
, Since 1868, 100000 applications have
been filed, and about 1890 patents is
sued. The Office is being conducted I'M
der the same laws and general organiza-
ton as were adopted at the original in
} auguration, when only from 100 to 200
applications were made per annum. The
commissioner shows that the office has
: outgrown the original plan, and that a
new organization has now become neces-
r sary. This subject was presented tc
7 Congress in a special communication in
: February last, with my approval and the
} approval of the Secretary of the Interior
t and the suggestions contained In said
r communication were embraced in the
y bill that was reported to the House BY
, the committee on patents at the last ses
: sion. The subject of the reorganization
t of the patent office, as contemplated by
y the bill referred to, is one of such impor
lance to the industrial interests of thu
country that | commend it to the atten
ton of Congress. The commission ais
. treats the subject of the separation o
! the patent office from the Department 0
: the Interior. This subject is also EN-
= braced in the bill heretofore referred to
u The commissioner complains of the wan
Il of room for the model gallery and fo
the working force and necessary file
~ of the Office 1t is impossible to trans
~ act the business of the Office properl
70 without more room in which to arrang
~ files and drawings that must be consult
% ed hourly in the transaction of business
ie The whole of the patent office buildin
io will soon be needed. if it is not already
W for the accommodation of the business {
~ the patent office.
70 The amount paid for pensions in tn
! last fiscal year was $50, l69,34O, a
20 amount larger by S3,708,434 than wa
n. paid during the preceding year. Of tn
II amount, $2,313,409 were paid undo
to the act of Congress of February II
b 1871, to survivors of the war of ISL:
v The annual increase of pensions by til
n legislation of Congress has more tina
r kept pace with the national yearly 10
M SEES from the rolls The act of Congress
at June Is, 1872, has added an estimate
ID amount of $4,000 per annum to tt
to rolls without increasing the number
t. pensioners. We cannot, therefore, loo
III for any substantial decrease in the e,
a penditures of this department for son
IN time to come, or so long as Congress col
#. tinues to so change the rates of pension
70 The whole number of soldiers enlisted
&c the war of the rebellion, was 2,66S,52
"a The total number of claims for invali
n. pensions is $4,000, being but six p
e cent. of the whole number of enliste
lf men. The total number of claims {
20 hand, at the beginning Of the year, W;
m 91,6S9. The number received durir
IF the year, was 1854; the number di
ID posed of was 1919, making net ga
of 1864. The number of claims DC
on file is 79.0S5. On the 30th of Jun
1872, there were on the rolls the nam
rts of 90, 405 invalid military pensionel
ess ll3,57S widows, orphans, and Deepen
he ent relatives, making an aggregate
lev 208,92 army pensioners. At the sar
TX time there were on the rolls the nam
1rs of 1449 navy pensioners and 1870 wi
rbt ows, orphans and dependent relative
he making the whole number of naval pc
lis. sioners 3l79. There has been receiv
pt- since the passage of the act to provi
ra- INSTITUTIONS Ior Ihe SURVIVORS Vi lne