The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-01-14


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Opposition, AMI finally sub remiwiltee
N the tnmmItsee "a public iatas
reported sgainss ", AssseaIAg IA
TN reason Iof this dttetminxtlen
tAAl III case VI failure III ,Itirs
derived nom Tho United Hsasea gos.
eminent Tho law provided fes refund.
Ink MI money - Thu pstty whcss title
hAa failed. 1'hia committee strangely
| ignored Tho feet that ~ several occAsIuns
TN government had indeMnihed tntlfv
communities Tor losecs sustAlaed BY feA
soa III failure III titlca derived from III
government. Hut, not withstanding thiI
adverse desiaion. Do not believe thaI
tho State should surrender III
effort 10 go justice done 10 thcAe scttlcri
until somethiag approaching II Ia attain
I'd. II Il cola cruelty and Insult 10 81
Tor those people tho money they PAID
originally fof thcir lands afler they nav,
spent Tho beat years Ut their livca ID In
proving them. Our country boast,
that ID would redress Tho wrong,
Of Ito weakest citizen, avcn 4
Tho cost 81 war - against i foreign IA
tion, and yet hero are over three hundred
citizens Of Iowa, many OF whom were
soidicrs In thu union army, aud wht
through no fAult OF their own, but rcly
ing upon The accuracy and good faith b
tho government, lind themselves sudden
| II dcapoilcd Of tho accommodations IL
lilo Of Industry; and Il Will bc &C
commentary upon humanity II wher
ventnring 10 appeal for justice shcs,
people arc rudcly pushed from the doc,
Of Congress with cool reference 10 III,
conditions "nominAtcd In tho bond
Every case included III Mr.. Orr's bill
should have bccn Unidentified. Hut. 4
this cannot 30 secured BY single appro
priAtl0n, Congress should bc bcslerct
by legislative resolutions to adopt som,
general measure referring cases inyolv
Ing failure of tho land titles Of Actua
settlers arising from confusion d
congressional grants to ono 81 tho ax,st
ing courts 81 claims; and upon cvidonc,
Of good faith, Of valuable improvements
and Of conflicting titles, Of which cvcn hi,
United States land officers were iRno
rant, tho poor unfortunate settler upol
tho public Ian IL should bc indemnine.
for his Losses.
| In this connection | desire 10 recon
mend some legislative action making |
~ criminal y law ~ II now u Ia moral
for tho owners Of large tracts or land /,
forcs scttlers who may occupy any por
tion Of the sAtne under color or iisio |,
Sign what Krs generally known a. "eul
throat contsacts.' myself have know
mAny instances where poor. ba.i0erc.
scstiers, through fear 81 being forcibl
elected from land for which they ha,
Onco paid tho Government, md III whic
their all wAs inyestcd, but which Ia.
boon determined - bu part al Gran,
have consented 10 sign contracts provid
Ing for tho payment OF IN cxorbIsan
price for their lands, and providing tina
In case Of failure 10 meet q single pay
mont when duo thu contracts arc "a |,
forfeited without the intervention O
legal proceedings and without the rcser
walton Of sny claim for Improvement
und0r tho occupying claimant law 0
the Stats.
| la compliance with chapter 70
pflvale, local, and temporary laws, 1911
0eaeral Assem1ly,l employed lion. OHlu
nha Pafsoas and Nj. John A. Hull, boil
81 whom had bsen engaged 10 behalf 81
individual .ottlcrs upon tho school rive
lands prior n tho passage OF tho Act, 4
carry ONE representative case through
tho courts and determine tho status d
that grant. They have not prosrcssc,
70 far - ! had hopci thcy would hAv
done, but hAv0 advanced 10 rapillyl D
y perhaps practicable under tho dilasor,
forms Of practice Ia tho courts. 70,
will nnd 4 statement Or what has hoe,
d0no ~ tho Registers report.
Ono o. tho most important element
n shs welfare 81 any community Il
perfect confidence IL land titles. Il
vlow Of the various and conflicting Ian,
grants II this State without The sxercc,s
u great care tltles In mAny portion
Of tho State will become inform
lnably confused. To prevent this. N
land-0fllcs should have = complsts ~ !
plat.books, and ail tho grants shout,
~ plated W township and range, 1
this will enable tho examiner u dstec
- error Invariably. aud Will grsstsly 4
slst thu Register "a The correct discharr
of biz duty. u would DO we'll II tk
General Assembly would autAorixs th
procurement Ut such books.
KAtLMOAnS.
This Fifteenth General Assembly passs