The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-03
d. THE ANNUAL STA 1,EMENT

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THE ANNUAL STA TEMENT
We publish this week the Annual
statement q showing. the receipts and
disbursements for the past year: w
point with pride to the fact that while
some names occur frequently, against
which >afe set large sums Of money
! drawn from, the county, our own ap
6 pears but. once or twice followed by
bsaall sums. Another fact to which NE
h&s4shY to call attention. At ordinary
rates, or the rates generally allowed for
i Publishing the Annual Statement, we
should receive about $4,000 for. the
Statement this year. But we, charge
che countyonly about 81, barely enough
to pay for the work Of setting it up and
nothing for our space. The people of
MOBILES county cannot say that we have
Il added much to their burden Of taxes.
iS:| SALE OF METHODIST BLOCK
Elsewhere we publish two advertise
ments announcing judgment sales of
Methodist Block, on Saturday, the 10th
day of June. The notes on which judg-
ment has been obtained were given by
the Trustees to Dir. Miller and by him
transferred to Col. lite and others.
The obtaining of this judgment settles
some important points bearing upon
+ the Goldschmidt case, and we should
not be surprised to find, before the
Summer is over, that the Hall had
changed hands, and that one of the
r0ttenest transactions ever attempted
in the name of church had been re-
buked.
CHANG1NG PREEMPT1ONs TO HOME
80 BTEADS.
We are indebted to J. P. Moulton,
Receiver at the Land Office, for the fol-
lowing copy Of the law, with accom-
panying instructions, allowing parties
who change pre-emptions to home
steads to count their time from date of
original settlement as a pre-emptors:
IAN act for the relief of settlers on the
public lands under the pre- emption
laws.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That when any person who has made a
i settlement on the public lands under
, the presumption laws shall change his
filing to that for a homestead entry,
the time required to perfect his title
under the homestead laws shall be COM
puted from the date of his original set
Element made under the presumption
laws.
Approved March 3, 1877.
Under this statute party desiring
to change his claim under pre-emp-
ton filing to that of homestead entry
should be required, on making the
change, to appear at the proper land
office, with his witnesses, and show full
compliance with the presumption law
to date OF such change, as has hereto
fore been required in transmutation
cases, proof Of such compliance to be
forwarded with the entry papers to this
office. When the party applies to make
final proof, he must show continued
residence and cultivation as required
ly the homestead law.
In case an adverse claim has attach
ed to the land, due notice, in accord
ance with Rules of Practice, must be
given all parties III interest of the time
and place of submitting proof in sup
port Of the application to make sucl,
change. The adverse claimants will he
entitled to the privilege of crossquest-
ioning the applicants witnesses and of
offering counter proof.
J. A. WILLIAMSON,
Commissioner,