Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-14
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WASHINGTON, Sept. l3.-Copp' s
Land Journal for September con-
tains the following decisions of the
Interior Department: An alien
may purchase land of the Govern
ment and hold 1t. By property, as
applied to lands, is meant all titles,
perfect and imperfect, and rights
thereto which are executory as
we'll az executed. 1t is sufficient,
under said act, if the lands claimed
are used for the purposes for which
they are best adapted. without
fence or enclosure thereof. Local
land officers have no authority to
receive applications to file or enter
lands which are in state of reser-
vation and hold them until the
reservation is removed and then
place them on the records in order
to advance the interests or accom-
nlodate any individual. In the
case of Tome ct al vs. the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company,
the Secretary decides that, al
though the grant of lands was
made to the company by the act of
July q, 1865, the lands upon which
it would operate were not identl-
fed until the date of the passage of
the joint resolution of June 29, 1870,
authorizing the company to con-
struct its roads upon the line desig.
mated upon the map filed in the In :
terror Department January 3, 1857,
and that the rights of all parties
who were actual settlers on June
%, 1870, were saved. Qualified set
tiers prior to Juue %, 1870, may be
allowed to make entry under the
homestead law, but such entries
must date from the date of tue ap
plicatfon and the complainant muat
comply with the provision of the
law from that date.
The Iad.am Bureau-Kearmey,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18th The
Indian Bureau has been collecting
data to show the history of the
management of the Indian service
from the beginning, with a view to
demonstrate that the transfer of
the Indian Bureau to the War De.
partment would be unwise and
therefore 1t would be made to show
-tstAii4t ttisl+t7 +t7-Mhen that Department had
charge Of the Indian sefrS'iieesst tt-Tgas
conducted exiravagantly aud that
the treatment of the Indians was
often harsher than the occasion de-
manded. The Commissioner of In-
dian Affairs, wi,s will 20 to St.
Louis to attend the session of the
Congressional Committee, will
take this document with him. He
claims that the transfer to the
War Department will result not
only in an increase of expenses, but
lead to an aggravatioh OF the
frauds and irregularities in the In
dian service
Dennis Kesrn y, In his Baltic
more speech last night, stated that
the report of the Presidents inter-
view with him when he was in
Washington, was manufactur, d by
Besotted Bohemians - Yet IL Is
n fact and capable Of proof, that he
spent TIVE hours in u newspaper
office here with his Secretary, Carl
brown, who was negotiating to
sell the pretended interview with
the President and that interview
was submitted to Kearney and |
was revised By his own hand.
hayes Back as Chicago.
CHICAGO, Sept. l3th.-President
Hayes and party arrived from Lake
Forest at III O'Clock this morning.
having made brief stop at Evans.
ton, where the President made n
'ew remarks. Upon his arrival
Iere he was met by q committee
rom the Board of Trade and es-
,orted to the Chamber of Com
nerce, where President Fairbank
Introduced him to an audience that
rowded the floor and galleries of
he great room and welcomed him
18th three cheers and clapping of
ands.
Road Agents Rs Work.
CUSTER CITY. n T., sept. 49,
''e freight OF y:.,,t, s. NJ. Booth, I
here .seMonday, was s