The Hartford herald., 1879-02-05


Report or ,nc -,eSis'or oi sh- ..and o.
Gc,. for tI.c Years rs7G Ssd isss.-T.D
E,n-cUu, Begis;e'.
THE following is the principal par
Of the report of Hon I. ID. Msrcum
negis:er Of the Lard Office of TIM
STATE. made December 1871. 1t i
well worth Perusai.-ED.
STATE OF KENTUCEY,
LAsD OFFICE.
FRANKFORT, Dec. l>t, 1873.
On the 9th Of September, 1875,
when | ,oIk cjsrge OF the othce there
we're 2,ScS plsts sud surveys on file to
ne registered. from which patents
we're To he Issued. There we're over
1900 patents tie, had t~en Issued (as
shown by the Endorsement on the sur
yeys), and sent out OF the Office, which
We're not recorded in the Grant Books,
and great many of these patents
we're issued before the surveys we're en-
tered on the Register. There had
been no indices made to the patents
issued since the early part of the year
/ 1869. There had been no indioss
made 10 the Is, l2l plats and surveys,
founded on Kentucky Land War
rants" That we're made and recorded
fiom the year l7I5 TO 1852, nor TO the
1862 Head Right Surveys made
from 1896 to 1892. There were 10
cross indices 10 the Kentucky Land
Warrant" surveys; none to the sur
veys south of Walkers line; none 10
the Tellico surveys, and none to the
SURVEYS made on county court orders.
found that the iudiccs 10 TIE grants
west of the Tennessee river, and TO
the grants for land sorth Of Walkers
line, were 80 imperfect that new in
dices would hive 10 lie made. Tie
"..,ce Was not supplied "ith suitable
bookcase and presses to protect AID
To preserve the book. and papers. The
p!at> and surveys were put up IN bun
de-, ia pa.er wrapp'r', ani expr-ed
to the dust and the ravaGes Of roi- snd
mice sEd s0me Ut the bundles are so
badly cat 10 pieces ths; they are not
l-gihle While some OF them were de-
S,roved. or have i"-n lost out of the
Office. There are -0He Of the record
b0nhs which need re binding, and
some that. from long Use, have be-
come SO much worn. and the wgi'in"
80 dim, that the transrribing Of their
c"n,ea;, into new book IA, become
in absolute necessity.
Since | have been in the office, |
have had The 1855 surveys; hereto
s5re referred 30, registered have H.
sued patents thereon, aud hsve had
the patents recorded. | have sl>o had
recorded. in the proper books, over A..
500 patents that hsd been issued and
sen, out of the Office by NV predece.-
sors, before they were recorded. This
recording had to be done IRON the sur
veys upon which the patents were Is
sued. | have made indi 'es to the
grants Issued from 1869 to December
lst, 1877, beginning with Grant Book
No. IS, and ending with Grant Book
No. Gin all, twenty-five books Of
over 800 pages each; and | have
made an index to the Register OF Sur
yeys from February, 1878, to Decem-
be, lSi, 1877. / have also made
new index to the grants for lands
south of Waiker's line, and have com-
menced new indices TO the grants west
of the Tennessee river. Since Sep
tember 9th, 1875, ! have received and
registered 7S2 plats and surveys, and
Issued 66S patents from these surveys,
leaving II ON which patents are TO be
issued. But few of these have been
registered long enough 10 allow TIE
patents to issue. | have had these
patents all recorded, except about two
hundred, which have not been signed;
and if tAey are ever signed and re-
corded, it will not be until, the case,
now pending in the Franklin Circuit
Court, of johnson rs. the Register, is de-
ciled.
This statement shows that, since
september 6, 1879. | have issued g.
sol patents, and that during this time
there were over 1900 patents, record
ed in the Grant Books of the office. |
havs had the office supplied with suit
able bookcases and presses for the
safe keeping Of the books and papers.
and have had all the surveys put in
file-hoxes. TO keep them from heing
destroyed BY dust and nice.
WORK TO BE DONE.
| referred, in my reIort two years
20, 10 the fact that there were 3S.-
797 plats and surveys on file in the
office. which were not recorded in the