The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-21
TOWN saTF.
ToWa site Of Sesssle ". valenslDe
&c 01.

A town may Be located npon the public
lands. or partly upon the public
lands and partly upon tho private
lands. but iu case the inhsbitants OF
the town reside upon the private
lands they cannot b Considered -
occupants OF the public lands for The
purposs Of supplying tAs number OF
inhabitants necessary TO suthoeixe an
entry of tho public lands.
The rigb. OF . town 70 make sn entry
must be computed upon the basis Of
the nu0bsr Of occupants Of the pub
lie lands.
Location Of Valentine scrip within the
limits Of sn incorporated town de-
Died. y
DERARINRSr or TaH lx4IRI0o.
WAsgGxorox. D. c. March IL. 1SaA
.SlR: ! have coesidersd the eass =
TIE City Of 6ea.1ls ". Hugh 2sAlsee,
ct o.. prs-emption claimants. the North
srn Pacific RAilruad Company. and
Thomas B. Valentine. scrip claimant,
involving certain lands in sections 4. s.
8 and 8. township ~ north range 1 east,
Olympic land district. Washingten
Territory. on sppssl from your deeisioo
OF January II. 1871. r.jsctiag ths clains.
OF oil the parties except that Of Thomas
b. Valentine 10 one tract Of land.
The fActs Of ibis case are - fellows.
viz: The lsUds in dispute, together
with 322.64 aores immediately west Of
the same. were settled upon aod locatsd
in 1859 BY D. 8. MsysNd. . mesris1
man. under the oct Of Congrsss ap-4
proved September 26. 1850. commonly
known ~ the Donation Act"
Said location Was known % doostioa
ciaim No. IS. fer $40 acres. and notin.
cation (No. 4O7) of the locasiosof said
claim wAs dated October 36, 1853.
Donatio1 certificate No. 40. for said
claim. was issnsd BY the losal land OF.
icsrs to D. 8. Asynasd and Catherine
P. Maynard. bis vito. on May 18th.
1863.
On August IL. 1872. your prsdsoss.
sor, Mr.. Commissioner Drom0eud,
reject ed the wifs's claim to the east hale
OF said location. aud approved the hus-
bands claim to the west half thereof,
aud this dscision was aAlrosd b. my
predecessor. Hon. c. DsiAno, on 1arch
!. 1873. - as
After ths rejection of the elsio of tAe
wife to the east half OF said claim, the
public surveys we're extended over the
Land and plat Of survey died IN the
local Land Office On March l0.. 1874.
The origiusi town Of 6eelelo sas
founded in 1881. and the occupied poe.
ton Of the present city is lscated on the
w.st or approved portion Of the Nay.
nsrd donation claim.
The city of SEATTLE WAS incorporated
BY the Territorial Legislstsrs on Dc.
cember 2. 1859, and oil of the lands in
dispute were included within the corpo.
rats limits thsreof.
A new ct Of incorporation was pess-s
ed by the Territorial Leeislatuse o.
November 10, 1872. .Asd By seetiaa l07i
thereof it was provided:
Sec. 1O7. All of the act OF which
this act u s~endatory. except the sec.
tions incorporated herein without
amendmcut otherwie aAap schapaing
the number thereof. b, and the s1me
10 hereby. repealed.
"All other acts or parts Of acts here.
tofore passed in relation 70 the subject
matter herein contained 81 hereby r.
peslsd.
.sAbd ell other acts oe pasts q ~ 10
any way inconsistsnt with this act ere
hereby repealed"
The tracts 10 ssetioas = aod 8 were
not included vithia the corporate Limits
Of the city By the act Of 1915.
On Nay -. 1875. Henry L. Yssles.
mayor Of the city Of Seattle. applied o.
behalf ofsaad oity to satss tbs lands II
question. 81
The reoosds chow thal the lAads -
piled 6os he'd prisr 20 thas tins bssa
plated Into lots. bloetA sAtrestA alIsys.
and . public park.
The city 10 shows r. .eootai4 ieom
5000 70 $500 inhabitantS. aoss Of eho0
feside - the approved psstjns - ~
old 4ayuaxd olaim. 'fs 3 81 !
The only actual inpsosens1Gs = H..
lands in quessiss ere eAoes'UaAe - ~
prs.smption claiossts saAspost q .
corral attached 70 the slaug6 g6tee-hoass
Of Phslps = wsdlsish. ssds.ss
This b the osss ps.o1ntud by The
city. Hugh 0aAleee 1lsd dsclasa1esy4
staaeasat 3le9 Soe loes % aod "a, 80
tion I. lots Z. .. and ., ssctioa 8, aad
lot 8. sscties q q Apeil 3, 1o7l, q.
leeing ssttlemsnt Novsaboe q. 1850.
F. 4. 1inick alsd declssetesy seaes-
ment s230. jane IS. 1874, Soe lots 3
and 9. section 4 allegtsg settleoent
June q, 1874. aud ,made prooe sao1
paynsnt Hay I. 1915 Per enesstsy!
No. 5O69.
E ". Blsks 1lsd hasolasaApsy sests.
ueat s2l2. Jaly :. 1914. foe los - and
4: s.ssios :. alieGiag estslsasss Jsly
Eplraim Oalvsss alsd lsslassAssy
stsssnsee ss4s. July II. 1874. ise loe
s. :sssios 9. allssizR.eeAlsnsae Jaiy
chaslss @. RieA aisa dssass,tcEr
staseusat 311A Jaly 4, lSA IL ls1sx.
all ssa -. ssseioa =. sllegiae sueaie.
nens Juns ~ 1874. ed ns1a 0nGh,
ssssy No. So1l. Janaasy 8 l651.s
The odd sseGicas = rid township
not seserveA e11,osaqtsds = oehef-
wise sppeopsalsd. a1d ftes floa pss-
eopeioo q oshee elaiDs - ylk1e
vsse vishdsovu toe ~ booe1t a IL
Nosthes RsoGe SRaf1fon1 sbopany -
Augu1e Il. 1879.
1homas q. Ya1satiae nade applieae
tioa O 1sy 4. 1871, - sssaAs valssr
tiss sssjp ] Nes. ~. -. - -
S00 % lees :, q. .. 10. II. Il, - -
ll,.sesesoa 4 He alee esplise . Jsns