The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-13


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insuIlclens clerical force u me department, and
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wricn naa mace selections Was 20 iar Denlnn.
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.Anu ol'lce y 'n's o.A'e snrew every impedment
~ sno way, assefsns 'na' atsS par. o lhe
lanu se's'aeu was MOI swamp ana oveInoweo.
40 mees 'n's uosernor Drew went 70 Wasning'
ION ana succeeded 10 having commission ap-
pointed TO come out and examine the land. This
commission aHer thorough examination re-
Jecsed only tnirty OF forty thousand acres OF
nearly Iour million which had been selected.
Ano'ner mater was also looked after, and the
secretary OF tne interior was requested TO allow
'ne same commission 20 examine the land that
would come under the Indemnity Claim !" e g.
land that should have fallen 10 the State under
the act OF 1880, but whith had been sold BY the
government before the selections were made by
the State, the price OF such lands being due the
State but the Secretary OF the Interior was dts
inclined to allow the claim, unless each legal
subdivision was carefully examined by . com
mission appointed by himself) This request
was granted, ana under the allowance made BY
this commission the State will recover some e15,-
OQO or 9SOOOO IN money, and more than 10000
acres in land yet TO be selected from the unsold
government lands.
In addition to this successful prosecution Of
the claims referred to. Colonel . WALES also re-
covered from the general government, from what
Is knowR as the Palatka Military Reservation"
some $4,000 acres of land which had never been
claimed before He also. with the assistance Of
Colonel W. T. Beard, OF Tallahassee, prosecuted
our claim for money, paid by the Stale during
the Indian war, and bad the case Ia very ad-
vanced condition before the Gloss of Governor
Dfew's administration.
Through the diligence and perseverance, Of
Colonel Wales, the above large rewards were
gained to the State under and bv virfue of n con-