The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-03-31
THE BACKBONE LAND GRANT
.. ~. ssAGREEMENT.''

. WARRINGTON, D. c., Jan, 4, 1882.
To Hon. E. w. Robertson and Hon. N c.
Blanchard, Representatives. in Congress
from Louisiana
Gentlemen-In consideration of the
withdrawal by you of the protest and
objection filed by you with the
Department of the Interior, against the
recognition of the claim urged by the
n. o. Pacific railroad company to the
land grant made to the N. O. Baton
Rouge and Vicksburg railroad com
pany by the act of Congress of 1871,
and now claimed by the n. o. Pacific
company as transferees of the N. O.,
b. II. d v. company, on behalf of the
said N. O. Pacific company and any
other railroad association or combina-
ton with which said N. O. Pacific
company is connected, hereby agree,
consent and Obligate myself and the
said company and any other company
or association connected with it, that
the rights OF settlers and occupiers on
the lands included within the limits Of
the said grant shall be recognized and
protected as follows:
Settlers and Occupiers OF any of the
lands aforesaid, up to this date, shall
be given the right within twelve
months from the registry of the pat.
ents issued by the government to the
said company or its transferees, for
said lands, in the Office of the clerk of
the district court and ex-ofiicio recorder
of conveyances and mortgages of the
parish where the lands wanted by such
settlers or occupiers is situated, to file
their applications with the railroad
company, through agents to be desig-
mated by the company for the purpose,
for the land claimed or wanted by
them. Such settlers or occupiers shall,
at the time the title deeds are issued
to them, pay one.tbird in cash of the
price of the land SO occupied or settled
by them, and shall have one and two
years from that time, with six per cent
interest, in which to pay thi remain
der, vendors privilege and mortgage
to be retained by the company.
The price of land to be paid by such
settlers or occupiers shall not exceed
two dollars go 00) per acre, and the
quantity of land to be claimed by each
shall not exceed one hundred and six
ty (16O acres.
Immediately upon the registry of its
patents in the office of the recorder of
mortgages of tho parishes affected by
the land grant, the railroad company
shall give notice, by publication for
ten (10) days in newspaper published
in the parish where any settlers or
occupiers live, and also by publication
at the court house door of such parish,
the fact Of the registry of tho patents,
and that the company is ready to re.
ceive applications from settlers and
Occupters for the lands wanted by them,
and indicating the place where and the
person to whom the application should
be made.
Should this notice not be given i'm.
mediately upon the registry of the
patents, then settlers and occupiers are
to have twelve months IN. which to file
their applications, from the time of
giving such notice aforesaid.
Proof of settlement and occupancy
shall be the same as required by the
laws Of the United States for tho ac-
QUESTION of public lands, if required
by the company.
[Sisned.] e. b. WIIEELoCK,
Prest N. o. Pacific r. II. Co.
Accepted on behalf of settlers and
occnpiers. +. w. ROBERTSON,
M. G. 9th District of La
N. G. BLANCHARD,
M. G. 4th District of La,