The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-02-28

Pa1DllPTION LAWS.
Considerable attention hao been
givoo a late 70 Tie abase 0f the pro-
empGioo laws ID vasjoos parts Il the
country. Thsss laws wess pssssd
with Tie ohjeet Al having The lands
u Tie eosstsy ihll into ths hands of
aetual sellless; bst The I'D expesiesee
a thsir woskisg eoselssivsly shows
that they have been The means BY
which speeelaeosy hsvs bseo eoabSed
% aequirs title b large tsaots of the
public do0ai1. II thls issue = found
IN aoeoont q how . CoSosn6o sPeeu-
lalor acquired title 70 5000 acres of
psblje hsd By hiring men to repse-
seut Acljcioass chasaeters. Still 0oeo
ssegsstivs are the records q TIE Hu-
ros, Dakota, land oGIes from OF. Q,
1852 to Dee. 81, lsss, IN which were
Aled by claimsnty l.31e pro smptioa
and bomssteads, Als pseof iae III, ga
aerss; 1859 pse.rmptioa and so1disss'
hoaseateads, Alings foe 81. 40 aeses;
l,s74 homeslsad estsiss, and tor $780,
10 aesss; eight hundred and thirty
nine thinker culture entities fos ls2y 81
aeees. Gland total AZ aeseo claimed
from the governnent, 744,so& The
cash receipts from 6nal proofs, etc.,
wese)ez2, SOC.
The lard gsaG6ing, uwder the pso'
emption laws aSs 10 new thing; they
have been taken advantage Of daring
the eotirs time they have stood upon
the statute books. The temptation
b too great to obtain la.d 1t = nomi-
nal peiee which will ID . short time
enhaoce to 8 and go pei acfe. The
abuses have bsen - great aud the de-
pasture from The original iotention
% marked thatth Hoass last week
engrallsd an amendneot On the Sur
dry Civii Bill providing that pre-
smpeion laws, together with Ill lAwa
autherizing the ding al . deelara-
tosy statement foe entriss q public
lasd By IN agent q attorney, BE- and
ore bereby repealed" The amend-
spent fasiher provides that . person
who lsas a nay make an entry un-
der The homestead 1t lnay have III
privilege u paying the ,Dinlma0
price for the lasd. It also pgovidea
thaG applications for the beneits Of
The timber culiure act nssi
BE made In pessoa as The peopes
local hand o0ee, By actual
residents OF the locality. by the per-
soma making oath that they have mol
entered into e0otsact toF the dis.
POSI- II the rause, present o. pros'
pecsivsly. aud that 10 pateots fos
such lands shall b issued until tn
reqairemeuts Of the law shall hav>
been fully complied with.
The design Il thin snDesdment b
jast and wholesome. The pioneer
Who 20 upoa The psbaIe lands and
psgfect their title 70 . hoc,s shosld
| ~ b soejscted to TIE hardship 81
oakiaG valuahle adjacent lasds held
b. Des Who have Dot settled By theil
sl6s andshared their hssdships. II,
y satielsd b fA1 more consideration
than ~ speculation and hand shark
that swarm about the country
The ameu1t q Tevenue derived froa
to saDe of pablic hand
has always been . minor con
s1desatieo with the (ioveeume0t
II Teve1ue bod been the object
~ EsedissG way to obtain Il woak
have bsea - PIT lands - fast - sur
vsyed uP q pabl'c sale. But th'
eevssa0sst wisely discontinued thi
soiei1al palisy over thirty yean go
Il ~ theegstieally held its lands Il
trsrt ~ ~ psop1s, and that It b.
bsso thvastsd h ito parpose No. oil!
bsea besaasssPsealatoss and pedurs,
seeoDassos havo taken advantage Q
H. pso.s0pt3oa laws, which hsv'
now bsea repealed ID one hsaach Q
CoQ9vooo, aod viii, q y hoped, 5oog
- % ~ o1hoI.
| h s1pssisoee q CEowe]l, who u
eot fse 10Eope . ~ days siDes fto1
New Yssk, lsaving Instantly in want
ard ssssowing essdisess 70 noarn hi
departure. publishs6 IN to-day's dia
patches, = bat . Sopetitioa q nan!
similar eases within The ksowlede
ot mining eolnnUnities. Whes~ me,
have ignosantly and boolishly throwl
good Nancy into IT, groooa vitheo
any reassoahae peosPsse ~ ~ Ssl1su
!
Sslmi Nome invited Q numbos q
peopIs to witneD Tie seheassal q d
passion play ~ FrIday, and w. q
rsstea shoetly altsr the pssS6snases
oo00eoood. Noeso 0oooonoo0 d