Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-04
'''',...r>TAL REPORTS.
rom Fourth Page.

amount $3.50, 1859.
, ,Ds,on lands, and 1929.
~ y congress. The tota.
connection conn with th,
o,,blic lands amounted
OF which amount
y N account of the sale
n. The increase in re,
ss Var 1883 over that OF
!, was SS.3l9,S67.6 6, and
Isl, ss,so5,o7o.s4; pre-
.Syate entries, 4, 465, 665.
Is'r.caIture entries, s,llo,,
N H. number of homestead
\. Y, embracing S,17l,7l4 3S
e. ;S'.iaded in The lands dis
y. nI In addition thereto,
~ sapepmption filings, 4,oeo
S.,story statements, and
sl,,II,neous filings, these
.@bracing in the aggre-
the number of claims
~, ,.s q was 55, 54S over that
KS s and $500 over that
ID. the number of entries
! Sm,teuting under various
Z increase of 20, 239 over
~ 1852. Four thousand
" and seventy-four con-
Y, M examined and acted
gs,tbs fiscal year. The num-
.mptIon cases undecided
n WIS l2,542, an increase
n arrears of 2,370, and
u. we're received for ac-
',sasable amount of tim
- I'D at pull bic sale; but
,,Ir,tA FIR agricultural pur-
"a offered at public sale.
amt Of work done by the
.'s5pr the fiscal year can
n ne foregoing summary.
,u,sruDLIc LAND.
a.ten much complaint con-
.lteslappropriation of the
''aIs DaIties who for stock
rs,~ vast commons to
-,1uot pretend to have any
,seA Is is given to them
e.hs sue.
,resthsse the commissioner
,nlind office says:
~ Istosing public lands by
'Ss,pl mmpanies for exclusive
sr.slseIiensiyely continued
ryrsJ:Ies west of the Mississippi
= ,sr.s sometimes cover sew
.sIhNNaiacres. Special agents
III kAye Ridden many miles
ss.ndslfes, aud that the same
u. s.taArmiug land.
slvnNnnges in different seq
a1rgnsHltntI ~ controlled In |
= HfEt! ikame persons, who
n a,ishetiven from one to |
n rsFtGeee season, keeping |
sk,A. skuer fence and pre-
IN gn6iulH ranchmen from
pssytsisof II.
nEEFiHlcan capital Is I'M
ankfeiire. ted in stock-rais-
rr.iietsg unlawful appropri-
Klk1A Legal settlements by
Efsny are arbitrarily pro-
rsnla Is Interrupted, and
1assa made of the detention
W The existence of these
~ have been received of the
sssliml date settlers or expel
laaosed lands.
tslltable for agriculture
used of only to the act
pa the homestead laws.
Nance with the law
hnired in all cases. No
by can befall a country
Flhe land owned by a few,
|APel the masses of the peo-
Eslhe tenants of such land
a,s been the policy of the
heretofore to distribute
n MA among the people in
Ills as would enable all de-
sage IN agriculture to do
,ners and not as renters.
ny grows rich the tenden-
ssfegate the lands in the ,
\, y number of people. This
u which the general gov
y y, called TO deal after ii
llh the title of its land,
'ntf of the public land,
: people of the United
ollles The duty of the gov
Y That the laws intended I
ialT distribution of these
ely enforced.
PENSIONS.
OF The commissioner of /,
v that at the close of the :
ne were 1903, 65S pension -
Us ioliows: 4"
l minor children and de- y
'''''''''''''. ''....".".......... 1f,3Ii y
M rirs :, "a; 4, .;;:,........ 900. 2,i6S o
ss ai and de n
VA n, I, ,.;.'''''.,.......",.. I.SJI IA
q ~ ~, ~ lel2,......"........... 1881 T.
- "ho served In the a
4
''''.....-....,.,..,. ~ ,335 n
alue9 10 the pension roll II
~ The names of IS, 1852 C
4, and 7S6 whose names
i9asly dropped from the A
sefe restored, making a
~ added to the roll |,
zoS ,g5S, being an excess o
q I added the previous G.
!. curing the year 20,997 t,
ny dropped from the h
! ! causes, leaving n net n
y rolls of l7,96I. The "
s !. dropped from the "
ny names of those who n
Iled on the rolls after n
u settlement and pay e.
amount due such +,
le average annual value il
- we eiose OF the year /,
l I aggregate value Of all
IN, l92. AZ, an increase pl
~ NJ The previous year of Il
! ne Total amount paid b,
~ llurlng the year was
me excess on the an
pensions is mainly for
IN, ols covering the period
''"shee OF the claim. Ia
vel Of claims filed for n,
i ieo While in the SER ST
,feo, ~, OF which 245,- IN
and by widows Ia
1aths chargeable to the n,
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