The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-14
WAsHIseroS. D. O., Jan. /. 1882.

! % Hon. H. w fsOD1rtson anu hon. y. 4. fsiau-
chard, Representatives in Congress from
Louisiana:
Gentlemen-In consideration of the
withdrawal by you Of the ptotest and OBJ
lection filed by you with the department
Of the interior. against the recognition Of
the claim urged by the n. o. Pacific rail-
road The land grant mada to the n. o.
Baton Rouge and Vicksburg railread
bonspsny by act of congress of 1871. and
now claimed by the Y. o. Pacific railroad
company as transferees of the y. 0. p. r
& V. company, on behalf of the said n.
0. Pacific company and other railroad
association or combination with which
said n. o. Pacific company is connected,
Thereby agree, cansentand obligate my
self and the said company and other COM
pany or association connected with It,
that the rights of settlers and occupiers
on the lands included within the limits of
said grant shall be recognized and pro-
tccted as follows:
Settlers and occupiers Of any OF the
lands aforesaid, up to this date, shat be
given the right within twelve months
from the registry of the patents issued by
the government to the said company or
its transferecs, for said lands, IN the Office
Of the clerk of the distrsct court aud ex-
officio recorder Of fconveyances and mort
cages OF the parish where the lands want
ed BY such settlers or occupiers are situa-
ted. to file their application with the
railroad company, through agents to be
designated by the company for the pur-
pose, for-tho land claimed or wanted by
them. Such settler or occupier, shall at
the time the title deeds are issued to
them, pay onc-third of the prica 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 this remainder, vendors privilege
and mortgage to be retained by the COM
panv.
The price of land to be paid by such
settlers or occupiers shall not exceed two
dollars (s2.00) per acre. and the quanti-
ty Of land to be claimed by each shall not
exceed one hundred and sixty QsO) acres.
Immediately upon the registry Of its
patents in the Office of the recorder of
mortgages OF the parishes affected by the
land grant, the railroad company shall
give notice. by publication for ten Qo)
days in newspaper published in the par
ish where any settler or occupiers live,
aud also by publication at the courthouse
door Of such parish, of the fact Of the
registry of the patents, and that the COM
pahy is ready to receive applications from
sctllers and occupiers for the lands want
ed by them, ard indicating the place
where, and tho person to whom the ap-
plication should be made.
Should this notice not be given imme-
diately upon the registry Of the patents,
then settlers and occupiers are to have
twelve MOI tbs In which to fle their ap-
plicasions, from the time Of giring such
notice aforesaid.
Proof Of settlement and occupancy shall
be the same as required by the laws of
the United States for the acquisition of
public lands. IL required by the company.
ISigned1 E. y. WHEELocK,
Pres't. N. o. Pacific X. II. Co.
Accepted on behalf Of settlers and &C.
cnpiers.
E. w. ROBERTSON,
n. G. 9Th District ef La.
y. c. BLANCHARD,
M. G.. 4fh District of Ia