Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-05

hns been compiled and published and
new maps OF California, Colorado, No.
Yada aud New Mexico are nearly COM
plctcd, A new map OF Oregon has
been finished, and maps Of Mississippi,
Illinois, Iowa and the Indian Territory
have been revised.
SWAMI LANDs.
Tho swamp-lnnd selections were 2,-
G0B 700 % acres, an inCrclsc Of 1885,
62b77 acres making total OF 70, &C..
Si0,DB acres claimed by states under the
swnmp land grnnt up 10 the close Of the
| fiscal year. Lists embracing 82G,728 "
acres were approved, q decrease Of 5l9,-
OG2 II acres. Patents were issued for
$50, B53 % acres. The tota! nrcn patent
cd or approved under the swnmp-lNnd
| grant 10 1920, oSG.Gl acres.
! CDHh Indemnity claims amounting 10
$40 ,d9l 8H were adjusted and allowed, nm
| increase OF p,Bl0.5l. Indemnity lands
were patented TO the amount OF 3,2ll 80
acres, decrease Of lO,i20.0i acres. The
total cash Indemnity allowed since the
| pasSnpc of the Indemnity acts * 8l 800 D
| Di833, and the total amount OF iudomni-
| " land patented Is bbl iS8.BB.
/ Five special agents were employed in
making examinations in the field OF lands
claimed under the swamp grant aud la
| representing the government ~ the TAX
| Ing OF testimony respecting the character
OF the land claimed
PRIVATE LAND CLAiMa.
! Seventeen private land claims have been
! patented during the year two in Cali
| iprnin, fourteen in Arkansas, Alabama,
| Louisiana and Florida ana one In New
| Mexico.
| Nlnpty-lhrcc private claims have been
| reported aud are on file Tor examination,
yiai California, 49, New Mexico aud
Colorado, ~ Florida and Louisiana, "a F.;
dcrlyntiyc claims under the Las Animas
grant IN Colorado, 20.
Patents have been issued ON nfty-nlne
donation claims In New Mexico and Wash
! lnpton Territories, and 22G New Mexico
! donation claims have been rejected TWO
| hundred and nineteen similar claims re-
main undecided, ll6 being in New Mexico
aud Arizona ana l0l In Washington Ter
! rtOry aud Oregon.
Six hundred aud twonty.nInd private
land scrip locations were approved for
palcnt aud nlnety-four are pending.
! Patents were issued ON 1853 Indian soy.
crafty claims
RAILROAD SELECTIONS,
| Eighteen rullroad patents and one
/ WuROnfnhu patent were Issued during
tho last fiscal Joar, embracing ,i5i, lDg.i2
nCrrH.
Llsts Of selections are on nle amount.
4 Ing 10 il,27a, 057.Bl, acres, out Of
! which l2,567a8pl7 acres are sus.
4 pended on account ~ the failure of
/ the companies 10 Goinpluto thoir rondy
wltllll Che time required by the granting
nets,
! The number OF settlement claims with
/ III ralrond llults pending Ht the close OF
\ the fiscal year was slG6, OF which gO5l
! have received golno action aud en- have
I not huen acted upon.
I One hundred and slXty.fOur aud one.
half miles ofmud.gnnt railroad wore ~.
/ ported as constructed, making the total
| reported construction 90 June 30, 1885,
| 1861 9 miles
SURVEYS,
The public surveys made during the
( year embrace the following Areas
surveys OF public lnnla ..,..... 20. sos ooe ca
| huty0'H OF private lend clOime %. i7pa7 on
/ hNF"iN'9H VI phpllo JANUS, .'t.at.t ll7odpd 90
\
Total 1854. t..,..,...,........ ~ 5aa. esp on
WM, a, j, SrARRa,
COpmlssionor.
/ HON. L.Q. G, LAMAR,
Secretary of the Interior.