Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-24
THY O IuLp NOT BIT TAKEN

SEQ Tor NIL cuou iHuoo cAocps toooo ~
st the d ate ct the grants.
A large nunb-r OF tracts which we're
eovstsd by pre- enpti0n and homestead
claims at the date OF definite location
Of the Rad, ar vnica were embraced 10
entries reserved of othersiss app'opsi
ted at the date of the grsuts, were.
apon teinR vac ,t-d. p tented 20 the cor
porations II vIolsti.n Of toe decision
OF tue Supreme Court. After procuring
al Of tue alternate sections in the
sr .pt.d i,mits possible, the companies
sere all wed TO obtain Illegally large
.monnt II snds from the alternate SEQ
lions ia the Indemnify limits, aud 70 en-
,bie them a. d. ~ tneir Indemnity
ish,s wer- enlarged BY various uSau
thor d means. They we're allowed.
tor many years. to take lands in lien OF
racts which we're IN reservations Al
the date Of the eraniipg acts.
,criu. vi ere there Was q uaot falling
s.t. n TIN lran cd LIMITS OF the com-
o ,nie- b " NJ Qr tn,s Of the same date /,
ney would e4cn be snii' led TO a noiet,
.niv; bot VI the trsot Was found to
lave been Id prior to tie definite loca
ION Of the rods. then each o,mO-n,
,ouli - permitted to select another
r4ct 10 II. ind-muity limits OF EQUAL
z. t. thu lust tr tct. ms, al OF being
united 10 h,lf tbst quantity. A stili
1nidsr and more q grant violation OF
i.w Wa tue pfscEice adhered TO Tor n
ere Il many years. witch ptr,sitts d the
,,mpN les to take indemnity ~itnOai
1 signaling the Tracts w al wsich they
lsed their right. aud Ritter thi. prsc
tice o-a.td. they were ailoSed 10 Inrke
ntir q. l-rtious and hsv them approved
sItt out sp-oif, ing tn. tracts for which
hey h.o previously TAKEN indemnify.
There Is
no RIoHT OF ISDFMS,rY
Exoert tor tracts LOST to the .rant, YET
ind-n nifty has been given sit cut tn.
tracts for which Is Vas alto Sed being
shown, and. In f,ct. where there wers
20 lands which could form the basis fol
The indemnity. missioner So rks
u csisr Of August 4. 1885, vas intended
TO correct, a. Tar as possible At this late
late, this evil. and the companies will
not be allowed any more Indemnity
aRtil they have designated lands whics
can form the basis for ,he ind nui ]
slre4dy taken. A very serious obstaeis
to the scheme of euIsrRing the grant By
illegally iBcrsasioR the right to indem.
nifty was found in the restricting clause
in the grants which limited the right Of
indemnity 10 alternate sections within
curtain prescribed limits known as in.
dsnnitv limit. Tbs 10 one Of the
most important qualifications In the
grants, and it vaa soon discovered
that the amount of Indemnity which
many Of the companies would other.
wise be entitled TO ooald not be OBJ.
tains d in these limits. and hence the
grants would thereby ke reduced. or
rstbeF, restricted to sach lands ~ could
he fonnd within the prescribed limits
This Limitation could only DO overcome
by obia,ninR the requisite amount OF
laI d. from the even sections where the
odd seciiana were granted. or from the
public lands at a greater distance from
{ % road than specified in the acts, and
With viev OF doing this 20 - % IRE
vent d. Il, tiou the act OF June 20, 1874
wss r~sorted 10. This act expressly
prov;de that IL shall not be 90 con.
stru. A. 20 eularee or extend any grant
10 such railroads. II merely gave the
companies d o right upon relipquishine
certsin era, oil l,nds TO the Govern
,nent tor the oenefit of settlers thereon
tn select o'hsr trdc's IN lien the reoi
from the vacant public ituds within the
tlnits Of tbs Qssot. The act vas 90
,unstrued a. 10 allow the lieu iandG
to be
rAKKx FROM TIE nEsxRvKp ALIHRSArz
ACTIONS
" ieh In no way came within the terms
Of the grant, and the dsor vas thu-
opened for the computes to take the
-v-n sections and avoid the limitations.
Toe acs only AUTHORISED the seieotioa Of
lands IN Ii. OF land q which toe com
psums had the superior right. vet they
have been psrnits-d far ysara 20 relin
qai~h and take sther landa In lieu Of
srscta tn wbicn the s~ttler had the prier
and better sishe No exSminasioos Of
be settlers proofs wers % I'd . 10 aseer
Jain when the claims to tL- rslipqu,shed
tracts we're initistsi. Thoos uLd, Of
&cres wsrs thusa>Quired Illegally. Bas
the N 81 excessive OPERATION Of I. ia
lii q vas 10 obtaining lsbds in lieu OF
,snd ~ the indemnity. hunts. TIE
right VI Indemnity does mos attach
o any particular tr.ct until a
Q ctiou thereof j. made bss~d 90
q ffsct io.t fssm the alsesn u
setsos. within the granted miss
IT, eomp, niss we're ailoscd ustit
1859 ~ rrii, q ,ish isnds Ia inde n
atty iim,ts vh,oa had never been select.
81. and sh,rh IL many casca vsfe EN-
sfaced 10 entries and patents, sn3 -
cleo; uod-r zoe Acs Of jana e, 1874.
a 80 i&eds IN tue even sec,isn% The
s~itie - rRns TO thoss rviipQu sbsd
.rarss smasseed . snni lee wAs In ma
vity at cx-ea supsssof % th4s Of the
Q ,sse~ NJ Q, aud vasr. this wss NOS the
s-s- the irssss roai not viii % appro
psisisd b made 50 isss tor s-i-cslon NJ
ss- h-ss I. Q under sn< "a a. le74
Is shis - sona til Q .mpAnisa onest.ed
ls,su ~ ssus e ksd u hen Of hnd.
4 Ia. iud~rs pi,y hmits. vhich had
. ,ss h n and coal nvt 10 selected,
All th@r. bv incr-sssd sneir ersnss
y thin taedisg the act OF April 81,
isse. dsss~sss toas ,hs sstti~rs have
zuE srsxssoa BaosI 70 ras LAxps
, itss q vais In isspsosisiea .aad diree's
o ,teuis 70 70 issasi 50 ths %. tbs cor.
o ,rstioNs have n<eu pesnIst<d % re-
ls qa.sh sncn lauds and s-iecs cshe,
tr ess 10 TIE svpn - rswrved D efipos
Fagshsr than q il. rr-as many sstri~s
have bean csndnsd undsr The acs Of
Apsil Il. 1915 vnsre 10 vaa NOS necss-
ssxs 10 iss b ~ pF0visieA. evidently
for The purposs Of enAhlsrR the oomDs-
siss % sss ~ Isnds snhsseed % suuh
sntsiea - hassd fss The seleestoa Of ne
even tse Ions lnAsnaisy haaaiso h<n
taben - . sTsaess eiaap0 lfo0 he
rusts = . tnas sulhsr'z = - 10 Aes.
Il h suiaot us b nsnesaa to =. VIM
esut sxtsosioa OF the g.. Pasl, Ninaa
s1oln and Maeiioha Raitrsa1 Con-
psnY, vh,eh - aI1oUsd - t01D lan<e