The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-04

lien Of southern private grants sold hy
tile government
The warrants or sciips can he used in
the purchase OF lands just as cmsl, might
lie used, and fees 90 registers and rrceiv-
els are required upon the location Of all
al them except the Revolutionary Bounty
scrip. They are thercioleact.nlly Delow
par-that is, while theiacc value is 81 25
per acre. they cannot be sold for quite
that much
Another class Of scrip, known as Ger
tificates of Deposit, ~ that issued on de-
posts for surveys. The lace value X
$l.25 per acre, but as they cannot now
he used outside OF the state in which the
land surveyed is situated, they cannot
be sold for that amount. They can be
used only where cash would serve.
Several sclipS 81 private character not
locatahlc outside certain named states.
principally Floridi have been issued. hut
nre nat considered oi sufficient general
interest 10 merit specific description.
Soldiers Additional Homestead Ger
tllicates will take any vacant unapprOp-
rated, nnreseiycd, public land that has
been surveyed. These certificates were
issued 10 soldiers, sailors aud marines.
who had made homcsteads Of less than
100 acres prior 60 June %. 1874. that
they might be placed ON an equal footing
with their comrades who were by law
allowed 10 enter 100 acres. The issuance
81 the same was discontinued in 1888,
and persons entitled TO additional lands
are now required 10 20 to the local land
office and make their additional entries
IN person. The law forbids the transfer
OIL these certificates, but the provision Is
evaded hy fneslns OF two powers 81 attoi-
a.. ~ a
the land. The value 81 these certificates
Is $50 and upward per acre.
There are several private scrps. varyine
in quantity from forty to l6Oacres, that
sell from $50 to 500 per acre. and one--
tiirard ScIIp--tllat viii take only offered
or unoIiered surveyed land. because 81
peculiar wording Of the lnw under which
il was issued, is held at $50 per acre
Sioux Half Breed Scrip VIII takeunsnr-
veyvd public land. Improvement of the
land is Il condition precedent TO location.
4 large amount 81 this scrip was stolen
from the General Land Office some years.
ago after il had been located, and when
one OF the stolen pieces makes itsappear-
ancc now, the scrip is Cancelled and the
location declared void.
In numerous cHses IL has been nscci.-
tanned That powers ofattorney have been
ODlhlued rom the lnulnfh through fraud
and the locations have thus been defeat
ed. Notwithstanding these circumstances
il Is worth from SD 20 SD per acre
Porterteld Scrip Is the only scrip that
will take laud within AN incorporated
city or town. a decision by the Land
department Go the effect that it would
take unappiopriated lands. with inn
provenents thereon, caused this scrip TO
bring very hiuh pfiep@ Sales "a Ofl t,pl.
acre have been made
Valentine Scrip will take surveyed or
iinsurveved. offered cor unoiiered, unap-
propriated, non-mineral public land gem
ersllly and can be- located ON mineral land
IN Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin
Neither residence noe Improvement is re-
quiied. Valentine Scrip il generally used
10 take unsurveyed public hlnd, because
IL u legally assignablc and free from OBJ
iectionablc features. II il worth about
$50 per acre. HENRY ~ Corr.