Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-08-04
C0PP'S LAND REVIEW.
Land Scrips-Names-V
 Used.

The various warrants, certificates Rn,
 scrips which may be used in the acquire
 nent of title to public lands are knOwl
 under the general term of Land ScrIps
 The most common of these are Rsyo
 tionsry Bounty Land Sorips, issued il
 satisfaction of Virginia Land Warrants
 Military Bounty Land Warrants issue
 for service ID v6Is prior to March 3
 1855; Agricultural College Scrip, issued
 to the several States to aid in the esta-
 blishment of institu ions for teachins
 agriculture and mechanics; Supreme | Court and Surveyor's-General Scriss
 issued in lieu of southern private grants
 sold by the government.
 These warrants or scrips can be used
 Ia the purchase of lands just ss cssh
 might be used, and fees to registers and receivers are required upon the location of all of them except the Revolutionary | Bounty Scrip. They are therefore 6c- tuslly below psr-that IS while The face value IS Sl.25 per acre. they cannot be | sold for quite that much.
 Another c ass O, scrips, known SC Ger tincstes of Deposit, IS that issued on deposits for surveys. The face value is 5l 20 per acre, but as they cannot now be used outside of the State ID which the land surveyed IS situated, they can not be sold for that amount. They can be used only where cash would serve.
 Several scrips of private character not locatsble outside ceftisn name d States orIncipslly FloridR-hAve been issued, but are not considered of sufficient gene ral interest to merit specific description.
 Soldiers Additional Homestead Certi- ficsies will take any vacant unappro- rristed, unreserved, public land that has been surveyed. These certificates were issued to soldiers, sailors. and marines, who had made homesteads Of less than l6O acres prior to June 2, 1874, that they might be placed on sn equal foot ing with their comrades wko were by law allowed to enter l60 acres. The is- susnce of the same was discou tInued in 1883, and persons entitled so additional lands are now required to 20 to the To- cal land office and make their additional entries in person. The law forbids the transfer of these certificates, but the provision is evsded by means of two powers of sttorney-one to locate and another 10 sell the land. The value of these certificates is $50 and upward per acre,
 There are several private scrins, vary ing in quantity from 40 to $40 acres, | that sell from $30 to $50 per acre, and | Scrip-thst will take only | offered or unoBered surveyed land. be- cause of peculiar wording of the law un- der which it was issued, IS held at S6O | per acre.
 Sioux Half Breed Scrip will take un- public land. Improvement of he land IS 6 condition precedent 10 To- 'stion. A large amount of this scrip Ess stolen from the General Land Office ome yesrs ago after 1t had been locat- d, and when one of the stolen pieces makes its appearance now. the scrip is and the location declared void.
 In numerous cases it has been ascer- aimed that powers of attorney have been from the Indians through rsud. and the locations have thus been efeEted, Notwithstanding these oir- 1t IS worth from $35 10 S45 er acre.
 Porterfeld Scrip IS the only scrip that i'll take land within an incorporated Ity or town, A decision by the Land department to the effect that 1t would ake unappropriated lands, with i'm thereon, caused this scrip to ring very high prices. Sales at SlOO ' ar acre have been made. Valentine Scrip will take surveyed or offered or unoffered, uusp- non-minsral public land , enerslly. and can be located on mine 1, Il land 10 Minnesota. Michigan and ' 'isoonsin. Neither residence nor im- , is required. Valentine Scrip . generally used 10 take unsurveyed ' lblio land, because it is legally assign 4 ,le and free from objectionable features. ., is worth about S6O per acre.
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