The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-22

Location and construction.
A considerable portion OF tho lands
applied for in the lists above referred
to are within the granted limits of the
Marquette, Houghton and Ontonagon
railroad, and as to such lands. said
lists were finally rejected by this Office
November Z, 1891, under the sec, ctary's
decision Of October 81, 1891, (l3 l.. d.,
463) and the lands restored to entry.
An examination OF said lists shows
the following:
List No. appears to bo in proper
form, and under tho honorable
secretary's decision, Q3 l.. D., 463 the
lands SHOULD be awarded to the COM
pany.
List No. 2 covers all vacant lands
in the common limits of the Ontonagon
and Brule River and Marquette,
Houehton & Ontonagon grants. AS
the company is only entitled under
said decision of tho secretary 20 a
moiety of such vacant lands, the
governor OF the state has been reuest-
ed to procure from the company u
REIMBURSEMENT OF an amount approx
mating one half OF the lands vacant,
and then reconvey the same to the
United States, in order that they may
be restored to the public domain.
When this is done L see no objection to
the admission of tho list as to those
tracts which the company elects to
retain in lieu of its moiety interests in
all the vacant lands in said common
limits.
List No. 3, being for indemnity on ac-
count OF lands lost in the clear six
miles limits of the grant, covers 1,lG0.
GO acres in The six miles limits OF the
Marquette. Houghton & Ontonaeon
grant, and 997.52 acres i'll the fifteen
miles limits of the Ontonogon & Brule
River grant, outside OF tho six miles
limits of the Marquette. Houghton and
Ontonagon grant. This list was finally
rejected as to the ,160 90 acres by said
letter Of Nov. z. 1891. The losses
designated for the Remaining ,937.52
acres covered by this list appear to be
properly specified and in accordance
with departmental regulations, being
practically tract for tract, as required.
and should it be finally determined,
upon the adjustment of the grant thnt
tho lands designated rs "lost" form o
proper basis Tor the selections made in
lieu thereof, see no reason why the
907.52 acres in question should not be
awarded TO the company.
List No. 4, as aforesaid, designates
80, ,9S4 81 acres in the common limits"
as 30 "lost." and makes apple ,tion to
select 10,968.S6 acres in lien thereof.
An examination of this list shows that
it was finally rejected, as to maay Of
the tracts applied for therein, on Nov.
Z, 1891, as aforesaid, and that the
specification of losses of such lands as
it claims idemnity for are not in
accordance with departmental regu'a-
tions governing the selections of indem-
nifty lands, such regulations prescrib-
ing that the selections mnst be designat-
ed with particularly, tract for tract.
and correspond with the designation Of
losses as nearly as may be by legal
subdivision.
The designations of losses made in
the list under consideration do not con-
form 10 this requirement, but are large
ly by entire sections, whereas the lands
applied for in lieu of such losses in
no instance exceed q quarter section.
Such attempted selection is, therefore,
obviously contrary to departmental
circular of August f. 1885, aai to re-
cent departmental decision re'at-
ing to iudemity selections (see IL l.. D.,
42S, ~ l.. d., 518, Ii l.. d., $40 and 15
l.. d., 101) and the claims Of
company, rs to any
OF the tracts embraced in said list not
heretofore rejected must be denied un-
til such time as it makes application
therefor in proper form and designates
it's "lost' lands in accordance with the
requirements of the department.
AS to the remaining applications,
lists Nos. 5 10 10. inclusive, / lave TO
say that these are wholly irregular in
TINT they ale applied for as part OF
$40, sections etc, whereas the
honorable secretary under date of Oct.
81. 1891, expressly denied the claim of
the company to that amount of land,
and held that the line of constructed
road furnishes the measure for the
/ grant and that the amount OF land to
which the company is entitl d is the
number of acres included in the odd sec
tions within the six miles granted
limits coterminousN with constructed
road. and without the granted limits oi
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