Show land warrants r the following letter from the general fand tand and office will save a vast deal of inquiry about t es and disadvantages 0 besof of the different sized land jand warrants all sizes edies of land warrants can be used ill in proving up preemptions preempt ions and also in entering railroad lands GENERAL LAND OFFICE washington DC I 1 nov noi Nol 18 18 ks tsi s thompson bros new york GENTLEMEN in reply to the question questions s propounded po in your letter of the dinst I 1 have io to state that a preem preemptor can locate two warrants for 80 acres each oil on a quarter section of land containing acres to which be he has a valid preemption claim but khe 1 the application for tor the t h e location must in the case of each warrant P describe the precise half quarter section on which the warrant is to be located ad A preempt use one warrant for 80 acres and S loo in money in satisfaction for his preemption claim to a quarter quarte r section containing lio iio igo acres but the warrant must bf be surrendered in satisfaction for one half halt quarter section and the money must ife be applied to the purchase of the other half balf quarter section sec tift ad he can locate one warrant for acres on three quarter sections and one 40 acre warrant on the remaining quarter quarter section embraced in his preemption claim I 1 1 ath he can locate a warrant for acres j oh three th ee quarter quarter sections embraced inn in his hil claim and pay for the remaining quarter guart quarter quart cr tr section with 50 in money ath A locator upon gands held at 2 50 per acre railroad lands can locate his warrant for acres on three 40 acre tracts by paying the excess price of 1 25 per acre with cash and he cin can then locate hig big warrant a acres ris on on the remaining 40 acre tract in like manner ma ne r 1 t I 1 i that thai isaach i kach warrant location locati on must tin jin etly d describe es bibe ulbe the he tract s containing the number er of aar acres i es ca called led fo for r by its face a and i na no more but if the locator i finds it to his bis interest int erist to surrender his warrant for 80 or acres for a tract trad or tracts of land containing a fraction less than the called for by the face of the warrant be lie can do so but be must MU at take the land in full satisfaction for his big warrant it is believed that the foregoing contains a full answer to all the questions p presented resented ill in your letter above alluded to very respectfully I 1 THOS A H ENDRICKS commissioner of the general land office ap Q try for a day I 1 beseech you to pre seiyu seive yourself in an easy and cheerful frame fr me of mind be but for one day instead of a fire worshipper wor shipper of passion the sun worshiper of clear self seif possess possession loh lob and compare thedac in which you have rooted out the weed of dissatisfaction is with that on which you have allowed it to grow up and you will mil find your heart open to every every good motive your life strengthened and you your r breast armed with a panoply pato pat pai ply against every trick of fate truly vou you will w opler wonder at at 1 your own improver improvement nent jean paul richter |