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Show RAILROAD LANDS. Soma Hist Cleaiod Away. Inijiortant Questions Plainly Answered An-swered by the Salt Like Land UHicers. Tbe following correspondence tbat baa just passed niskes plain some matters ia regard to railrtui Undo that ware heretofore soaiewhat in the dark : Salt Lakk Cnv, iN'oveajbdr (3, 1S7S. To Che Jtcyhter and Receiver L'. S. Land Oiice, Suit Lake City: Gentlemen I am in receipt of several sev-eral letters from persons iu teres ted in railroad lands in Ibis territory, either as desiring to file on said lands or w purchasers Irom one of the Jaod- lrarjt railroad companies, inquiring as to the proposed action ol your office under tbe decisiou of tiio secretary sec-retary ot tbe interior in lhe Dudymott CflBB, at- follows: First Will tilincs be received on railroad lands ton', were unsold at tbe expiration of three years from tbe date ol completion ol tbe road, or only on lauds that are unsold at tbe time tbe application to file is ma Jo by a settler ? Second If, after you have coa-ditioually coa-ditioually received a filing on railroad landd, uotiQtd tba railroad rail-road company ol such tilmt; and received iti ant war tuat tbe land had bwen sold prior to tbe dale of such application, what action will you take iu regard to tbe ud'ered Gling? Third Whai action will you take if you received no leply Irom the railroad company or a reply that the Und was unsold at the date ot the application lo file? Fourth 13 ihecrdiniiry "extract" made by tbe railroad company with its purchases regarded as a "aul'j" by your tflice and the de-parlti-ieni? Fiftb Has your oltice yet made any decision iu aoy case of said applications appli-cations to tile? Wi;I you pieaae aflord me answers to these quetiDB that I may communicate com-municate the ua ne to my correspondents? correspon-dents? Wuile most of thtbe points arc covtrtd by tbe instructions of the mmnicjaioner it appear; they are not understood by me parli'-s most interested, to wit: Ttie purchus-rsfrom the railroad companies and the ftttlers. I would therefore bit; to iijeat that you furnish a copy, (it jour reply to tho city p ip!-rs for ptit-'lic-itiou, to the eijd that ii may moat speedily and generally leach ttie parties interested, i am, vt-ry reepectlully, Vonr obdt. oervaut, Maubice M. Kaighk. United States Land Office, Salt Lake City, Nov. 9, 187S. M. M. Kai-jha, Esq., Salt Lake Ctiy. Sir. Yours of tbe dlh instant, ad-Jreseed ad-Jreseed to the register and receiver of ;nia oflico, rcakmy iLquiry concerning the proposed action ol your (uur) oliice "ucder toe decision of tue secretary ot tbe interior in tbe Dudymott Dudy-mott cabc" was duly received. In auBwer to your first point of inquiry we have to state, that we will accept conditional filings on lands unsold, at or alter tbe expiration of the said tbree years, from compUt.on ot paid railroads. To your second poiot of iLqutry wo Have to slate, that wa are instructed 'Uj notify said railroad companies ol nil cuch filing, and n,ve tliem thirty Jays in wtnch to mube answer, and il they aoswer that taid lands have been sold, showing the date of sale, the pertjons tu whom told, a description descrip-tion of the deed or instrument ot cou-Vtynoce, cou-Vtynoce, we will rtject the oSertd filings, subject to appol by the parly tiliiig. (J5ee circular. ) To your third point of icq liry, we have to tt.te iu answer lu ma first ;jtrt lilt rtitt, lut wtieu no response is recuivrxl irom me railroad eumpany, we are inrtnicti-d, upon receiving a nq ieet of me prt emptor, lo order a th-nricg, K'v,I)g lb ueua! notii.-e and .Uti.e, provided by t ie rule ul practice prac-tice ' in lhe laud of lice. t .Uieruiiue wiittaer Bid lat.d U Biih-;i-d to prienipiioii ui.dr the said cir-ctiUr. cir-ctiUr. (rice circular ) With reiVr-m.r.c- in ilje spcond pri of this inquiry, ti il tbe railroad company biiuu Id ii .pt,yd hy saying that said lands I vt not OLcn t-oltl, we are instructed I) a low the D. 8. tiling, and upon in 1 riimp.iiuce with Hie law to permit per-mit him t'. make entry on the payment pay-ment ol $1 -o per acre. , To me lourth point io yr ur letter of u quiry, we have bj elate that tbe cir nilur instruct us in all such cases to ;i jt;fi the ofltrtd finny, eulject to ,qip(-alof tbe prtcmptor. Tbesacre-;-.;v has tiot decidt-d that poiot in ;i s di-i'i-iun ot ttie DudymoU case of ii.e -3d ot July, 1S78, nor baa the njnorable coiinniseiouer decided the mini in bir circular ot August ltltu, 1878. : In answer to your filth inquiry, we have io flute thiit the 10th instant is iha diiy filed Ivr tho Union Pacific railroad and Central Pacific- railroad comu.ir.ies to make answer lo the notu'.e of the coudmon.il filing maa' on tin ir la'ide, alter wbich we will iLc'.ihi directed hy the land circular which, as you will notice, leaves ud no discretion. Hoping tho above will bo found hBlialiictory to yourself a: d o'.liers, we ure, K-isi ectfully, Jno. Ii. Neii,, Kegioter, Moses M. Bane, Receiver. |