| Show T lii iii tit i w j THE waw OF 1867 we direct the attention of our readers fo to the following follow ang digest dij dik exalue odthe town tow n site lite act A 4 recent act of congress 1 in relation to 0 i town sites upon the public lands provides that whenever any portion of the public lands have been or shall shala be settled upon and occupied as a taiya toyn site bite and therefore not subject to agni agri f cultural preemption entry under the homestead law or not being within the ther limits of any prior grant or reservation i the land so occupied maybe may be entered at per acre for the use and benefit of the occupants in ja the fol foj following lowing in manner an 1 if the town is incorporated the thea entry may be made by the corporate au V thorit thorn les ties s LU 2 if not incorporated the entry may mayo be made by the judge of the Cou county fity court of the county in which such town is situated 3 the entry is to be made for the benefit of the occupants of the town according to their respective interests 4 the execution of the trust asto as to the disposal of the lots and the proceeds of sale to be conducted under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the I 1 legislature of the state or territory rit ory in in which the town may be situated 5 the entry of the land to be made or a declaratory statement of the purpose of the In inhabitants habitan is to claim it as a town site under said sald act to be filed with the proper united states land officer before the day of public sale of the body of land in which the tract trad claimed is included such entry or declaration to include only such lands as are actually occupied by the town 6 if upon surveyed lands the exterior boundaries of the town to be adjusted by bythe the lines iines of the public sur veys 7 when the inhabitants num number berone one hundred and less than two hundred the entry not to embrace more than acres when the number of inhabitants is over two hundred and less than 1 one thousandths thousand the entry not to exceed acres when the inhabitants number one thousand and not over two thousand the entry not to exceed 1280 imo acres for each additional thousand inhabitants not exceeding five thousand a further area of acres may be entered en terea I 1 viz 2000 inhabitants inh abi abl tan ts 1280 1280 acres acre 1 1600 r 1920 1 2240 2240 8 in territories in which no land offices have been established declaratory to ry statements may bo be filed with the surveyor S general of the proper surveying district who is required to transmit the same to the general land office 9 the secretary of the interior to 4 prescribe regulations fo to give effect to the provisions of the act 10 lands bearing gold silver binni bar or copper are excluded from the provisions of the act under the act titles to lots in towns and cities upon the public domain may be acquired without awaiting the progress of the public survey the initiatory steps are the tb e filing filin fieg fleg with the proper land laud office a veri verl verified map of the town exhibiting the lots blocks streets and squares and the exterior boundaries with a declaration by the corporate authorities or the comity county judge as the cas case caseday emay pay be ad before the entry can bo made satisfactory proof of the actual existence of the town that it isa is a place of business or commerce and of the number of inhabitants it contains must be produced before the land officers A NEW TEXTILE the new ew orleans academy of science has haa recent recently listed ad to a paper descriptive of tie tia the tha new textile plant called ramie 11 theiarn the sample shown was raised in mexico by don benito formerly at aft the head of the horticultural institute of belgium 1 the fibre fabre is said to be remarkably fine fixie and silky and from two to three feet feekin in length nearly as white as cotton in its natural state fifty per cent stronger than either flax or cotton and far more productive than either but few hands are required to raise plant and it yields four or five crops addda addad is part particularly cu la aly suited to the soil and climate of L louisiana 0 illana florida alabama und nd ind texas it is grown like cane and 1 is planted in lengths from the stubble stubble |
