| Show IMPORTANT TO tike TIIE i RAILROAD LANDS we are indebted to general maxwell register of the land Lan doffice office for this territory pertaining to the land question that will be of importance to many of our citizens the general informs us that on monday last a number of plats were turned over to the land liand office in this city in which the settlements of parleys park rhodes valley also called kamas prarie prarle provo valley heber and kamas cities and the towns of wasatch rockport rockfort Bock Rock port snyders wellsburg Wells burg ithaca midway and kimballs Kim balls were included I 1 all these lands are now subject to the pre pro emption law in all cases where the settler was on the land prior to the tha railroad withdrawal which occurred may mays uh 1869 the settler is entitled to enter either even or odd sections if he can prove prova his right night at per acre where the settler goes upon the land nou nov or has gone on an since may last he will not be allowed to enter odd numbered sections as they belong to the railroad but he can enter even numbered sections at per acre the homestead law applies to even sections only and the settler can eniy enly enter as his homestead eighty acres within railroad limits but he can preempt at per acre on the even numbered sections settlers bottlers that occupied school sections prior to survey are entitled to preempt pre empt the land by making the proof I 1 we hope that all our citizens occupying hagland land lana within the limits prescribed above will not fail to file their declaratory statements at once to do which the law allows but ninety days their immediate attention to this matter will save them much trouble and perhaps loss |
