Show THE TOWNSITE TOWN SITE BILA FEW feny days ago we the townsite town townsite iown town site sito bill and the discussion upon apon it in the U 9 house of be re presen ta tives there sherer appear appears sto to be somo some misapprehension c concerning once the bill As the w now stands as interpreted b by y tile the iet 17 S supreme bourt none of the land included y with athi inthe nc ahe corporate limits of any city can be preempted pre empted tile the object of jf th the e bill is to 0 obviate b V 1 a te thi this ad difficulty biffl by allowing such land beyond certain limits mentioned to be preempted pre empted by dif dlf different parties who may wish this will be a needed relief to many of the settlers in this territory because it will enable parties to preempt pre empt settle settie improve cultivate and ob obtain a government title to those portions of laud land which may be included within tiie the corporate limits of various cities but not included i within the limits of the town sites of such cities whatever those limit limits q may be they varying in different cities the new bw however has nothing to do with restricting the corporate limits of the city it merely opens up to the general settler the land included in the corporate limits and excluded from the townsite town site limits y the townsite town site she limits being the am amount aunt of land jand I 1 allowed by the government to be entered as town sites and the corporate limits being the limits of the jurisdiction of the city fior vior or in perhaps every dase case case ease in a new coun i try like this thib the corp corporate brate or jurisdictional fictional al limi tELof cities far exceed uhe townsite town site limits it seldom being prude prudent A to make tile the townsite town site limits and the corporation limits exactly 1 co ed coextensive extensive the supreme court of the united states deciding that land laud within the comporato corp limits of a city could not rot be preempted pre empted left much land hand unoccupied or ot unavailable for government title an anomaly which this bill is designed to rectify it Is a piece of legislation that was much desired in this territory and will place much land in such a position that government titles can be obtained obtained to it |