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Show "IfPJOjneslr surreys we, occupy a portion of .onrjBBSjl sibeetIn fended for Or nrks on other (oplcst tijgjte onr numerous etred bver.this Jerrltory, lufortna-Men lufortna-Men cfrecttng thelr Homestcad's, wblcli may be IntereiUogtotfirni, The Surveyor Oeneral.'Cot. StasribWgh, who m recently returned tiom.,x tedious and la-. botlmisinrestigB4Ion.of certaltt surreys made ;TT. BSutveyors, In talleyt Houth Of this T'e, WcelVcd instructions from the Interior Dipaxtmentat: Wasbington, whilst absent, Wch is JmpprUnt.' our people", who are about making new settlements or extending r.??yf,,,U te"ltfy. " appears that j rotter C.:ilectbr, Esq,, acting under an. ap palntment of County Surveyor for Carson : r'fyefeiin APil forwarded to ?0r'? Statnbnugli, a number of 1 ?!dromoerrta(furt-c , ctuenin ooowpancy; and'asklngfor n conflr-matlon conflr-matlon f bU commission asSurteyor:aiid tostjucllons with regard.to Jdi duties in that - opjcifyi TbthlsappIlciHobji oppears CoK j Btfih.roirponded by stating, that, as no 1 fuW,SMH,FuWltf,Mds-.had beek ordered I -(?r?nlc?uftr, blie Commissioner o( the l3nd lM'' ''wW noi recognlee bis (My;ilect6r),hs n a -'su veyoripfthe" landu for ftnVpurp'eiwbaleyers He; howeter, as we understand, linmedlatsiy com'mimtcatod the application and answer to tt j 'iJepit tmeti t at Washlhgtbhnv'toeing epples'p1 t,c ,ttlfl cate l,andiiata of survcyt-fd' hlcli lie received aTeplj? jfiqtii; the temnilssloner;6f -Skt tiheral',' Laridi.offlcjiated JulyVSnd, 1800; iirbmthls letter siirvejrbi?. General Stsfmbouglr' has Wrnlislwd V with .tlio. following extracts- hvlhgat, ilje,sR"rn.J.tiui'f4 prepared 'a. full 'ahd, explfctt notice, In" refcreino'tb'e pitblic s'ur't TeyswblcwlU ba circulated' through such' portibnir tb territory as nt bs Interested 'ltt JW prbhUlgatiii.- Ih'.refeting to :ttia iur eyVmad'i'' Jtrei'tor, tbo Commlsstoner ays'- ' ,"tb ilie'first pl,Vce such stlrvevs'nre In direct violation bflaw, with Ritfeltore of even a color ef clalm'by reason of Hit guilty, as wUV.be; found npon reference' (1st) tvn att 6fCorigrc ap proved March 3, 107.-0. S. Statutes. vol,4l, pageat 4 lU.fiGdecIftrlni- that - ""any person wko.i,batl surf e attempt to' surver; of caese tabelmrvcyed.'any'sucirUndsi or deiig ;nyibomlarles:tlftrebn by marking tree or otherwlfonntll tliCrpto authftrlzcd by IHw,! shall ;fwcltr: nllhls flrIietir rlgUtstitlnnd clalmlf any' bo bath. they have,-to' th-lands th-lands aforesaid, wblch;iio w t)ie? aUhW have" taken" possieslon'orettled' niid thoth section of the same act declares It "lawful for "jPfVP.. marshal or ofliccr acting as marshal,, iindersucblnsttuctiuns 'ns'"may for that pV4 pos be gtten. by the l'r Went of" tho Uiilted States, to reroo-efoin the Janda aforesaid any "."(dy every person or "persorfs, wbo shall be' found" on the samti hhd who ,sbnll nnt li'ave obtained permission to remain tbereOff, pro vlded thftt three months pretlous notice shall be given to all u'et persons' who were settled on such lands prior to thopaiwlrig of tbat act; and evcrr pf)U wjio shall, at any tlmu affer the expiration fif three "months afters such", no-' tlco shall have been glvenAns found on.anV liartof.the lands aforeal; thail Incut 0 peii-. alty.of one hundred' dollars, lo.be'rfcov'ered In any court hating JuVlsdlctioh.df tbe same?.Hnd Jmarcr liable on "convfcjloh to imprison mcntat tbe;dfseretlonf;theconrt.1n6t ctcui-Ingslx'monthe." ctcui-Ingslx'monthe." " ' v -'' ' y2iid,, AnyjTerrHorUl laws of TJtah or acts1 In regard to survCjs. riu'rsoant to' such Iawsf sreia vlolfttloacr the 8d, elanie of the '-1th nrtlelo of tlie Constiijttlon, which provides "that ConzreSs shall )liv and make all needful, "rules and regulations rrspcctiug tlio Territory or other property of the United ,Stste," the'Consdtutlon and laws being, cxtended.oyet UtAh by the 37th,,sectioti of the Actor Congress npproVerl Sept fltb,1800i U. .8, Stantc, vol. U, p.igu 463. &c. (Also, see Gth section ol Organic Act, approved SvpU "Yoft will ca'Ufe the-bnrpoft of the foregoing U lo made known toaltwbom Jtmay concern; stating that H is the exclusive prprinoo-of the Depaitment,an,d thelStirtpyor Cleneial of Utah acting nnder our ilirectlun, to alteiul to all surveys In yourDislrict."' AVe.tao ft pon onrselys to give the as aurance that, "from what wo know .of the tfli' clal eondnct of tlie Surveyor (Jencral of this 7'errHory', thai' be. will giro promptly and cor-recllVj.every cor-recllVj.every Itcni. of iiifonnalioa concerjting the, public surveys;- as "well as afford every facility fa-cility to settlers that can. be t equlred, to ena-'ble'. ena-'ble'. thora to Secure -their hominy under the laws of tlie Cfoflcd' SjaWs,nd the'lnstrnctions rom the, proper department of tlie Government, Govern-ment, Our very limited spsee forbids s fnrlher dwelling upon: thc'subjftt.of the public lauds iu. JUtnlu ,ThorlhSitrucltoM from, .the . Department. Depart-ment. to Oen,Stambaugh niay yet, form ma-tcrsals ma-tcrsals for further cditoiiaU |