Ware, case of James, P. 2, No. 4.
The register at Kaskaskia had issued two certificates for the same land: the first to the
assignee of Ware, as a confirmed military title; the second to the heirs of Pierre Lau-
dan, as an improvement right, P. 2, No. 4.
Held that the first had preference, P. 2, No. 4.
For military bounty lands, P. 426, No. 365; P. 429, No. 367; P. 436, No. 370; P.
484, No. 414; P. 509, No. 450.
Extension of the time for locating military bounty, P. 235, No. 176; P. 236, No. 177;
P. 250, No. 189.
For military land may be properly issued to the administrator with the will annexed,
"in trust for the purposes mentioned in the will;" it appearing from the will that the
testator devised all his real estate to be sold, the administrator cum testamento annexo
by the laws of Virginia being authorized to sell the real estate, and the main object of
Congress being to point out the persons entitled to the bounty, and to secure to them
its substantial benefits; the form in which this was to be done was a secondary con-
sideration in the act of May 30, 1830, which act ought not to be construed strictly and
technically, but liberally, P. 176, No. 115.
The holders of such, as have been or shall be granted for military services performed
during the late war are required to present them to Register of the Treasury some time
prior to the 12th February, 1800.
To Elias Bedford, P. 160, No. 102.
Military, was issued and patented in ignorance that a former warrant for the same claim
was outstanding; the first warrant must be located and patented, if entitled on all other
grounds, P. 1, No. 2.
Under act of 3d March, 1801, is available at two dollars per acre for any land west of
the Mississippi, P. 18, No. 18.
Act of 24th April, 1820, does not affect its value, P. 18, No. 18.
The provisions of the first section of act of May 20, 1826, are not limited to those
obtained after the passage of the act, P. 49, No. 37.
The terms "any such warrants" relate to warrants issued previous as well as subse-
quent to the act, P. 49, No. 37.
Congress intended to subject these claims, in their progress from entry to patent, to the
supervision of the Secretary of War, P. 49, No. 37.
Certificate of Secretary of War necessary to authorize patent to issue, under act of 1790,
P. 49, No. 37.
Excepting resolution warrants, under act of 1800, P. 49, No. 37.
Was necessary, under act of 1807, P. 49, No. 37.
The act of 1812 gave supervision to General Land Office, P. 49, No. 37.
The act of 1815 revived the act of 1807, and made the certificate of the Secretary of
War again necessary, P. 49, No. 37.
The act of 1818, as to land warrants, revived the act of 1807, as do also the acts of
1821 and 1823, P. 49, No. 37.
The act of 1826 annuls the distinction between resolution and other warrants, and re-
vives the substantial provisions of the act of 1807, and effectually placed the matter on
the same footing on which it stood anterior to the act of 1812, under the supervision of
the Secretary of War, P. 49, No. 37.
The owner of a land, may locate it in as many several parcels as he pleases, and take a
separate grant for each several parcel, P. 167, No. 108.
He may assign any proportion of his warrant to a third person, P. 167, No 108.
Such third person may, upon the authority of such assignment, make one or more entries
in his own name, and take out grants therefor to himself, P. 167, No. 108.
Military bounty land to Canadian volunteers, under act of March 5, 1816, are not as-
signable, P. 6, No. 8; P. 15, No. 14.
Such a warrant, when fraudulently obtained, may be cancelled, so as to prevent its use
for any mischievous purpose, P. 6, No. 8; P. 15, No. 14.
Recommended that it be so done as not to render it illegible, P. 6, No. 8; P. 15, No. 14.
To Canadian volunteers, when fraudulently obtained, is a nullity, either in the hands of
warrantee or his assignee, P. 160, No. 102.
Scrip for revolutionary land, P. 123, No. 79-see Bounty land.
For land in Virginia, are not chattels, P. 150, No. 94.
They descend to the heir, P. 150, No. 94.
The husband cannot take them as of the wife's personalty, and cannot assign them, P.
150, No. 94.
The laws of Virginia, and not the laws of the domicil, regulate the transfers, P. 150,
No. 94.
For bounty land, when issued for more than appears to be due, Treasury Department
may suspend issuing the scrip until the precise amount may be ascertained, P. 204,
No. 137.
And the Government should take appropriate legal steps to ascertain it, P. 204, No. 137.
Warrantee the original warrantee must be proved to be a resident in the Territory on the day
when the evidence was required by the act, or the certificate of confirmation cannot be
given to him or his assignee, P. 710, No. 661.
Warrantee only permitted to locate Canadian land warrant, P. 301, No. 252.
Warranto, quo-in the name of an individual, not sustainable, P. 150, No. 95.
Warrick-case of Jacob, P. 3, No. 5.
In two cases patents were demanded by the assignees, being purchasers at sheriff's sales,
P. 3, No. 5.
Held that when the local law authorized a transfer of such right, and the law had been
pursued, the sale conveyed the right, and the purchasers might demand patents, P. 3,
No. 5.
Washington, Arkansas, Red river district, instructions to the land office at, P. 527, No. (part)
23; P. 1010, No. 999.
Washington, Mississippi, district west of Pearl river-
Instructions to the land office at, P. 270, No. 212; P. 272, No. 213; P. 286, Nos. 227,
228; P. 454, No. 378; P. 468, No. 395; P. 491, No. 423; P. 577, No. 520, P.
655, No. 612; P. 660, No. 613; P. 661, No. 614; P. 662, No. 615; P. 671, No.
623; P. 673, No. 625; P. 674, No. 626; P. 684, No. 635; P. 687, No. 640; P.
695, No. 646; P. 698, Nos. 650, 651; P. 704, No. 655; P. 707, No. 659; P. 710,
No. 661; P. 711, No. 664.
Instructions to surveyor at, P. 787, No. 750; P. 790, No. 754; P. 792, No. 755; P.
802, No. 766; P. 803, No. 767; P. 804, No. 771; P. 805, Nos. 773, 774; P. 810,
No. 779; P. 811, No. 780; P. 817, No. 790; P. 820, No. 795; P. 822, No. 801; P.
823, No. 803; P. 824, No. 805; P. 825, No. 806; P. 826, No. 808; P. 828, No.
812; P. 837, No. 822; P. 843, No. 826; P. 844, No. 827; P. 845, No. 829; P.
847, No. 831; P, 852, Nos. 839, 840; P. 853, No. 841; P. 856, No. 843; P. 857,
No. 844; P. 860, No. 846; P. 862, No. 848; P. 863, No. 849; P. 865, No. 852;
P. 868, No. 854; P. 873, No. 860; P. 874, No. 861; P. 876, No. 863; P. 880,
Nos. 865, 866; P. 881, No. 867; P. 882, Nos. 868, 869; P. 884, No. 871; P. 886,
Nos. 873, 874; P. 891, No. 877; P. 892, No. 879; P. 894, Nos. 880, 881; P. 895,
Nos. 882, 883; P. 896, No. 885; P. 899, No. 886; P. 900, No. 887; P. 902, Nos.
889, 890; P. 904, No. 892; P. 905, No. 893; P. 908, Nos. 898, 899; P. 911, No.
903; P. 913, No. 904; P. 915, No. 905; P. 925, No. 911; P. 927, No. 912; P.
929, No. 917; P. 930, No. 919; P. 935, No. 924; P. 939, No. 929; P. 948, No. 938.
Sales of land at, P. 270, No. 212.
Waste on public lands—P. 16, No. 16; P. 338, No. 267.
Weight of proof, P. 97, No. 64; P. 108, No. 72.
Western reserve school lands, P. 196, No. 130; P. 197, No. 131.
White Pigeon Prairie, Michigan, southern and western district.-See Kalamazoo.
Instructions to the land office at, P. 557, No. 499.
Widow of an allottee, when entitled to pre-emption, P. 139, No. 87.
Wife's personalty-in Virginia land warrants do not belong to the, P. 150, No. 94.
Wilkins and others, claim of, for compensation for improvements at the saline on the Wabash,
P. 151, No. 96.
Lessees are not entitled to pay for pipes found on the premises and purchased by them
The lease is the measure of their rights. The general power given the President to
lease the salines, carries with it the necessary incidental powers, P. 151, No. 96.
Will, construction of a, P. 178, No. 116.-See Construction of will.
WISCONSIN TERRITORY. For a reference to the instructions sent to the different land offices
in Wisconsin Territory, see-
Mineral Point, Wisconsin district.
Wisconsin, mineral lands, P. 127, No. 82; P. 502, No. 441; P. 508, No. 447.
Withholding of lands from entry, P. 213, No. 149.
Wives of Indians who were heads of families, entitled to reservations under Choctaw treaty of
1834, P. 77, No. 50.
Wooster, Ohio, instructions to the land office at, P. 291, No. 234; P. 305, No. 259; P. 355,
Words of a grantor in a doubtful case are to be construed most favorably for the grantee, P. 154,
Works for making salt on the Wabash, P. 151, No. 96.
Case of Allen, and wife, P. 205, No. 138.
Supplement to Choctaw treaty to be liberally construed in cases of doubt, P. 205, No. 138.
Yazoo claim, P. 168, No. 109.
The case of Fletcher and Peck in the Supreme Court furnishes no ground of claim to a
holder of a Yazoo claim, except to a bona-fide purchaser without notice of the fraud by
which the act of Georgia was obtained; and the repeal of the law by Georgia, the open
and solemn ceremonies of the burning of the law, the cession by Georgia to the United
States, and the acts of Congress and proceedings of the commissioners, and other cir-
cumstances of general notoriety, all constitute objections to the titles, and tend to show
notice, P. 168, No. 109.
All who came in and released their claims under the act of Congress and took the in-
demnity, and all claiming under them, are barred from setting up such a title, P. 168,
No. 109.
Those who did not come in and release are also barred by the act of Congress, "to whom
it was competent, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, and for the public good
and safety of the people, to declare the titles void," P. 168, No. 109.
Instructions to the land office at, P. 247, No. 187; P. 250, No. 188; P. 477, No. 404;
P. 517, No. 458; P. 601, No. 550.
Regulation of the purchases of public lands lying in the Zanesville district, P. 245, No.
185.
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