Excerpt from American State Papers, Vol. 8: Documents of the Congress of the United States, in Relation to the Public Lands, From the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth to the Second Session of the Twenty-Fourth Congress, Commencing December 8, 1835, and Ending February 28, 1837

The paper G, herewith transmitted, is a statement showing the amount of forfeited land stock issued and surrendered at the United States land offices to September 3oth, 1835 also, the amount Of military land scrip surrendered to the same period.

The paper H is an exhibit of the periods to which the monthly accounts of the register and receivers of the public land offices have been rendered, and showing the balance of cash in the receivers' hands, at the date of the last monthly accounts current, and the period to which the receivers' quarterly accounts have been rendered.

The act of Congress of the 3d of March last, 2d section, appropriates an additional quantity of land for the satisfaction of warrants granted by the State of Virginia to the officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines of her State and continental establishments, during the revolutionary war, to the amount of six hundred and fifty thousand acres and provided, that, if on September lst, 1835, the amount of warrants filed should exceed the amount of land so appropriated, the commissioner should apportion the said six hundred and fifty thousand acres of land among the warrants which' may be then on the file in full satisfaction thereof.

The amount of warrants filed, on the lst of September last, so far exceed the quantity of land appropriated by the law as to require the deduction of ten per cent. From the nominal amount of each warrant the scrip has been ordered to be prepared accordingly, and considerable progress has been made in the issue.

I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant.

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