985, 339. 08 Total area in Dakota, not including Fort Abraham Lincoln, but in- Fort Barrancas, area not known Neck of land at Saint Andrew's Sound, area not known. Fort Marion and blocks in Saint Augustine and land at Matanzas At Saint George's Sound, lands mostly disposed of, they constituting a part of what is known as "Forbes's Purchase." Saint Joseph's Bay, Point Saint Joseph 3 851.21 305.75 5,954.20 13, 045. 13 1,225. 55 646 50 1,226.00 4,800.00 1,280.00 9, 178.05 43, 461.00 7,600.00 10, 240.00 2,750.00 19, 899. 22 8,960.00 92,910, 22 Louisiana (7 reservations): Battery Bienvenue, area not known. Baton Rouge... On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico quite a number of reserved tracts, area not known. Island in Missouri River, township 50 north, range 33 west.. Acres. 44. 17 740.97 556. 12 1,341.26 9, 199. 43 148.35 9, 347.78 7.32 54.70 2.400.00 Fort Buford (see under Dakota). Fort Ellis.. Fort Shaw 32, 160.00 32,000.00 57, 619.00 704,000.00 2,777.64 830, 956.64 3,251.41 19,500,00 6, 194.84 15, 360.00 18, 225.00 3,835,35 66, 366.60 8,840.00 76,800.00 Fort Cummings. Fort Butler (never declared). 24,895.00 Fort Marcy. 2,560.00 17.77 2,560,00 5, 120.00 9, 613.74 10, 240.00 23,040,00 320.00 Fort Wingate. 66,880.00 64,000,00 Total in New Mexico, not including Fort Butler, never declared.. 218,086.51 Three tracts on west side of narrows of Puget Sound (each 640).. Total area reserved in Washington Territory, including some lands Wisconsin (1 reservation): Stone Quarry Reservation in township 28 north, range 25 east............. 640.00 640.00 640.00 1,920.00 640.00 25,446.00 1,046. 10 CHAPTER XVIII. STATE SELECTIONS. September 4, 1841, Congress granted, by the eighth section of the "State selection act," to each State named, and "to each new State that shall hereafter be admitted into the Union," 500,000 acres of public lands for internal improvements, which included the quantity that was granted to such State before its admission, and while under a Territorial government, for such purpose. (See U. S. Statutes at Large, and Regulations of the General Land Office, for method and details of selection and patenting.) The selections under this act have amounted to 7,806,554.67 acres, most of which have been patented to the several States, viz: Illinois and Alabama received part of the 500,000 acres under previous grants. Ohio and Indiana received their quotas for internal improvement prior to the act of September 4, 1841. 255 |