Jasper Banner, Volume 4, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1857 — Swamp Land Circular. [ARTICLE]

Swamp Land Circular.

We received the following Circular through the post-office. The information which it affords will, we doubt not, be interesting to at least a portion of our readers: We cannot vouch for the truth of the statement, but it is rumored that contracts have been let without having been advertised: W&fKte XfblnKJl'W'SM.ffV I-*i> h Indianapolis, June 23, 1857.) * From information received at this office, it appears that the Act of March sth, 1857, amending the 25th Section of the Swamp Land Law of 1852, is in many instances misunderstood by the county officers and Swamp Land Commissioners, rendering necessary the following explicit directions and instructions : First —The amended Act docs not authorize a general and indefinite contract, upon which the Auditor is authorized to withdraw from sale all the Swamp Lands in a county, but each contract must be for certain and specified work ; in advertising and letting which the Commissioner will be governed by Sections 23 and 24 of the Swamp Land Law of 1852, and upon which the Auditor is authorized to withdraw from sale an amount,of land equal to the estimated cost of the work, and no more. Sections 23 and 24 of the Law of 1852, are in no way affected by the amendment of 1855, but remains in full force. Secondly —Land not patented to the State, cannot be held for ditching contracts, by filing lists with the County Auditor, as they will be advertised and offered at public sale in the several counties, as soon as patents c.rc received from the General Government. Thirdly —lt is charged by citizens of several counties where there are Swamp Lands, that men obtain contracts for ditching, upon which they withdray large amounts ot lands from sale, that they sell the best of the Land at an advanced price, paying for the same at the minimum price,-put the profits in their pocket and leave the work undon. It is earnestly recommended to the Commissioners that each contract contain a provision rendering it void unless the work is commenced within a reasonable or specified time, and prosecuted to completion.

JOHN W DODD.

Auditor of State.

School Exhibition. —The present term of Mr. G. D. Kent’s school will close this week. He invite parents, and others who may feel interested, to attend an exhibition, at the Court'House, on Friday, the 3d inst. / ■fj Rail Road Survey.— The corps of .Engineers, engaged in surveying the Fort Wayne Western Railroad, are expected to reach this place by the latter part of the week. Bo far as they have progressed, they find the rout very favorable for die construction of a road. •i’L-i... ‘ • fSjtLLiHO at Cost. —R. Strode is selling good* at cost, at the stand recently ocupedjby Tichenor & Ballard. Now is your time to beopre bargains. \o\m John W. Forney is about to start a ncw D&nocratic paper in the city of Philadelphia.