Claim of legal representatives of Antonio Mora, register and receiver, 1840, No. 154, township 9, range 9 west. Returned and approved. Claim of Asa Hickınan, register and receiver, 1840, No. 151, township 8 north, range 8 west. Returned and approved. Claims of Le Clair, Himenes, Mendez, and Slaughter, Sutton's report, Nos. 2, 4, 16, and 17, in townships 7 and 8 north, range 5 west. Not yet returned. Claim of Frederick Williams, register and receiver, 1837, No. 36, supposed to be in township 7 north, range 4 west. Not yet returned. North of township 7 north, range 10 west, and claim of Jonathan Thompson, assignee of John Carline. Returned and approved. Guy Dufossat, register and receiver, No. 405. Order cancelled, and reissued to A. S. Phelps, January 3 1854. Examination of A. J. Powell's returns of township 12 south, range 16 east. Returned and paid for. Claim of Guy Dufossat, No. 405 of register and receiver's report of 1816. Approved and paid for. Surveys in townships 19 and 20 north, range 16 west, ordered by Commissioner's letter of February 9, 1854. Approved. Resurvey of township 16 south, range 12 east, east of river, made necessary by that of the adjoining township. Claim of Robert Martin, register, 1816, No. 34. To be extended and surveyed in township 17 south, range 16 east, under instructions of May 28, 1852. Surveys of "Las Örmigas and La Nana." Confirmed by the United States Supreme Court to Devenport and others. Examination now being made of A. B. Clack's surveys: townships 19, 20, and 21 north, range 9 east, and township 19 north, range 10 east. WM. J. McCULLOH, Surveyor General, Louisiana. B. Statement showing the estimated amount of liabilities of the surveying department in Louisiana for surveys under contract and instructions on the 1st of October, 1854. B-Continued. Township 3 south. range 8 165 $8 $1,320 00 Thomas Mullett.. Mar. 4, 1853 Township 3 south, range east, 100 miles; township 8 east, returned; requires further fieldwork. 8 1,808 00 Joseph Gorlinski.. Oct. 29, 1853 Returns made; requires some corrections. Township 19 north, range 8 east. 80 00 Silas Taylor...... May 8, 1852 Completion of the claim of Robert Martin, Harper's report, No. 34. C. Proposed surveys in the State of Louisiana for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, including those already authorized by appropria Township 2 south, range 1 east, 105 miles; township 1 south, range 3 east, 100 miles; township 2 south, range 2 east, 100 miles; township 3 south, range 1 east, 125 miles; townships 7, 8, and 9 south, range 1 east, 75 miles each; township 15 south, range 12 east, 20 miles; township 15 south, range 11 east, 30 miles; townships 3, 4, and 5 south, range 12 west; and townships 4, 5, and 6 south, range 13 west, 75 miles. Township 2 south, range 3 east, 95 miles; town- Township 1 south, range 1 east, 75 miles.... New proposed surveys. Township 3 south, range 3 east, 160 miles; township 12 south, range 9 east, 20 miles; township 16 south, range 9 east, 40 miles; township 2 north, range 4 east, 85 miles; township 4 north, range 3 west, 110 miles. Township 5 south, range 2 west, 25 miles; township 5 south, range 3 west, 10 miles; township 6 south, range 2 west, 75 miles; township 6 south, range 3 west, 30 miles; township 7 south, range 1 west, 90 miles; township 7 south, range 2 west, 55 miles; township 7 south, range 3 west, 15 miles; township 8 south, ranges 2 and 3 west, 30 miles each. Total southwestern district..... DISTRICT NORTH OF RED River. Township 19 north, range 4 east, 60 miles; township 19 north, ranges 5, 6, and 7 east, 80 miles each; township 20 north, range 4 east, 80 miles; township 20 north, ranges 5, 6, and 7 east; and township 21 north, range 7 east, 80 miles each; township 22 north, ranges 6 and 8 east; and township 23 north, range 8 east, 80 miles each. New proposed surveys. Township 2 north, range 2 east, 20 miles; township 2 north, range 3 east, 25 miles; township 3 north, range 1 east, 45 miles; township 3 north, range 2 east, 20 miles; township 3 north, range 3 east, 100 miles; township 3 north, range 4 east, 25 miles; township 4 north, range 1 east, 90 miles. Total district north of Red river NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT. New proposed surveys. Township 7 north, range 10 west, (south half of the township.) Total northwestern district... 6,580 Estimated in reports of 1851 and 1852; embraced by the "Bastrop grant." 7 2,275 8,855 |