09-15-1868

Volume OA - Pages 50-51



                       Executive Department

                        Carson City, Nevada

                        September 15, 1868



A meeting of the Board of Regents was held at the call of the

President.  Present:  H. G. Blasdel, C. N. Noteware and A. N.

Fisher.



A communication from the State Register under date September 7,

1868 was read, ordered on file (see file "Hh"), and selection

of E. 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 and W. 1/2 of S.E. 1/4 of Section 11, J14

N. R.18 E., 160 acres, applied for by C. Bonner, was ordered

under the Public Building Grant.  Selection of the S.W. 1/4 of

N.E. 1/4, E. 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 fraction and N.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4

of Section 10, J13 N. R.18 E., 147 50/100 acres, applied for by

John Syms, accepted as 160 acres.  S. 1/2 of N.W. 1/4 of Section

14, J15 N. R.20 E., 80 acres, applied for by John V. Aspen.  N.W.

1/4 of Section 4, J15 N. R.19 E., 160 acres, applied for by James

H. King, to be taken as 820 acres.  S.W. 1/4 of Section 15, J15

N. R.19 E., 160 acres applied for by John Shawl.  E. 1/2 and S.W.

1/4 of S.E. 1/4 of Section 8, J20 N. R.24 E., 120 acres, applied

for by John L. Black, to be taken as 240 acres, was ordered under

the Internal Improvement Grant.



A communication from the State Register under date September 15

was read, ordered on file (see file "Ii"), and selection of

tracts of land applied for by J. L. Eyster, Charles Adams, John

C. Watkins, B. Recangnia and J. L. Reid amounting in total to

1080 acres, situated in J40 and 42 at R.39 and 40 E., and des-

cribed in said communication was ordered under the Internal

Improvement Grant.



The communication of the Register laid on table at last meeting

was taken up and selection of Lots 1, 2, 4 and 5 and the N. 1/2

of the N.E. 1/4, all in the N. 1/2 of Section 22, J16 N. R.18 E.,

212 40/100 acres, applied for by H. C. Lillie, was ordered for

480 acres under Internal Improvement Grant.



C. N. Noteware, Agent to designate tracts of land desirable for

selection by this Board on behalf of the State, reported lists

marked I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and tracts therein des-

cribed were ordered selected under the Grant for 500,000 Acres.



On motion of C. N. Noteware, it was,



    RESOLVED, that the State Register be requested, upon filing

    lists of State selections in the local Land Offices, to

    forward duplicate lists to Messrs. Britton & Gray, Attorneys

    of this Board at Washington, D. C., and that he be requested

    to forward duplicates of lists heretofore filed by him

    immediately.



Adjourned to meet at the call of the President.



                             H. G. Blasdel

                             President



A. N. Fisher

Secretary