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To: Chuca Marsh who wrote (5999)	11/30/1997 6:52:00 PM
From: GlobalMarine	Respond to of 20681

Chuca: If you have a patent, the land is yours, lock, stock and barrel. The government cannot impose royalties because you own the land. If you have title to mining claims on BLM land but don't have a patent on the land, the government still owns the land and you're simply extracting (raping and ravaging if you're an environmentalist) the goodies from the land. So the government can set terms under which you can mine it, and royalties could possibly be one of the terms in the future. Rand

To: Chuca Marsh who wrote (5999)	11/30/1997 7:06:00 PM
From: GlobalMarine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20681

Chuca: I have a 200K text file on the subject of patents, but I lost the URL I got it from. He's the first little bit of it: WHAT IS A LAND PATENT?? Essentially, a Land Patent is the first conveyance of title ownership to land which the U.S. Government grants a citizen who applies for one. One of the earliest laws for granting Land Patents was passed by Congress on April 24, 1820. Among other things, Congress set up Government Land officers, now known as the Bureau of Land Management. Land was usually sold in parcels of 160 acres for $1.25 per acre. The law in 1820 prohibited the borrowing or use of "credit" for the purchase of government land. In the debates in Con- gress prior to passage of this act, Senator King of New York said in March 1820 ... "it was calculated to plant in the new country a population of in- dependent unembarrassed freeholder ... that it would place , in every man, the Power to Purchase a freehold. the price of which could be cleared in 3 years... that it would cut up speculation and monopoly ... that it would prevent the accumulation of alarming debt- which experience proved never would and never could be paid" !!! (emphasis added) Later on, in 1862, a Homestead Act stated in Section 4: "That no lands acquired under the provi- sions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor". It can be clearly seen that the intent of these early lawmakers was for the people of this country to be FREEMEN AND FREEHOLDERS of their land, and not ever be subject to have it taken from them by any government, feudal authority or banker or any other party who might have a claim against the person who owned the land. In plain english, a Land Patent which gave you an allodial freehold, that was "judgement proof and yes- even immune from tax liens. In [60] effect, the only authority over you or your land was GOD him- self. In England, a man, who owned free from authority of the king, was known as a freeholder and his land as a freehold or allodial freehold. Most land patents in the U.S. were issued prior to 1900. However, even today, new land patents continue to be issued, mostly for gas, oil and mineral rights on public lands. For this reason, there are several land offices that remain open in the United States. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A LAND PATENT? On the basis of all the case law I have seen, there is no doubt in my mind that a land patent issued by the Bureau of Land Management which gives you a title at law is far superior to any title acquired in equity. such as a sheriff's deed. The land patent will, therefore, prevent your ejectment and removal from the land or the property you occupy on the land. The debts or claims of other parties will remain, but the land will be removed from assets which they can attach. The law is on the books today which says that any debts, which lie against the land, that existed prior to the land patent being issued, are removed from the land. The next question is; if the land patents were issued 100 or more years ago to persons who are no longer alive, and if I now reside on only a portion of the land that was originally described in the original land patent, then how do I bring up the land patent in my name'? And if I bring it up in my name, will it remove the land as security which the Bank or Mortgage Company can sell and seize in a fore- closure action? [61]