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land-scrip Hist.

• 1 †  a government certificate which entitled the holder to locate on a stated amount of public land.

  See also: scrip (def. 1a)  

  • 1856  (1926)  With the Crown Lands I am also at present at a standstill, except that I discovered the other day forgeries of land scrip to the extent of £6,000.

• 2 a certificate issued following the Northwest Rebellions to Metis as compensation for lost lands and entitling the bearer to 240 acres.

  See also: half-breed scrip  money-scrip  Northwest Rebellion  old settlers' scrip  scrip (def. 1b)  scrip certificate   

  • 1923  If you have taken land-scrip or money-scrip-- that is, if you have accepted 240 acres or $240 from the Government--your status as a "breed" is legally fixed.
  • 1935  The Metis, he says, ask for landscrip to give them title, also that the Government sell a certain amount of land and use the proceeds for schools and hospitals. . . .
  • 1956  To métis children born before July, 1870, was given the choice between a "scrip" valued at $240, which they could either negotiate or use for the purchase of federal lands, and a "land scrip" which authorized them to pick out a piece of property on 240 acres on unoccupied Dominion lands.