MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI R. R. CO.

Title to certain lands in Iowa confirmed to, (No. 86,)
MISSOURI.

Certain swamp and overflowed lands granted to Scott county, Mis-
souri, existing rights not affected, (No. 83,)
Certain land-titles in, released to heirs of Moses Austin, (No. 219,)
Tarkio Lake in, granted to Holt county for school purposes, (No. 220,)
Certain lands in, released by United States to owners of equitable
titles, (No. 111,)

Lands for support of schools in certain fractional townships in, act
appropriating, (No. 123,)

Lands in, claimed to be swamp, &c., when settlers on certain, to
have priority of right to pre-empt or homestead, (No. 135,)
MONROE LAND DISTRICT.

In Louisiana re-established, (No. 189,) .

ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ.

Establishment in, of reservation for Gros Ventre, Piegan, Blood,
Blackfoot, River Crow, and other Indians, (No. 104,)
Bozeman land-district established in, (No. 231,)

MOSES AUSTIN.

Release to heirs of, by United States, of its title to certain lands in
Missouri, (No. 219,)

Adverse rights of settlers and others not impaired,

NEBRASKA.

N.

Boundary line between, and Dakota, established, when, &c., (No.
149,)

Certain pre-emption settlers in, to have one year from passage of
act to make proof and payment, (No. 20,)

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177

148

155

165

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145

177

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177

174

85

Two new land districts established in Western district, (No. 191,). 175
Republican Valley district, (No. 191,).

NEW MEXICO.

Certain settlers in, entitled to rights of pre-emption or homestead,
to have further time for filing declaratory statements or making
entry, (No. 9,)

175

78

Certain useless military reservations in, may be sold, (No. 32,)
La Messilla land-district established in, (No. 221,)

93

177

NEW MEXICO AND GULF RAILWAY.

Right of way, &c., through public lands, and the right to take ma-
terials granted to the, (No. 78,)

NEW ORLEANS, OPELOUSAS AND GREAT WESTERN RAIL
ROAD.

Lands granted to Louisiana in aid of the, and not lawfully dis-
posed of, declared forfeited to the United States, (No. 25,)
NEW ORLEANS, BATON ROUGE, AND VICKSBURG RAILROAD
COMPANY.

May connect with the Texas Pacific Railroad Company at its eastern
terminus, and have right of way, (No. 33,) .

NEVADA.

Certain useless military reservations in, may be sold, (No. 32,)
Elko land district established in, (No. 187,)

Grant to, for college purposes, continued in force, provided, &c.,
(No. 47,).

106

NEVADA COUNTY NARROW-GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY.
Right of way through public lands from Colfax to Nevada City,
California, granted to, (No. 118,)

NEW YORK INDIAN LANDS IN KANSAS.
Act to provide for the sale of certain, (No. 89,)

Certain settlers upon and occupants of, may purchase, (No. 89,)
Purchasers of, may make payments, how,
Installments, when payable, (No. 126,)

NOLAN, GERVACIO.

Grant of certain lands in New Mexico to, confirmed, (No. 19,)
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

May extend its branch line from Portland to Puget Sound, and con-
nect the same with its main line west of the Cascade mountains,
(No. 6,)

May issue bonds secured by mortgage, (No. 14,)

NORTHWESTERN LAND-DISTRICT.

In Kansas, established, (No. 198,)

O'BRIEN COUNTY, IOWA.

0.

Selections of swamp-lands in, may be received, &c., (No. 46,)
OCCUPANTS.

Of lands embraced in award made by the Emperor or Germany,
act to ascertain possessory rights of, &c., (No. 117,)

OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS.

Of public land having color of title, &c., but found not to be right-
ful owners, to be entitled to certain rights and remedies, (No.
109,)

OLD INDIAN DORMITORY.

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81

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106

Right of the United States to land so called in Mackinac, Michigan,
given to the trustees of schools in, for school purposes, (No. 168,) 175
ONEIDA RESERVATION.

Right of way across the, granted to the Green Bay and Lake Pepin
Railroad Company, (No. 183,)

ORANGE, ISABELLA.

Patent for land in Ohio to issue to, (No. 250,).

OREGON.

Assent of any railroad company heretofore designated by the legis-
lature of, to the act of Congress granting lands, &c., may be filed
within one year from date, (No. 4,)

76

Grant of lands to aid in constructing railroads from Portland to
Astoria and McMinville, in, (No. 10,)

78

Joint resolution relative to school lands in, assent of Congress to the
application for schools by, in its Constitution, of the lands grant-
ed to, (No. 30,)

Certain useless military reservations in, may be sold, (No. 32,)
Use of certain portions of the Fort Dalles reservation,
Linkton land district in, established, (No. 192,)

Lands granted to, for an agricultural college may be selected from
any lands therein subject to homestead or pre-emption entry,
(No. 67,).

Patents, how to issue for land granted to, in aid of certain

roads, (No. 114,) .

Act not to revive any expired land-grant.

Dalles land-district in, established, (No. 235,)

OREGON CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Act granting right of way, &c., through public lands to, (No. 133,). 163
OSAGE INDIANS.

Bona-fide settlers on certain lands acquired from, may purchase
the same, (No. 5,)

Sale, &c., of lands of, in Kansas, (No. 274,)

Lands to be open to settlement after survey, &c., (No. 27},)

Certain half-breeds or mixed bloods of, may enter without cost, 160
acres of land within their reservation in Kansas, within, &c., on
which, &c., (No. 1814,)

OSAGE INDIAN LANDS, IN KANSAS.
Act for relief of settlers on, (No. 56,)

OSAGE INDIAN TRUST AND DIMINISHED-RESERVE LANDS.
In Kansas, settlers on, allowed one year to make proof and pay-
ment, (No. 128,) .

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OTTAWA LANDS IN MICHIGAN.

Those unsold, to be restored to market; unoccupied to be open to
homestead entry by Indians for six months, (No. 80,)

129

OTTAWAS.

Patents to be issued to, for selections made by them in certain
lands in Michigan, but not regularly reported and approved
prior to act of 1872, ch. 424, (No. 143,)

171

OTTAWA INDIANS OF BLANCHARD'S FORK AND ROCHE DE BŒUF.
(Nos. 206 and 216,)

176

OVERFLOWED LANDS.

When settlers on certain lands in Missouri, claimed to be, to have
priority of right to pre-empt or homestead, (No. 135,)

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PENSACOLA AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD CO. OF ALABAMA.
Right of way, materials, &c., (No. 77,) .

PETTIJOHN, ZACHARIAH.

Claim of, under homestead act, confirmed, (No. 244),

"PLACER" CLAIMS.

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127

174

To be subject to entry and patent, (No. 22,)
RAILROAD
PLACERVILI.E AND SACRAMENTO VALLEY RAILROAD COM-
PANY.

Lands granted to, declared forfeited to United States, (No. 105,). 146
PIMA COUNTY, ARIZ.

Title of United States to certain lands in, released, &c., to certain
persons, (No. 132,)

PINE GROVE PARK.

Grant of lands to city of Port Huron for public grounds, to be
known as, (No. 148,)

POINT SAN JOSE MILITARY RESERVATION.

Interest of the United States in, relinquished to the city and
county of San Francisco, (No. 158,)

PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

Portion of land granted to, for a cemetery, may be platted into
streets and sold, (No. 215),

PORTLAND, DALLAS, AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD CO.
Right of way granted to, through public lands, with land for depot,
&c., (No. 52,).

May take from the public lands materials to construct its road,
(No. 97,).

Of Hudson's Bay Company, &c., under treaty of Washington_of
May 8, 1871, act to ascertain, &c., (See British Subjects,) (No. 117,)

PRAIRIES, WESTERN. (See Timber.)

Act to encourage the growth of timber upon, (No. 92,)
PRE-EMPTION.

When settlers on certain lands in Missouri claimed to be swamp,
&c., to have priority of right to, (No. 135,).

PRE-EMPTIONS.

Persons holding, on public lands in certain States to have one year
addititional to make final proof, (No. 55,)

PRE-EMPTORS. (See Settlers.)

On public lands in Minnesota, time of, for making final proof and
payment extended, (No. 115,).

Provisions of, extended to other lands of the United States on the
line of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company and not granted
thereto, (No. 33,)

100

PRE-EMPTION ACTS, Continued.

Extended to Colorado Territory, (No. 26,)

Settlers to file notice of their claims,

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Claimants when to make proof and payment,
Twelve months' additional time given to certain settlers on the
public lands, to make proof and payment for their lands (No. 41,) 104
Bona-fide settlers under the, who have filed applications, &c., and
have been subsequently appointed registers or receivers may per-
fect their title, (No. 43,)

When certain lands in Pima County, Arizona, to be open to settle-
ment under, (No. 132,) .

PRE-EMPTION ENTRY.

Rights of persons under, to certain lands in Missouri not pre-
judiced by grant to Scott County, (Nos. 83 & 233,)

PRE-EMPTION SETTLERS.

132-177

Certain in Nebraska to have one year from, &c., to make proof and
payment, (No. 20,)

Act authorizing joint entry by, (No. 95,)

Quantity and value of certain lands in Iowa held by, to be ascer-
tained and reported to Congress, (No. 99,) .

Upon public lands, may alienate portions of their estates for
church, &c., purposes, or for right of way to rail-roads, (No. 91,)
On lands invaded by grasshoppers, provisions concerning, (No. 115,)
On public lands, whose crops were destroyed by grasshoppers in
1874, allowed to be absent, &c., (No. 130,)

PUGET SOUND AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.
Bona-fide settlers upon the lands of the, entitled to the benefits of
the donation law of September 27, 1850, and amendments thereto,
(No. 38,)

QUAPAW INDIANS.

Q.

Declaration of the intent of an amendment to the treaty with the,
(No. 71,).

R.

RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH LINE.

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141

136

150

161

Grant of public lands for, from Portland to Astoria and McMinville,
(No. 10,)

RECORDER OF LAND-TITLES IN MISSOURI.

Office of, may be discontinued, when, (No. 111,)
REGISTERS AND RECEIVERS. (See Land-Districts.)

Fees of, for entering land for cultivation of timber, (No. 103,)

REPUBLICAN LAND-DISTRICT.

Established in Kansas, (No. 161,)

Of land-offices, may perfect certain titles commenced before their
appointment, (No. 43,) .

Pay of, under act to encourage the growth of timber on the western
prairies, (No. 92.)

REPUBLICAN VALLEY LAND-DISTRICT.
Established in Nebraska (No. 191,)

RESERVATIONS FOR PUBLIC USE, (See Military Reservations.)
Cutting or destroying trees on, punishment, (No. 138,)
Destroying fences or walls of, punishment,

Driving cattle or hogs on, to destroy grass, &c., (No. 138,)

RIDGWAY, THOMAS,

Title to land confirmed and patent issued, (No. 256,)

RIGHT OF WAY.

Through public lands granted to railroads incorporated by States,
Territories, or United States, (No. 139,)

ROUND VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION IN CALIFORNIA.
Part of may be restored to the public lands, (No. 218,)

Rights of United States to middle ground in, relinquished to ripar-
ian owners, (No. 232,) .

SALT LAKE CITY.

Authorities of, may enter public lands, and to what amount, under,
&c., (No. 157,)

Portion of Camp Douglas military reservation at, to be set apart
for a public cemetery, (No. 226,)

SAILORS.

Certain honorably discharged, may enter upon, &c., not over one
quarter section of certain public lands as a homestead, (Nos. 49
& 73,)

SAINT PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

May alter its branch lines, (No. 40,)

New location,

Time for completing its road, extended, (No. 217,)

Extension of time to, for completion of roads, (No. 124,)

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Certain lands granted to, for street purposes (No. 23,)

SAN FRANCISCO.

Interest of the United States in the Point San José military reser-
vation released to the city and county of, (No. 158,)

SAN JOSÉ, CALIFORNIA.

SAULT SAINTE MARIE.

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86

Part of military reservation of Fort Brady donated to school-dis-
trict numbered one, in township of, (No. 240,)

177

SAVAGE, EDWARD.

Right to enter quarter-section of land under homestead law, (No.
255,)

Of California, may enter and pay for a section of public land for his
tea colony, (No. 179,)

175

SCHOOL LANDS.

In Oregon, assent of Congress given to the application of, by Ore-
gon in its constitution, (No. 30,)

SCOTT BOUNTY, MISSOURI.

Appropriation of, in Colorado,!(No. 137,)

Certain swamp, &c. lands granted to, (No. 83,)
Patent for certain lands to be issued to, (No. 233,)

Rights of homestead and pre-emption settlers, &c., not to be pre-
judiced,

SHASTA LAND-DISTRICT.

In California, established, (No. 169,)

SHAWNEES.

(See Absentee Shawnee Lands,) (Nos. 16 & 131,)

SHAWNEE LANDS.

Certain bona-fide settlers on, in Kansas, may purchase the lands oc-
cupied, &c., by them at, &c., (Nos. 1 & 131,)

On pre-empted lands in Bitter Root Valley, Montana, to have benefit
of homestead act, (No. 102,;

143

Titles of, to certain lands in Missouri not affected by release of
United States to heirs of Moses Austin, (No. 219), .
Planting timber on western prairies, to receive patents for lands,
when, (No. 103,).

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143

Rights of, in Fort Steilacoom military reservation not affected by
grant to Washington Territory, (No. 224,)