Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 |
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... improvements consist of a dwelling house , two story barn , two buildings used for housing stock , sheds , stone milk house , about two miles of fence , and an irrigating ditch - all valued at $ 2,000 ; that he has raised grain , about ...
... improvements consist of a dwelling house , two story barn , two buildings used for housing stock , sheds , stone milk house , about two miles of fence , and an irrigating ditch - all valued at $ 2,000 ; that he has raised grain , about ...
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... improvements to Burns , and put him in possession . Woodworth's entry was canceled by letter of your office , dated March 25 , 1878 . The applicant herein appealed from the action of the local officers re- jecting his proof , and your ...
... improvements to Burns , and put him in possession . Woodworth's entry was canceled by letter of your office , dated March 25 , 1878 . The applicant herein appealed from the action of the local officers re- jecting his proof , and your ...
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... improvements in all being valued at from $ 1000 to $ 1200 . His personal property , with the exception of the few things removed to his homestead , remained on the twenty - five acre tract , and he admits that he intended to remain on ...
... improvements in all being valued at from $ 1000 to $ 1200 . His personal property , with the exception of the few things removed to his homestead , remained on the twenty - five acre tract , and he admits that he intended to remain on ...
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... improvements consisted of a frame house , eight by ten feet , with door , window , and floor , and roof of boards and tar paper , walls of boards covered with tar paper and bat- tened , a frame stable , twelve by twelve feet , a good ...
... improvements consisted of a frame house , eight by ten feet , with door , window , and floor , and roof of boards and tar paper , walls of boards covered with tar paper and bat- tened , a frame stable , twelve by twelve feet , a good ...
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... Agent John F. O'Brien to the effect that the improvements on the claim were meagre and of little value , that the house was uninhabit- able , that but little breaking had been done , DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS 39.
... Agent John F. O'Brien to the effect that the improvements on the claim were meagre and of little value , that the house was uninhabit- able , that but little breaking had been done , DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS 39.
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acres act of June Acting Commissioner Stockslager Acting Secretary Muldrow affidavit alleging settlement allowed appeal application approved April attorney August 13 authority claimant Commissioner Sparks Congress court cultivation December December 15 declaratory statement definite location Department entitled entryman evidence fact faith February February 13 filed final proof hearing held holding for cancellation homestead entry homestead law indemnity limits issued July July 17 June 15 June 22 Lake Maurepas land district Land Office letter miles Muldrow to Commissioner Northern Pacific Northern Pacific Railroad notice November November 12 O'Brien county office decision Pacific R. R. Pacific Railroad Company parties patent prior public lands purchase record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence road rule Secretary Vilas selection September September 28 settlement laws settler Sioux City Stat survey testimony thereof timber culture entry tion township tract United Vilas to Commissioner Washington Territory withdrawal
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Page 400 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said Company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Page 142 - ... no certificate, however, shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; and if at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry ; or if he be dead, his widow ; or in case of her death...
Page 135 - That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry : and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry — or if he be dead, his widow : or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee...
Page 749 - ... that he has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract in any way or manner with any person or persons whatsoever, by which the title which he might acquire from the Government of the United States should inure in whole or in part to the benefit of any person except himself...
Page 752 - ... not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 281 - States or given aid and comfort to its enemies, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not either directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person...
Page 371 - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 73 - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be and the same are hereby reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
Page 647 - States surveyor-general, showing accurately the boundaries of the claim or claims, which shall be distinctly marked by monuments on the ground, and shall post a copy of such plat, together with a notice of such application for a patent, in a conspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat previous to the filing of the application for a patent, and shall file an affidavit of at least two persons that such notice has been duly posted...
Page 279 - ... to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become such...