Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public LandsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 |
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... , with in- structions to act in accordance with the views of the Attorney General , in the adjustment of the grant to said road . OPINION . Attorney - General Garland to Secretary Vilas , DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS . 13.
... , with in- structions to act in accordance with the views of the Attorney General , in the adjustment of the grant to said road . OPINION . Attorney - General Garland to Secretary Vilas , DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS . 13.
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... road is definitely fixed , and a plat · thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and when- ever prior to said time any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted , sold , reserved ...
... road is definitely fixed , and a plat · thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office ; and when- ever prior to said time any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted , sold , reserved ...
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... road to some point on Puget Sound , via . the Valley of the Columbia river . . . . and in the event of there not being in any State or Territory in which the said main line or branch may be lo- cated at the time of the final location ...
... road to some point on Puget Sound , via . the Valley of the Columbia river . . . . and in the event of there not being in any State or Territory in which the said main line or branch may be lo- cated at the time of the final location ...
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... road , beyond the limits prescribed in said charter , as will make up such deficiency . This clause seems to be sufficiently clear to be its own interpreter . " Beyond the limits prescribed in said charter , " certainly means outside of ...
... road , beyond the limits prescribed in said charter , as will make up such deficiency . This clause seems to be sufficiently clear to be its own interpreter . " Beyond the limits prescribed in said charter , " certainly means outside of ...
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... road beyond the limits prescribed in said charter . The language " in such State or Territory , " or some equivalent lan- guage , would doubtless have been found in the original act of 1864 , had it been the intent of Congress to limit ...
... road beyond the limits prescribed in said charter . The language " in such State or Territory , " or some equivalent lan- guage , would doubtless have been found in the original act of 1864 , had it been the intent of Congress to limit ...
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acres act of June act of March adverse claim affidavit affirmed allowed application approved April April 18 attorney Board of Equitable cash entry claimant Commissioner Stockslager complied considered the appeal contest court cultivation December declaratory statement Department desert land desert land act entitled entryman fact faith February February 26 filed final certificate final proof grant hearing held homestead entry homestead law improvements indemnity issued January January 12 July July 23 June 15 land covered land district Land Office letter limits ment Northern Pacific Railroad notice numbered October October 13 office decision Pacific R. R. parties patent plat pre-emption law pre-emptor prior protest public lands purchase reason record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence road rule scrip Secretary Noble Secretary Vilas selection September September 28 settlement laws settler Stat survey swamp land testimony thereof tion township United Vilas to Commissioner
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Page 389 - ... upon a failure to comply with these conditions, the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.
Page 123 - ... 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 487 - ... 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...
Page 351 - ... to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become such...
Page 223 - Provided, That where the claimant for a patent is not a resident of or within the land district wherein the vein, lode, ledge, or deposit sought to be patented is located, the application for patent and the affidavits required to be made in this section by the claimant for such patent may be made by his, her, or its authorized agent, where said agent is conversant with the facts sought to be established by said affidavits: And provided, That this section shall apply to all applications now pending...
Page 169 - ... 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, and ten alternate sections 'of land per mile on each side of said railroad, whenever it passes through any State...
Page 124 - ... it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent, upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists ; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard, except it be shown that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of this chapter.
Page 256 - State, to select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, from the lands of the United States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the right of preemption has attached as aforesaid; which lands (thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to which preemption rights have attached as aforesaid...
Page 273 - ... 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 57 - States, who has voluntarily separated himself from his tribe, and taken up his residence among the white citizens of a State, but who has not been naturalized, or taxed, or recognized as a citizen, either by the United States or by the State, is not a citizen of the United States, within the meaning of the first section of the Fourteenth Article of Amendment of the Constitution.