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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... taken by virtue of the discre- tionary power vested in the Commissioner from which action no right of appeal will lie . It is not alleged that the Commissioner has denied to said applicants the right to a hearing to determine the ...
... taken by virtue of the discre- tionary power vested in the Commissioner from which action no right of appeal will lie . It is not alleged that the Commissioner has denied to said applicants the right to a hearing to determine the ...
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... taken not being included within such final survey of a Mexican grant , or otherwise defective or invalid , the same are hereby confirmed , and the sixteenth or thirty - sixth section in lien of which the selection was made shall , upon ...
... taken not being included within such final survey of a Mexican grant , or otherwise defective or invalid , the same are hereby confirmed , and the sixteenth or thirty - sixth section in lien of which the selection was made shall , upon ...
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... taken was not actually within the limits of a Mexican grant ; and , 2 , be- cause it was ' otherwise defective or invalid . ' This language is certainly broad enough to include every defective certificate ; and , in order that the ...
... taken was not actually within the limits of a Mexican grant ; and , 2 , be- cause it was ' otherwise defective or invalid . ' This language is certainly broad enough to include every defective certificate ; and , in order that the ...
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... taken , namely ; that it was the purpose of this act to permit the State to sell , although not yet at the time of its passage already sold , all lands which had been certified in lieu of a deficient sixteenth or thirty - sixth section ...
... taken , namely ; that it was the purpose of this act to permit the State to sell , although not yet at the time of its passage already sold , all lands which had been certified in lieu of a deficient sixteenth or thirty - sixth section ...
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... ( taken in connection with the rule established by the Attor- ney - General's opinion above referred to ) than other States receive for like deficiencies in school grants ; I think it is the duty of the Depart ment to refrain now from the ...
... ( taken in connection with the rule established by the Attor- ney - General's opinion above referred to ) than other States receive for like deficiencies in school grants ; I think it is the duty of the Depart ment to refrain now from the ...
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acres act of June act of March adverse claim affidavit affirmed allowed April April 14 Assistant Secretary Chandler attorney Board of Equitable cash entry claimant Commissioner Stockslager complied contest court cultivation December 15 declaratory statement Department desert land entitled entryman fact faith February February 26 filed final certificate final proof grant hearing held holding for cancellation homestead entry homestead law improvements indemnity issued January January 12 July July 23 June 15 June 22 land covered land district Land Office letter local officers lode ment mineral Noble to Commissioner notice October October 19 office decision original entry parties patent pre-emption law pre-emptor prior public lands purchase question Railroad Company record register and receiver rejected relinquishment residence road rule scrip Secretary Noble Secretary Vilas selection September 28 settlement laws settler Stat survey testimony thereof timber culture entry tion township 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.