Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... witnesses state that upon an examination of the ground , made just before contest , it did not show any indication of cultivation , and several of them say they passed over or by the land one or more times during the summer of 1885 ...
... witnesses state that upon an examination of the ground , made just before contest , it did not show any indication of cultivation , and several of them say they passed over or by the land one or more times during the summer of 1885 ...
Page 23
... witnesses having personal and exact knowledge of each tract . In the absence of such evidence , I can not concur in your conclusion reject- ing the claim of the State . This , however , is not to be construed as confirming said claim ...
... witnesses having personal and exact knowledge of each tract . In the absence of such evidence , I can not concur in your conclusion reject- ing the claim of the State . This , however , is not to be construed as confirming said claim ...
Page 28
... witnesses to the effect that these various parties , during the summer and fall of 1882 , were generally about the town of Harper , or employed in the Indian Territory , from which it is inferred that they never established any ...
... witnesses to the effect that these various parties , during the summer and fall of 1882 , were generally about the town of Harper , or employed in the Indian Territory , from which it is inferred that they never established any ...
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... witnesses with a view to eliciting all the facts in regard to her marriage and residence thereafter , as well as all other facts that may be of service in determining whether said claimant did in good faith comply with the law and ...
... witnesses with a view to eliciting all the facts in regard to her marriage and residence thereafter , as well as all other facts that may be of service in determining whether said claimant did in good faith comply with the law and ...
Page 39
... was selected in 1881 by the State of Wisconsin as swamp land under the swamp land grant of September 28 , 1850 ( 9 Stat . , 519 ) , and Dox and his witnesses in making final proof , March 3 DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS . 39.
... was selected in 1881 by the State of Wisconsin as swamp land under the swamp land grant of September 28 , 1850 ( 9 Stat . , 519 ) , and Dox and his witnesses in making final proof , March 3 DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS . 39.
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act of June act of March adverse claim affidavit of contest affirmed allowed appeal application April April 18 Assistant Secretary Chandler attorney August August 13 cash entry Central Pacific Railroad certificate claimant Commissioner complied Congress court cultivated December December 29 declaratory statement definite location Department dismissed entryman evidence facts February February 13 filed final proof grant hearing held homestead entry homestead law improvements indemnity Indians January July July 16 June 15 June 22 land district Land Office local officers lode ment motion for review Northern Pacific Railroad notice November occupied October October 13 office decision Pacific R. R. Pacific Railroad Company parties patent plat pre-emptor prior public lands purchase question record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence Revised Statutes road rule Secretary Noble selection September September 28 settlement laws Stat survey testimony thereof timber culture entry tion United withdrawal witnesses
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Page 205 - 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 255 - State, and whenever, on the line thereof the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 190 - Where an adverse claim is filed during the period of publication, it shall be upon oath of the person or persons making the same, and shall show the nature, boundaries, and extent of such adverse claim, and all proceedings, except the publication of notice and making and filing of the affidavit thereof, shall be stayed until the controversy shall have been settled or decided by a Court of competent jurisdiction, or the adverse claim waived. It shall be the duty of the adverse claimant, within thirty...
Page 643 - ... 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 570 - ... 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 531 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars...
Page 505 - The three preceding sections shall be held to authorize only one entry by the same person or association of persons; and no association of persons any member of which shall have taken the benefit of such sections, either as an individual or as a member of any other association, shall enter or hold any other lands under the provisions thereof...
Page 158 - ... and pay for the lands filed upon within one year from the time prescribed for filing their respective claims ; and upon failure to file the proper notice, or to pay for the land within the required period, the same shall be subject to entry by any other qualified applicant.
Page 637 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 222 - There is a known distinction between circumstances which are of the essence of a thing required to be done by an act of Parliament, and clauses merely directory.