Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 24U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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... taken on the respective claims or grants affected thereby . Secretary Francis to the Commissioner of the General Land Office , Jan- ( I. H. L. ) ( W. M. W. ) uary 8 , 1897 . The case of Joseph Farr has been considered on his appeal from ...
... taken on the respective claims or grants affected thereby . Secretary Francis to the Commissioner of the General Land Office , Jan- ( I. H. L. ) ( W. M. W. ) uary 8 , 1897 . The case of Joseph Farr has been considered on his appeal from ...
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... taken within six months from date of such decision , and in all respects to be taken in the same manner and upon the same conditions , except in respect of the amount in controversy as is now provided by law for the taking of appeals ...
... taken within six months from date of such decision , and in all respects to be taken in the same manner and upon the same conditions , except in respect of the amount in controversy as is now provided by law for the taking of appeals ...
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... taken upon his claim , and in these cases notice should be given the purchaser , by serv- ice upon him personally if he can be reached in that way , and , if not , then by publication in such manner as will most likely reach him , that ...
... taken upon his claim , and in these cases notice should be given the purchaser , by serv- ice upon him personally if he can be reached in that way , and , if not , then by publication in such manner as will most likely reach him , that ...
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... taken by pre - emption or homestead settlers . That the lands appropriated by the preceding section shall be selected from any unappropriated , surveyed public lands . . . . within the State or Territory where such losses or ...
... taken by pre - emption or homestead settlers . That the lands appropriated by the preceding section shall be selected from any unappropriated , surveyed public lands . . . . within the State or Territory where such losses or ...
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... taken . Your office , by letter of November 5 , 1895 , reversed the action of the register and receiver on two grounds ; first : that service of notice of a hearing by mail was without " authority of law or warrant in the rules of ...
... taken . Your office , by letter of November 5 , 1895 , reversed the action of the register and receiver on two grounds ; first : that service of notice of a hearing by mail was without " authority of law or warrant in the rules of ...
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26 Stat act of June act of March action affidavit of contest affirmed allotment allowed appeal application to enter approved April April 21 August 18 California canceled certificate Cherokee Outlet claimant Commissioner Congress December December 21 declaratory statement Department departmental decision entitled entryman fact February 22 filed final proof Harry Pulliam hearing held hereby homestead entry homestead law Indian Interior issued January January 12 July June 15 land district land in question Land Office March 20 ment mineral Missouri River motion for review Northern Pacific R. R. Northern Pacific Railroad notice October office decision Oklahoma Pacific Railroad Company parties patent plat pre-emption prior protest public lands Pulliam purchase record rejected relinquishment reservation residence Revised Statutes rule Secretary Bliss Secretary Francis September September 28 settlers sixty acres survey surveyor swamp and overflowed swamp land Territory testimony thereof tion township townsite United
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Page 511 - ... the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period of twentyfive years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located...
Page 21 - Where such person or association, they and their grantors, have held and worked their claims for a period equal to the time prescribed by the statute of limitations for mining claims of the State or Territory where the same may be situated...
Page 170 - Nothing in this section shall prevent any miner or agriculturist from clearing his land in the ordinary working of his mining claim, or in the preparation of his farm for tillage, or from taking the timber necessary to support his improvements, or the taking of timber for the use of the United States.
Page 511 - And if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void...
Page 597 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States; but it is not the purpose or intent of these provisions, or of the act providing for such reservations, to authorize the inclusion therein. of lands more valuable for the mineral therein or for agricultural purposes...
Page 550 - ... as is or may be reserved from sale by any law of Congress or proclamation of the President of the United States...
Page 167 - That all citizens of the United States and other persons, bona fide residents of the State of Colorado or Nevada, or either of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, or Montana, and all other mineral districts of the United States, shall be and are hereby, anthorized and permitted to fell and remove, for building, agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes...
Page 511 - Indians residing on such reservation, as the case may be, at a special election authorized and called by the Secretary of the Interior under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
Page 548 - An act to provide for the division of Dakota into two states and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington to form constitutions and state governments and to be admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states, and to make donations of public lands to such states...
Page 591 - All waters on such reservations may be used for domestic, mining, milling, or irrigation purposes, under the laws of the State wherein such forest reservations are situated, or under the laws of the United States and the rules and regulations established thereunder.