Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 38U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 |
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... issued at periods ranging from 1785 to the present time . The earliest rules were given to deputy surveyors in manuscript or in printed circulars , and no copies are available for distribution . Regulations more in detail , improving ...
... issued at periods ranging from 1785 to the present time . The earliest rules were given to deputy surveyors in manuscript or in printed circulars , and no copies are available for distribution . Regulations more in detail , improving ...
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... issued De- cember 5 , 1901 . On November 14 , 1901 , a letter was written to your office by a resi- dent of Oregon ... issuance of patent under the provision of section 7 , act of March 3 , 1891 ( 26 Stat . , 1095 ) . You denied said ...
... issued De- cember 5 , 1901 . On November 14 , 1901 , a letter was written to your office by a resi- dent of Oregon ... issuance of patent under the provision of section 7 , act of March 3 , 1891 ( 26 Stat . , 1095 ) . You denied said ...
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... issued under the act of March 3 , 1905 ( 33 L. D. , 515 ) , stated that- such purchasers will be required to show specifically in what respect the un- timbered lands so purchased are not susceptible of cultivation , what efforts , if ...
... issued under the act of March 3 , 1905 ( 33 L. D. , 515 ) , stated that- such purchasers will be required to show specifically in what respect the un- timbered lands so purchased are not susceptible of cultivation , what efforts , if ...
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... issued and the entry as thus completed passed to patent . The previous departmental decision in this case is , upon the show- ing now made , recalled and vacated and your decision of June 3 , 1908 , is reversed . Former departmental ...
... issued and the entry as thus completed passed to patent . The previous departmental decision in this case is , upon the show- ing now made , recalled and vacated and your decision of June 3 , 1908 , is reversed . Former departmental ...
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... issued to the allot- tee , a relinquishment of all the right , title and interest in and to the allotment described therein , together with a description of the lieu lands wanted . 6. The relinquishment must be signed by the allottee ...
... issued to the allot- tee , a relinquishment of all the right , title and interest in and to the allotment described therein , together with a description of the lieu lands wanted . 6. The relinquishment must be signed by the allottee ...
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34 Stat acquired acres Act approved act of June act of March affidavit alleged allotment allowed appeal application April April 28 assignment Assistant Secretary Pierce August 18 August 23 authority canceled certificate claim claimant coal Commissioner contest corners court cultivation declaratory statement desert land disposed entered entitled entryman February 19 filed final proof grant heirs held hereby homestead entry homestead law Indian instructions Interior irrigation issued July June 17 land department land district Land Office lots March 26 ment mineral nonmineral Northern Pacific Northern Pacific Railroad Northern Pacific Railway notice office decision overruled patent payment person placer mining plat preference right prior public lands purchase purposes railroad company record register and receiver regulations rejected relinquishment reservation reservoir residence Revised Statutes rule selection settlement settler South Dakota supra survey surveyor thereof timber tion town township townsite tract United
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Page 255 - ... that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such...
Page 304 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 636 - That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
Page 367 - ... with regard thereto; that there is not, to his knowledge, within the limits thereof, any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver...
Page 140 - ... and he shall also post such notice in his office for the same period. The claimant at the time of filing this application, or at any time thereafter, within the sixty days of publication, shall file with the register a certificate of the United States surveyor-general that five hundred dollars...
Page 305 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 635 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 558 - That upon the completion of said allotments and the patenting of the lands to said allottees, each and every member of the respective bands or tribes of Indians to whom allotments have been made shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws, both civil and criminal, of the state or territory in which they may reside...
Page 61 - The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall perform, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States...
Page 621 - That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of this act, so far as the same may be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each State and Territory hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and semiarid lands within the limits of such State or Territory...