Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 |
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Page 167
... survey has been made by the surveyor - general , excluding portions of the land within the boundaries so elaimed . Commissioner McFarland to U. S. surveyor general , Tucson , Arizona , April 2 , 1883 . Your letter of the 20th ultimo is ...
... survey has been made by the surveyor - general , excluding portions of the land within the boundaries so elaimed . Commissioner McFarland to U. S. surveyor general , Tucson , Arizona , April 2 , 1883 . Your letter of the 20th ultimo is ...
Page 168
... surveyor - general for confirmation ; the reservation to continue until the claim is disposed of by Congress . The survey , to which reference is made , was merely preliminary , for the information of Congress . It does not determine ...
... surveyor - general for confirmation ; the reservation to continue until the claim is disposed of by Congress . The survey , to which reference is made , was merely preliminary , for the information of Congress . It does not determine ...
Page 173
... survey of the Rancho Alisal , Maria Teresa de la Guerra Hartnell and others , the widow and heirs of William E. P. Hartnell , deceased , confirmees , made by United States Deputy Surveyor J. E. Terrell , in May , 1859 , on appeal from ...
... survey of the Rancho Alisal , Maria Teresa de la Guerra Hartnell and others , the widow and heirs of William E. P. Hartnell , deceased , confirmees , made by United States Deputy Surveyor J. E. Terrell , in May , 1859 , on appeal from ...
Page 174
... survey was accordingly published under act of July 1 , 1864 , and upon objections thereto a hearing was had before the surveyor- general , the record of which was transmitted September 1 , 1877 , with the opinion that the survey became ...
... survey was accordingly published under act of July 1 , 1864 , and upon objections thereto a hearing was had before the surveyor- general , the record of which was transmitted September 1 , 1877 , with the opinion that the survey became ...
Page 175
... survey was approved before the passage of the act of June 14 , 1860 , and not ordered into court until after that date . But it is not shown that no proceedings were pending either before the court or the surveyor general for the ...
... survey was approved before the passage of the act of June 14 , 1860 , and not ordered into court until after that date . But it is not shown that no proceedings were pending either before the court or the surveyor general for the ...
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acres act of June act of March adverse claim affidavit aforesaid alleging settlement allowed appeal application approved April April 21 attorney authority boundaries cancellation certificate claimant Commissioner McFarland comply confirmed contest corners cultivation December decision declaratory statement decree Department entitled fact February February 21 filed final proof grant held homestead entry homestead laws improvements issue January July June 15 land embraced Land Office letter limits lode McFarland to register ment mineral mining notice November November 29 October opinion party patent person Pinole plat possession pre-emption right pre-emptor prior public lands purchase Purisima question Rancho record register and receiver relinquishment reservation residence Revised Statutes road rule Secretary Teller September September 27 settler sobrante Southern Pacific Railroad Stat subsequent survey surveyor surveyor-general swamp Teller to Commissioner testimony thereof timber timber-culture entry tion township tract United Virginia military district
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Page 558 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations.
Page 587 - ... 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 541 - ... 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 383 - ... 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...
Page 409 - ... 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 himself...
Page 383 - 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 663 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Page 688 - 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; and no member of any association which shall have taken the benefit of such sections shall enter or hold any other lands under their provisions...
Page 656 - An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States," approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and seventytwo.
Page 673 - ... be subdivided into sections, containing, as nearly as may be, six hundred and forty acres each, by running through the same, each way, parallel lines, at the end of every two miles ; and by marking a corner, on each of the said lines, at the end of every mile...