Annual Report, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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... acres left , 12,000,000 acres have already been classified as coal bearing , over 4,000,000 as probably carrying oil , and 2,600,000 as phosphate lands . The most valuable discovery made in recent years as affecting the public domain is ...
... acres left , 12,000,000 acres have already been classified as coal bearing , over 4,000,000 as probably carrying oil , and 2,600,000 as phosphate lands . The most valuable discovery made in recent years as affecting the public domain is ...
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... acres.1 In addition , the Federal Government gave to the States all the swamp and over- flowed public lands within their borders , amounting to 64,000,000 acres by roughest approximation , upon condition that they used the proceeds to ...
... acres.1 In addition , the Federal Government gave to the States all the swamp and over- flowed public lands within their borders , amounting to 64,000,000 acres by roughest approximation , upon condition that they used the proceeds to ...
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... acres , 1 not one - half of which , it may safely be said , will ever prove to be cultivable . There passed out of this office last year 61,979 patents to land , some for 160 acres and some for 320 acres - donations from the Nation to ...
... acres , 1 not one - half of which , it may safely be said , will ever prove to be cultivable . There passed out of this office last year 61,979 patents to land , some for 160 acres and some for 320 acres - donations from the Nation to ...
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... acres was the limit , not a full section . But now he may have 320 acres if it is dry farming or grazing land — and for the latter the size might still be increased . And he can not have it as a speculation . It must be made a home and ...
... acres was the limit , not a full section . But now he may have 320 acres if it is dry farming or grazing land — and for the latter the size might still be increased . And he can not have it as a speculation . It must be made a home and ...
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... acres , as against 12,678,076 acres in 1913 and 10,135,475 acres in 1912 . 2. Issued 2,711 patents on desert - land entries , embracing 448,752 acres , as against 2,127 patents , embracing 346,794 acres , during the year previous ...
... acres , as against 12,678,076 acres in 1913 and 10,135,475 acres in 1912 . 2. Issued 2,711 patents on desert - land entries , embracing 448,752 acres , as against 2,127 patents , embracing 346,794 acres , during the year previous ...
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Page 276 - That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State, to be used as a permanent fund, the interest of which only shall be expended for the support of the common schools within said State.
Page 1052 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments...
Page 663 - British thermal unit is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1° F.
Page 470 - New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. 2. The...
Page 1079 - Interior, who shall administer and protect the same under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled "An Act for the preservation of American antiquities...
Page 1044 - Hunting or killing, wounding, or capturing any bird or wild animal on the park lands, except dangerous animals when necessary to prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation used by persons engaged in hunting, killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or wild animals, or in possession of game killed on the park lands under...
Page 536 - Harrison, the area mapped being 30 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1 :62,500, with a contour interval of 20 feet. For the control of the...
Page 974 - An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States...
Page 457 - Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the Geological Structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain...
Page 1033 - Private notices or advertisements shall not be posted or displayed within the park, except such as may be necessary for the convenience and guidance of the public, upon buildings on leased ground.