Annual Report, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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... past year four books of an original character - geological guidebooks along the western railroad lines , one along the Northern Pacific , another along the Union and Central Pacific , a third along the Santa Fe route , and a fourth ...
... past year four books of an original character - geological guidebooks along the western railroad lines , one along the Northern Pacific , another along the Union and Central Pacific , a third along the Santa Fe route , and a fourth ...
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... past 30 years . With all the marvelous record of what the mind of a quick people may produce to make life happier and nature more serviceable , how little can be shown as our contribution to the methods of improving the mind and skill ...
... past 30 years . With all the marvelous record of what the mind of a quick people may produce to make life happier and nature more serviceable , how little can be shown as our contribution to the methods of improving the mind and skill ...
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... past on several projects have been almost unproductive . On many reservations the areas actually irrigated have been more than doubled in the year of this report . 10. For the first time an appropriation out of the Ute judgment fund was ...
... past on several projects have been almost unproductive . On many reservations the areas actually irrigated have been more than doubled in the year of this report . 10. For the first time an appropriation out of the Ute judgment fund was ...
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... past a satisfactory conclusion to the long stand- ing controversy over the identification of lands lying north of the third standard parallel in Imperial Valley has been accomplished . In addition to this , to the west of and adjoining ...
... past a satisfactory conclusion to the long stand- ing controversy over the identification of lands lying north of the third standard parallel in Imperial Valley has been accomplished . In addition to this , to the west of and adjoining ...
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... past year there were ap- proved for patent 517 entries under the Minnesota drainage law , known as the Volstead Act , as against 245 for the preceding year . Serious difficulties in the administration of this law is noted , due to ...
... past year there were ap- proved for patent 517 entries under the Minnesota drainage law , known as the Volstead Act , as against 245 for the preceding year . Serious difficulties in the administration of this law is noted , due to ...
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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.