Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 19U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 |
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... affidavit to be mineral or when sought as mineral their non- mineral character is alleged . The proceedings in this class of cases . are in the nature of a contest between two or more known parties and are provided for in the rules of ...
... affidavit to be mineral or when sought as mineral their non- mineral character is alleged . The proceedings in this class of cases . are in the nature of a contest between two or more known parties and are provided for in the rules of ...
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United States. Department of the Interior. affidavit , corroborated by the affidavits of his wife and five other persons , repeating the allegation of his insanity at the date of his relinquishment , denying William's charge of ...
United States. Department of the Interior. affidavit , corroborated by the affidavits of his wife and five other persons , repeating the allegation of his insanity at the date of his relinquishment , denying William's charge of ...
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... affidavit is technically insufficient to warrant a hearing . Secretary Smith to the Commissioner of the General Land Office , July 2 , ( J. I. H. ) 1894 . ( W. F. M. ) On May 1 , 1889 , Walter Page made homestead entry of the SE . of ...
... affidavit is technically insufficient to warrant a hearing . Secretary Smith to the Commissioner of the General Land Office , July 2 , ( J. I. H. ) 1894 . ( W. F. M. ) On May 1 , 1889 , Walter Page made homestead entry of the SE . of ...
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... affidavit to be made by the applicant himself , but as there was no adverse claim or conflict , it was ordered that Wallace Bowman be allowed to make his declaratory statement and affidavit and file the same nunc pro tunc . It was also ...
... affidavit to be made by the applicant himself , but as there was no adverse claim or conflict , it was ordered that Wallace Bowman be allowed to make his declaratory statement and affidavit and file the same nunc pro tunc . It was also ...
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... affidavits of two witnesses and agent showing that said land is chiefly valuable for coal ; and , 2 , proper evidence ... affidavit of citizenship , and still another affi- davit , in which he states that John H. Bowman was appointed as ...
... affidavits of two witnesses and agent showing that said land is chiefly valuable for coal ; and , 2 , proper evidence ... affidavit of citizenship , and still another affi- davit , in which he states that John H. Bowman was appointed as ...
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26 Stat acres act of June act of March affidavit of contest affirmed Alexander Hanson alleged allowed appeal approved April April 16 April 22 attorney August cancellation cash entry certificate claimant Commissioner December declaratory statement definite location Department departmental decision entitled entryman evidence fact February February 23 filed final proof grant hearing held homestead entry homestead law indemnity Indian Interior issued July July 20 June 22 land district Land Office March 23 ment mineral motion for review Navajo river Northern Pacific R. R. Northern Pacific Railroad notice October J. I. H. office decision Pacific Railroad Company parties patent person plat pre-emption preference right prior protest public lands purchase record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence road rule scrip Secretary Smith selection September September 29 settlement settlement laws settlers supra survey testimony thereof tion townsite tract United witnesses
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Page 271 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...
Page 26 - State do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof...
Page 145 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent...
Page 91 - September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, granting pre-emption rights, and the acts amendatory thereof, and of the act entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain...
Page 324 - That the Indians or other persons in said district shall not be disturbed in the possession of any lands actually in their use or occupation or now claimed by them, but the terms under which such persons may acquire title to such lands is reserved for future legislation by Congress...
Page 404 - It is not to be admitted that the titles by which so much property in this country and so many rights are held, purporting to emanate from the authoritative action of the officers of the Government, and, as in this case, under the seal and signature of the President of the United States himself, shall be dependent upon the hazard of successful resistance to the whims and caprices of every person who chooses to attack them in a court of justice ; but it should be well understood that only that class...
Page 102 - That the president of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road, after the general route shall be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad...
Page 373 - Except as otherwise provided by law, all balances of appropriations contained in the annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpended at the expiration of such fiscal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses properly incurred during that year, or to the fulfillment of contracts properly made within that year ; and balances not needed for such purposes shall be carried to the surplus fund.
Page 365 - ... situated, to enter at the proper land office, and at the minimum price, the land so settled and occupied in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests...
Page 586 - ... territory to compensate deficiencies for school purposes, where sections sixteen or thirty-six are fractional in quantity, or where one or both are wanting by reason of the township being fractional, or from any natural cause whatever.