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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... evidence , that Mrs. Settoon was born in the French settlement in Louisiana ; that she is a poor widow , about eighty - seven years old , and understands the English language very indifferently ; that her home and improvements , worth ...
... evidence , that Mrs. Settoon was born in the French settlement in Louisiana ; that she is a poor widow , about eighty - seven years old , and understands the English language very indifferently ; that her home and improvements , worth ...
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... evidence fails to disclose any facts showing fraud on the part of the claimants . Your office decision is modified accordingly , and you will cancel said entry to the extent of lot 2 , allowing Mrs. Settoon a preference right to make ...
... evidence fails to disclose any facts showing fraud on the part of the claimants . Your office decision is modified accordingly , and you will cancel said entry to the extent of lot 2 , allowing Mrs. Settoon a preference right to make ...
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... evidence discloses that no consideration was ever paid , but only promised upon condition that Pamperin should ... evidence of claim " contemplated by section 2 of the act of May 14 , 1890 , 26 Statutes , p . 109 , and the prima facie ...
... evidence discloses that no consideration was ever paid , but only promised upon condition that Pamperin should ... evidence of claim " contemplated by section 2 of the act of May 14 , 1890 , 26 Statutes , p . 109 , and the prima facie ...
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... evidence called for by letter " N " of November 16 , 1892 , and reporting that the evidence required by said letter of June 7 , 1884 , has not been furnished . Inasmuch as said evidence is material , and claimant has failed to furnish ...
... evidence called for by letter " N " of November 16 , 1892 , and reporting that the evidence required by said letter of June 7 , 1884 , has not been furnished . Inasmuch as said evidence is material , and claimant has failed to furnish ...
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... evidence relative to Violette's qualifications at the date of the filing of the map of definite location , is very ambiguous and obscure , as follows : Q. How far do you live from the land in question ? A. Must be half a mile from the ...
... evidence relative to Violette's qualifications at the date of the filing of the map of definite location , is very ambiguous and obscure , as follows : Q. How far do you live from the land in question ? A. Must be half a mile from the ...
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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 August 18 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
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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...
Page 365 - ... in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests ; the execution of which trust, as to the disposal of the lots in such town, and the proceeds of the sales thereof, to be conducted under such regulations as may be prescribed by the legislative authority of the State or Territory in which the same may be situated.
Page 103 - An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain...
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 90 - 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 ; and the odd sections of land hereby granted shall not be liable to sale, or entry or preemption before or after they are surveyed, except by said company, as provided in this act...
Page 457 - Where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements of the statute have been met.
Page 26 - ... the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States...
Page 300 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes," which reads as follows, viz: "no person who shall after the passage of this act enter upon any of the public lands with a view to occupation, entry, or settlement under any of the land laws shall be permitted to acquire title to more than three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate under all said laws...
Page 586 - And other lands of equal acreage are also hereby appropriated and granted, and may be selected by said State or Territory, where sections sixteen or thirty-six are mineral land, or are included within any Indian, military, or other reservation, or are otherwise disposed of by
Page 412 - Now, Know ye, That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity, with the several Acts of Congress in such case made and provided, HAVE GIVEN AND GRANTED, and by these presents DO GIVE AND GRANT, unto the said Conrad B. Pack, and to his heirs, the said Tract above described...