Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 23U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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... . Lamb was held for rejection . While the testimony introduced by Mrs. Lamb shows that the improvement and cultivation of the land were continuous from 1880 1814 - VOL 23—1 1 until 1888 , it does not show that deceased claimant.
... . Lamb was held for rejection . While the testimony introduced by Mrs. Lamb shows that the improvement and cultivation of the land were continuous from 1880 1814 - VOL 23—1 1 until 1888 , it does not show that deceased claimant.
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... claimants for their business . In your said office decision you say : It is suggested that if the survey was amended ... claimant is entitled to 160 acres ; that in analogy with the federal and state laws said company should be allowed ...
... claimants for their business . In your said office decision you say : It is suggested that if the survey was amended ... claimant is entitled to 160 acres ; that in analogy with the federal and state laws said company should be allowed ...
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... claimants , if such primary acts are followed by residence within such time as clearly shows good faith . Acting ... claimant superior to those of the entryman . The evidence shows that the contestant was first upon the land , in the ...
... claimants , if such primary acts are followed by residence within such time as clearly shows good faith . Acting ... claimant superior to those of the entryman . The evidence shows that the contestant was first upon the land , in the ...
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... claimant and the railroad company as to validity of the former's claim . It was enough that the claim existed , and the question of its validity was a matter to be settled between the government and the claimant , in respect to which ...
... claimant and the railroad company as to validity of the former's claim . It was enough that the claim existed , and the question of its validity was a matter to be settled between the government and the claimant , in respect to which ...
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... claimants interested in the decision of the question now under consideration , it is urged that by referring to the ... claimant , and not as excepting the land covered thereby from the operation of the grants , that is , unless the ...
... claimants interested in the decision of the question now under consideration , it is urged that by referring to the ... claimant , and not as excepting the land covered thereby from the operation of the grants , that is , unless the ...
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acres act of March Acting Secretary Reynolds affidavit of contest affirmed alleged allowed appeal April April 21 attorney August 18 bona fide purchaser canceled Cedar Rapids claimant coal Commissioner Congress December December 19 definite location Department departmental decision Duncan L entitled entryman evidence fact February February 15 filed final proof grant hearing held homestead entry indemnity issued June Lake Superior land district Land Office March 12 March 26 ment mineral mining motion for review Northern Pacific R. R. Northern Pacific Railroad notice October October 16 office decision office letter Pacific Railroad Company parties patent placer claims placer mining plat pre-emption prior protest public lands purpose record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence review of departmental road rule Secretary Francis Secretary Smith September September 29 settlement settler Stat supra survey testimony thereof tion township townsite tract vein or lode
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Page 159 - ... the person making such entry; or if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee; or in case of a widow making such entry, her heirs or devisee, in case of her death, proves by two credible witnesses that he, she, or they have resided upon or cultivated the same for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the affidavit...
Page 604 - Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1873. 8. Washington, 1874. Statement of the Public Debt of the United States, July 1, 1874.
Page 519 - Congress assembled, that the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him...
Page 206 - 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, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 363 - ... 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...
Page 363 - The surveyors, as they are respectively qualified, shall proceed to divide the said territory into townships of six miles square by lines running due north and south, and others crossing these at right angles...
Page 298 - The property, real and personal, which any woman in this state may •own at the time of her marriage, and the rents, issues, profits, or proceeds thereof, and any real, personal, or mixed property, which shall come to her by descent, •devise, or the gift of any person except her husband...
Page 364 - The boundary lines. actually run and marked in the surveys returned by the surveyor-general, shall be established as the proper boundary lines of the sections, or subdivisions, for which they were intended, and the length of such lines, as returned, shall be held and considered as the true length thereof.
Page 100 - The remainder of the placer claim, or any placer claim not embracing any vein or lode claim, shall be paid for at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre...
Page 365 - President may prescribe, to cause the lands thus situated to be surveyed in tracts of two acres in width, fronting on any river, bayou, lake, or watercourse, and running back the depth of forty acres...