Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 42The Department, 1913 |
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... necessary for the contestant to offer proof show- ing such alleged qualifications . The Commissioner in his decision of December 9 , 1912 , upon the latter contention of the contestee , held that it was not incumbent upon the contestant ...
... necessary for the contestant to offer proof show- ing such alleged qualifications . The Commissioner in his decision of December 9 , 1912 , upon the latter contention of the contestee , held that it was not incumbent upon the contestant ...
Page 27
... necessary to support his improvements , or the taking of timber for the use of the United States . And nothing in this section shall interfere with or take away any right or privilege under any existing law of the United States to cut ...
... necessary to support his improvements , or the taking of timber for the use of the United States . And nothing in this section shall interfere with or take away any right or privilege under any existing law of the United States to cut ...
Page 32
... necessary to pro- duce the quantity of timber applied for and the lands to be cut over shall be so described in the application that they may be identified from the description set forth . Waste of timber will be discoun- tenanced ...
... necessary to pro- duce the quantity of timber applied for and the lands to be cut over shall be so described in the application that they may be identified from the description set forth . Waste of timber will be discoun- tenanced ...
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... necessary to be shown upon such an entry , in all cases where , upon considering the whole record , the good faith of the entryman appears , the proof will be acceptable if it shows cultivation of at least one- sixteenth for one year ...
... necessary to be shown upon such an entry , in all cases where , upon considering the whole record , the good faith of the entryman appears , the proof will be acceptable if it shows cultivation of at least one- sixteenth for one year ...
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... his claim of ownership thereof is based upon what he has done rather than what he is doing with reference to the entry , no present 66 residence is necessary to support his claim of ownership 58 DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS .
... his claim of ownership thereof is based upon what he has done rather than what he is doing with reference to the entry , no present 66 residence is necessary to support his claim of ownership 58 DECISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS .
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37 Stat acres act of February act of June act of March additional entry affidavit agricultural allotment amended approved April April 28 assigned Assistant Secretary August 9 authorized canceled certificate charges chief of field claimant coal Commissioner Company Congress contest cultivation entitled entryman farm unit February 19 field division filed final proof heirs held hereby homestead act homestead entry homestead law Indian Interior irrigation issued JONES July June 11 June 25 land district Land Office LAYLIN lode March 26 ment metes and bounds mineral National Forest Nebraska National Forest nineteen hundred nonmineral Northern Pacific Railway overruled Pacific R. R. patent payment person placer mining plat preference right prior public lands purchase purposes reclamation act record register and receiver regulations relinquishment reservation residence Revised Statutes rule selection settlement settler submitted supra survey thereof timber tion township tract unsurveyed water-right application withdrawal
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Page 309 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines, extended downward vertically...
Page 381 - That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
Page 436 - That where non-mineral land, not contiguous to the vein or lode, is used or occupied by 'the proprietor of such vein or lode for mining or milling purposes, such non-adjacent surface ground may be embraced and included in an application for a patent for such vein or lode, and the same may be patented therewith, subject to the same preliminary requirements as to survey and notice as are applicable under this act to veins or lodes...
Page 396 - That in all patents for lands hereafter taken up under any of the land laws of the United States or on entries or claims validated by this act, west of the one hundredth meridian it shall be expressed that there is reserved from the lands in said patent described a right of way thereon for ditches or canals constructed by the authority of the United States.
Page 236 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 463 - An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in •certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands,' and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Page 309 - That the locators of all mining locations heretofore made, or which shall hereafter be made, on any mineral vein, lode, or ledge, situated on the public domain, their heirs and assigns, where no adverse claim exists at the passage of this act, so long as they comply with the laws of the United States...
Page 405 - Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been prior to the date hereof embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States land office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law...
Page 414 - Where such person or association, they and their grantors, have held and worked their claims for a period equal to the time prescribed by the statute of limitations for mining claims of the State or Territory where the same may be situated, evidence of such possession and working of the claims for such period shall be sufficient to establish a right to a patent thereto under this chapter, in the absence of any adverse claim...
Page 457 - ... the owners of such tunnel shall have the right of possession of all veins or lodes within 3,000 feet from the face of such tunnel on the line thereof, not previously known to exist...