Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 |
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Page xi
... tract for which has not yet been let . Under date of May 24 , 1895 , Mr. Andrew Douglas , the chief exam- iner , reported that the greater part of the lands on the Red Lake Reser- vation yet to be examined were agricultural , and if he ...
... tract for which has not yet been let . Under date of May 24 , 1895 , Mr. Andrew Douglas , the chief exam- iner , reported that the greater part of the lands on the Red Lake Reser- vation yet to be examined were agricultural , and if he ...
Page xvii
... tracts may remain . It is also exclusive of Alaska , containing approximately 370,000,000 acres , and military and Indian reservations , reservoir sites , and timber reserves , which may in the future be added to the public domain . The ...
... tracts may remain . It is also exclusive of Alaska , containing approximately 370,000,000 acres , and military and Indian reservations , reservoir sites , and timber reserves , which may in the future be added to the public domain . The ...
Page lix
... tracts of country have been reclaimed by this method . Especial refer- ence is made to the completion of the irrigation system of the Pecos Valley , which covers something over half a million acres of land and contains the largest ...
... tracts of country have been reclaimed by this method . Especial refer- ence is made to the completion of the irrigation system of the Pecos Valley , which covers something over half a million acres of land and contains the largest ...
Page lxiv
... tract of land near the head waters of the Yellowstone River , in the States of Montana and Wyoming . It is 62 miles in length from north to south , 54 miles in width from east to west , and contains about 3,348 square miles . The ...
... tract of land near the head waters of the Yellowstone River , in the States of Montana and Wyoming . It is 62 miles in length from north to south , 54 miles in width from east to west , and contains about 3,348 square miles . The ...
Page lxxi
... tracts of Government land occupied by said buildings and devoted to the employment and recreation of the classes for whom the provision was made . The estimate for current expenses is $ 368,000 , and is based on an annual cost of $ 220 ...
... tracts of Government land occupied by said buildings and devoted to the employment and recreation of the classes for whom the provision was made . The estimate for current expenses is $ 368,000 , and is based on an annual cost of $ 220 ...
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26 Stat acres act of March agricultural amount received therefrom Applications to purchase appropriation approved August 18 Central Pacific Railroad classes of entries Colorado Commissioner commissions of register commuted to cash contract County deputy surveyor ending June 30 entries and amount entries and locations examination Excess payments Executive order Expense of depositing fees field notes filed Final entries Final homestead entries fiscal year ending grants grazing Homestead entries commuted Idaho Incidental expenses Interior June 28 June 30 land districts Land Office lines lots mineral lands Montana Mountainous Oregon original entries Original homestead entries patented payments on homestead pending plats preemption private land claims public lands received for reducing reducing testimony register and receiver Revised Statutes scrip Secretary South Dakota subdivisions surveyor-general swamp lands Territory testimony to writing timber Total cash sales Total vacant land township tract United Utah Washington Wyoming
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Page 49 - In conflict therewith as to said nation: provided, that the words 'rolls of citizenship,' as used In the act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and...
Page 244 - ... entry, location, or other disposal under the laws of the United States until otherwise directed by the commission or by Congress. Notice that such application has been made, together with the date of filing thereof and a description of the lands of the United States affected thereby, shall be filed in the local land office for the district in which such lands are located.
Page 207 - That in expending this appropriation preference shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eightynine, and the acts approved July third and July tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety...
Page 244 - ... contemplated irrigation and which plan shall be sufficient to thoroughly irrigate and reclaim said land and prepare it to raise ordinary agricultural crops and shall also show the source of the water to be used for irrigation and reclamation...
Page 8 - An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes...
Page 207 - ... such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of the United States...
Page 244 - That said States shall not sell or dispose of more than one hundred and sixty acres of said lands to any one person, and any surplus of money derived by any State from the sale of said lands in excess of the cost of their reclamation, shall be held as a trust fund for and be applied to the reclamation of other desert lands in such State.
Page 243 - That to aid the public land states in the reclamation of the desert lands therein and the settlement, cultivation and sale thereof, in small tracts to actual settlers, the Secretary of the Interior with the approval of the President, be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, upon proper application of the state, to contract and agree...
Page 238 - ... or said certificates may be assigned by indorsement and may be received by the Government in payment for any public lands of the United States in the States where the surveys were made, entered or to be entered under the laws thereof.
Page 44 - Provided, That in expending this appropriation preference shall be given in favor of surveying townships occupied, in whole or in part by actual settlers and of lands granted to the States by the act approved February twenty-second, eighteen...