Circular from the General Land Office: Showing the Manner of Proceeding to Obtain Title to Public Lands Under the Homestead, Desert Land, and Other Laws. Issued July 11, 1899U.S. Government Printing Office, 1899 - 328 pages |
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... quantity that may be located in a town- ship or State . When located in payment of preemption claims and in commutation of homestead entries on double minimum lands , the excess price must be paid or a double quantity of the scrip ...
... quantity that may be located in a town- ship or State . When located in payment of preemption claims and in commutation of homestead entries on double minimum lands , the excess price must be paid or a double quantity of the scrip ...
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... quantity of land agricultural in charac- ter , and not mineral , which , with the tracts now applied for , would make more than 320 acres , and that he has not theretofore had the benefit of the homestead laws , and must pay the legal ...
... quantity of land agricultural in charac- ter , and not mineral , which , with the tracts now applied for , would make more than 320 acres , and that he has not theretofore had the benefit of the homestead laws , and must pay the legal ...
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... quantity to a quarter section , may enter other land lying contiguous to his own to an amount which shall not , with the land already owned by him , exceed in the aggregate 160 acres . For instance , if he has purchased or obtained from ...
... quantity to a quarter section , may enter other land lying contiguous to his own to an amount which shall not , with the land already owned by him , exceed in the aggregate 160 acres . For instance , if he has purchased or obtained from ...
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... quantity of timber burned does not exceed 75,000 feet of merchantable green timber , the entryman may file with the register and receiver of the district in which his claim lies a sworn statement setting forth the fact that the timber ...
... quantity of timber burned does not exceed 75,000 feet of merchantable green timber , the entryman may file with the register and receiver of the district in which his claim lies a sworn statement setting forth the fact that the timber ...
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... quantity , and he can not make up the difference by an addi- tional entry , except in cases where subsequent legislation has provided therefor . Additional homestead entries are allowed by several acts of Congress . The act of March 2 ...
... quantity , and he can not make up the difference by an addi- tional entry , except in cases where subsequent legislation has provided therefor . Additional homestead entries are allowed by several acts of Congress . The act of March 2 ...
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26 Stat act of Congress act of March additional entry affidavit aforesaid amended America in Congress Appendix application assigns August 30 benefit bona fide bona fide purchasers cents per acre certificate claimant Commissioner commutation Congress assembled contest cultivation declaration deposit desert-land district land office District of Alaska dollars eighteen hundred enter entitled An act February 18 fees filed final proof grant Greer County hereafter hereby heretofore homestead entry homestead laws improvements Indians Interior issued June 14 land embraced legal subdivisions ment mineral Muscogee or Creek nonmineral Northern Pacific Railroad notice oath occupied original entry party patent person plat preemption laws prescribed prior public lands purposes railroad company register and receiver register or receiver residence Revised Statutes Secretary Senate and House settlement survey Territory Territory of Dakota thereof thereto timber timber-culture tion township tract of land United wagon road
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Page 45 - ... he has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whatsoever, by which the title which he might acquire from the government of the United States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except himself...
Page 167 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
Page 163 - Every person who, 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 154 - No certificate, however, shall be given, or patent issued therefor, until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry; and if at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry; or if he be dead, his widow; or in case of her death, his heirs or devisee...
Page 282 - States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever...
Page 228 - That the President of the United States may from time to time set apart and reserve in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations; and the President shall by public proclamation declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof.
Page 116 - If the same be upon surveyed lands, and, if upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve months after the survey thereof by the United States, file with the register of the land office for the district where such land is located, a...
Page 156 - ... his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan children, by a guardian duly appointed and officially accredited at the Department of the Interior, shall be entitled to all the benefits enumerated in this act...
Page 182 - AN ACT making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and for other purposes.
Page 89 - ... pending contest or protest against the validity of such entry, the entryman shall be entitled to a patent conveying the land by him entered, and the same shall be issued to him...