Rules and Regulations Governing the Department of the Interior in Its Various Branches, Parts 3-4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 |
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... actual possession of the same , shall be entitled to a preference - right of entry , under the preceding section , of the mines so opened and improved : Provided , That when any association of not less than four persons , severally ...
... actual possession of the same , shall be entitled to a preference - right of entry , under the preceding section , of the mines so opened and improved : Provided , That when any association of not less than four persons , severally ...
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... actual possession . 17. Possession by agent is recognized as the possession of the prin- cipal . The clearest proof on the point of agency must , however , be required in every case , and a clearly defined possession must be estab ...
... actual possession . 17. Possession by agent is recognized as the possession of the prin- cipal . The clearest proof on the point of agency must , however , be required in every case , and a clearly defined possession must be estab ...
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... actual possession and improvement . Sixty days , exclusive of the first day of possession , etc. , must be allowed . 28. The declaratory statement must be substantially as follows , to wit : do solemnly swear that I am in township of ...
... actual possession and improvement . Sixty days , exclusive of the first day of possession , etc. , must be allowed . 28. The declaratory statement must be substantially as follows , to wit : do solemnly swear that I am in township of ...
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... actual purchase must make affidavit as follows : to the .. , claiming under the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the sale of coal - lands of the United States , the right of purchase quarter of section ...
... actual purchase must make affidavit as follows : to the .. , claiming under the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the sale of coal - lands of the United States , the right of purchase quarter of section ...
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... actual settlers . Settlers are persons who have attached themselves permanently to the soil . Nomadic persons and persons employed by others to make applications for surveys or to make alleged settlements for the purpose of acquiring a ...
... actual settlers . Settlers are persons who have attached themselves permanently to the soil . Nomadic persons and persons employed by others to make applications for surveys or to make alleged settlements for the purpose of acquiring a ...
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26 Stat acres act of Congress act of June act of March affidavit amended America in Congress application August 20 authorized BINGER HERMANN bona fide certificate claimant Commissioner Congress assembled construction contest corner court cultivation cut timber defendant deposit district of Alaska eighteen hundred entered entitled An act fees field notes filed final proof Government grant Greer County hereby homestead entry homestead laws improvements Indian issued Land Office ment mineral lands Muscogee or Creek nonmineral Northern Pacific Railroad notice oath occupied party patent payment person plat preemption preemption laws prescribed prior proper public domain public lands purchase purposes railroad company receipt record register and receiver residence Revised Statutes road Secretary Interior Senate and House settlement settlers South Dakota special agents survey surveyor-general Territory thereof thereto timber timber-culture tion town township tract trespass United warrant witnesses
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Page 780 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 241 - That all patents granted shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.
Page 770 - 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, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by a fine of...
Page 366 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Page 598 - ... that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit, and that 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 353 - Upon the failure of any one of several coowners to contribute his proportion of the expenditures required hereby, the coowners who have performed the labor or made the improvements may, at the expiration of the year, give such delinquent coowner personal notice in writing or notice by publication...
Page 139 - Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall proceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall in any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water in, to, or from any interstate stream or the waters thereof.
Page 353 - Any person, association or corporation authorized to locate a claim under this chapter, having claimed and located a piece of land for such purposes, who has, or have, complied with the terms of this chapter, may file in the proper land office an application for a patent, under oath, showing such compliance...
Page 780 - ... and, upon approval thereof by the Secretary of the Interior, the same shall be noted upon the plats in said office, and thereafter all such lands over which such right of way...
Page 306 - States is hereby granted to any railroad company duly organized under the laws of any State or Territory, except the District of Columbia, or by the Congress of the United States, which shall have filed with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the central line of said road...