Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 12U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 |
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... enter the same under the provisions of the homestead law and this act , and shall be regarded as actual settlers ... entered by him under either of said laws , may make a second homestead entry under the provisions of this act . The ...
... enter the same under the provisions of the homestead law and this act , and shall be regarded as actual settlers ... entered by him under either of said laws , may make a second homestead entry under the provisions of this act . The ...
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... enter the same under the provisions of the homestead law and this act , and shall be regarded as such actual settlers from the date of actual settlement or occupation ; and any person who has not heretofore had the benefit of the ...
... enter the same under the provisions of the homestead law and this act , and shall be regarded as such actual settlers from the date of actual settlement or occupation ; and any person who has not heretofore had the benefit of the ...
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... entered in good faith under the preemption or home- stead laws , or upon which there were bona fide preëmption or ... enter as aforesaid may perfect their entry under the law . And on condition that the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad ...
... entered in good faith under the preemption or home- stead laws , or upon which there were bona fide preëmption or ... enter as aforesaid may perfect their entry under the law . And on condition that the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad ...
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... enter their written appearance as attorneys in this cause for Albina Washburn , widow of Joln E. Washburn . And thereupon comes the said Albina Washburn by her attorneys and files her written motion to dismiss said contest for the ...
... enter their written appearance as attorneys in this cause for Albina Washburn , widow of Joln E. Washburn . And thereupon comes the said Albina Washburn by her attorneys and files her written motion to dismiss said contest for the ...
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... enter the land to the con- testant in pursuance of the words and intent of the statute in such cases , made and provided , citing the act of May 14 , 1880 ( 21 Stat . , 140 ) , as authority in support of appellant's position . Section 2 ...
... enter the land to the con- testant in pursuance of the words and intent of the statute in such cases , made and provided , citing the act of May 14 , 1880 ( 21 Stat . , 140 ) , as authority in support of appellant's position . Section 2 ...
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Page 165 - States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period of twentyfive years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State...
Page 432 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 22 - ... 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...
Page 426 - ... 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 165 - That where any Indian entitled to allotment under existing laws shall make settlement upon any surveyed or unsurveyed lands of the United States not otherwise appropriated, he or she shall be entitled, upon application to the local land office for the district in which the lands are located, to have the same allotted to him or her and to his or her children in manner as provided by law for allotments to Indians residing upon reservations...
Page 4 - ... who are citizens of the United States or who have \ declared their intention to become such...
Page 587 - Alexander Archipelago in Southeastern Alaska, on the north side of Dixon's Entrance, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use of the Metlakahtla Indians, and those people known as Metlakahtlans who have recently emigrated from British Columbia to Alaska, and such other Alaskan natives as may join them, to be held and used by them in common, under such rules and regulations, and subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 73 - State, and where such sections, or any parts thereof, have been sold or otherwise disposed of by or under the authority of any act of Congress, other lands equivalent thereto, in legal subdivisions of not less than...
Page 257 - State only in manner following, that is to say, that a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections, and included within a continuous length of twenty miles of roads, respectively, may be sold; and when the governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior that any twenty continuous miles of either of said roads are completed...
Page 403 - Having already given its attention to the particular subject and provided for it, the legislature is reasonably presumed not to intend to alter that special provision by a subsequent general enactment unless that intention...