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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... thereof , and the said Albina Washburn having at the same time admitted that she had received the notice from the contestant on the date and in the manner stated by him , and having further stated that she had immediately on receiving ...
... thereof , and the said Albina Washburn having at the same time admitted that she had received the notice from the contestant on the date and in the manner stated by him , and having further stated that she had immediately on receiving ...
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... thereof , to wit , April 19 , 1877 , but on May 8 , 1877 , when said Haggin paid to the receiver , in bulk , $ 8,744.45 , upon one hundred and fifty - one desert land declarations ( including No. 184 ) , filed during the month of April ...
... thereof , to wit , April 19 , 1877 , but on May 8 , 1877 , when said Haggin paid to the receiver , in bulk , $ 8,744.45 , upon one hundred and fifty - one desert land declarations ( including No. 184 ) , filed during the month of April ...
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... thereof , on account of the trees growing thereon . Upon the record presented , it will be quite impracticable to deter mine the validity of the other entries suspended under said order . In- deed , the record does not show that the ...
... thereof , on account of the trees growing thereon . Upon the record presented , it will be quite impracticable to deter mine the validity of the other entries suspended under said order . In- deed , the record does not show that the ...
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... thereof are the invalidity of said entries . In accordance with the request of parties , the testimony taken in this investigation , relative to the desert character of the land , so far as the same is applicable , may be used in any ...
... thereof are the invalidity of said entries . In accordance with the request of parties , the testimony taken in this investigation , relative to the desert character of the land , so far as the same is applicable , may be used in any ...
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... thereof , from Bitter Root valley , in the Territory of Montana , to the general reservation in said Territory ( commonly known as the Jocko reservation ) , which by a treaty concluded at Hell Gate , in the Bitter Root valley , July ...
... thereof , from Bitter Root valley , in the Territory of Montana , to the general reservation in said Territory ( commonly known as the Jocko reservation ) , which by a treaty concluded at Hell Gate , in the Bitter Root valley , July ...
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acres act of March Acting Secretary Chandler action affirmed alleging settlement allotments allowed appeal application approved April April 22 Assistant Secretary Chandler attorney August August 17 cancellation cash entry certificate claimant Commissioner December declaratory statement definite location Department entitled entryman evidence fact February February 28 final proof grant hearing held hereby homestead entry improvements Indian issued January January 14 January 29 July June June 15 land district land embraced Land Office letter local officers lode Manitoba ment mineral Northern Pacific R. R. Northern Pacific Railroad notice October October 13 office decision Pacific Railroad Company parties patent pending plat preference right prior public lands purchase purposes receipt record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence road rule scrip Secretary Noble selection September September 29 settlement laws settlers South Dakota Stat statute survey testimony thereof timber culture tion township townsite United
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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...