Annual Report - The Secretary of the InteriorThe Department, 1912 |
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acres act of Congress act of June act of March administrative aggregated agricultural Alaska allotment amount annual appeals applications appropriations approved Arizona authorized California Capitol Carey Act cent charge claims classification coal lands Colorado Colorado River commissioner construction cultivation Dakota Department disposed ended June 30 entry expenses fiscal year 1911 fiscal year ended Five Civilized Tribes funds Geological Survey homestead homestead act Idaho increase Indian lands Indian Service institution Interior investigations irrigation JOHN WESLEY POWELL July June 25 June 30 Land Office leasing legislation ment Mexico mineral Montana National Monument National Park North Dakota Office Building past Patent Office payment pending pension present proclamation projects public domain public lands purpose receipts received Reclamation Service recommended reservations residence revenues Secretary settler square miles submitted supervision thereof timber tion total number United Utah water power water-power withdrawals Wyoming Yellowstone National Park
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Page 47 - ... historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest.
Page 41 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 56 - Interior, and any willfully false statement so made shall be deemed perjury and punishable as such. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to require such annual statement and to prescribe the form thereof and the particulars to be given thereby.
Page 52 - States, a report in writing, stating in detail the property, real and personal, held by the corporation, and the expenditure or other use or disposition of the same, or the income thereof, during the preceding year.
Page 14 - That all lands withdrawn under the provisions of this Act shall at all times be open to exploration, discovery, occupation, and purchase, under the mining laws of the United States, so far as the same apply to minerals other than coal, oil, gas, and phosphates...
Page 56 - Said company shall make a report on the first Monday of December in each year to the Secretary of the Interior, which shall be duly verified on...
Page 19 - Is that obtained by referring matters relating to the national parks to the same officials in the office of the Secretary of the Interior. Separate appropriations are made for each park, and the employment of a common supervising and directing force is impossible. Many of the problems in park management are the same throughout all of the national parks, and a great gain would be obtained and substantial economies could be effected If the national parks and reservations were grouped together under...
Page 54 - June 17, 1902 (Thirtysecond Statutes, page 388), or any Act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, is unable to pay any construction charge due and payable in the year 1922 or prior thereto, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to extend the date of payment of any such charge for a period not to exceed one year from December 31, 1922 : Provided, That the applicant for the...
Page 46 - Montana prohibits the sale of its coal lands but authorizes the lease of the surface for agricultural or grazing purposes. It also requires the locator of a mining claim for gold, silver, and other metals, at the expiration of one year from the date of the location, either to purchase the claim at $10 per acre or take a lease thereof at such price and upon such terms as may be agreed upon between him and the State Board of Land Commissioners. Idaho also authorizes leases of State land containing...
Page 47 - Interior, who shall administer and protect the same under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled ''An Act for the preservation of American antiquities...