Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 |
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... amount of 17,860 acres in Minnesota , Wisconsin , Michigan , and California . THE BUREAU OF PENSIONS . 1. Paid for pensions , $ 159,155,089.92 . 2. Returned to the Treasury $ 4,895,499.03 ( including $ 50,588.95 re- payments ) of the amount ...
... amount of 17,860 acres in Minnesota , Wisconsin , Michigan , and California . THE BUREAU OF PENSIONS . 1. Paid for pensions , $ 159,155,089.92 . 2. Returned to the Treasury $ 4,895,499.03 ( including $ 50,588.95 re- payments ) of the amount ...
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... amount of money turned into the Treasury as the result was nearly $ 85,000 more ; 142 civil suits were recommended as against 123 for the previous year ; 93 indict- ments were secured as against 55 for the year previous . Substantial ...
... amount of money turned into the Treasury as the result was nearly $ 85,000 more ; 142 civil suits were recommended as against 123 for the previous year ; 93 indict- ments were secured as against 55 for the year previous . Substantial ...
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... amount of escrow deposits held thereunder is $ 419,174.36 . Public surveys . — The grand total of accepted surveys and resur- veys during 1916 is 11,578,235 acres , an area largely in excess of the record for many years , except that of ...
... amount of escrow deposits held thereunder is $ 419,174.36 . Public surveys . — The grand total of accepted surveys and resur- veys during 1916 is 11,578,235 acres , an area largely in excess of the record for many years , except that of ...
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... amount cut dur- ing the 13 years of logging operations is 1,256,020,826 feet , and valued at $ 8,871,692.90 . The amount cut already exceeds the Gov- ernment's estimates by over 38 per cent . The total expense in con- nection with this ...
... amount cut dur- ing the 13 years of logging operations is 1,256,020,826 feet , and valued at $ 8,871,692.90 . The amount cut already exceeds the Gov- ernment's estimates by over 38 per cent . The total expense in con- nection with this ...
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... amount of 1,958,444 acres , as against 886,215 in 1915 . There were patented 2,208,178 acres , as against 1,624,142 acres in 1915 . The act of Congress approved June 9 , 1916 , Public No. 86 , revested in the United States the title to ...
... amount of 1,958,444 acres , as against 886,215 in 1915 . There were patented 2,208,178 acres , as against 1,624,142 acres in 1915 . The act of Congress approved June 9 , 1916 , Public No. 86 , revested in the United States the title to ...
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Page 400 - That this officer shall have the direction of the geological survey and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain.
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Page 542 - That the director of said bureau shall prepare and publish, subject to the direction of the Secretary of the interior, under the appropriations made from time to time by Congress, reports of inquiries and investigations, with appropriate recommendations of the bureau, concerning the nature, causes, and prevention of accidents, and the improvement of conditions, methods, and equipment, with special reference to health, safety, and prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other...
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