Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 8U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 |
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... held that said defect was cured by claimant , by establishing residence on the land prior to the contest . The sole question presented in this case , therefore , is whether such defect can be cured by estab- lishing a residence prior to ...
... held that said defect was cured by claimant , by establishing residence on the land prior to the contest . The sole question presented in this case , therefore , is whether such defect can be cured by estab- lishing a residence prior to ...
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... held that " An entry based on a preliminary affidavit executed before the clerk of a court not authorized to act in such matters is voidable only and the defect may be cured by a supplemental affidavit . " In this case each party had ...
... held that " An entry based on a preliminary affidavit executed before the clerk of a court not authorized to act in such matters is voidable only and the defect may be cured by a supplemental affidavit . " In this case each party had ...
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... held that an indemnity withdrawal did not take effect upon unsurveyed land , will be held valid as against such a withdrawal . Secretary Vilas to Commissioner Stockslager , January 5 , 1889 . I have considered the several appeals of the ...
... held that an indemnity withdrawal did not take effect upon unsurveyed land , will be held valid as against such a withdrawal . Secretary Vilas to Commissioner Stockslager , January 5 , 1889 . I have considered the several appeals of the ...
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... held by this Department that the prior grant had the prior right to lands within the common indemnity limits , and that the grant became effective upon lands within the indemnity limits and the granted limits at the same time . This ...
... held by this Department that the prior grant had the prior right to lands within the common indemnity limits , and that the grant became effective upon lands within the indemnity limits and the granted limits at the same time . This ...
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... held that some of the selections above referred to are valid and some must he held as invalid in whole or in part , and others are held in abeyance because it has not been decided whether the bases used were swamp land or water at the ...
... held that some of the selections above referred to are valid and some must he held as invalid in whole or in part , and others are held in abeyance because it has not been decided whether the bases used were swamp land or water at the ...
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acres act of June act of March adverse claim affidavit affirmed allowed application approved April attorney Board of Equitable cash entry claimant Commissioner Stockslager complied considered the appeal contest court cultivation declaratory statement Department desert land entitled entryman fact faith February February 26 filed final certificate final proof grant hearing held holding for cancellation homestead entry homestead law improvements indemnity issued January January 12 January 25 July July 23 June 15 June 22 land covered land district Land Office letter local officers lode ment Noble to Commissioner notice October October 19 office decision parties patent plat pre-emption law pre-emptor prior public lands purchase question record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence road rule scrip Secretary Noble Secretary Vilas selections September September 28 settlement laws Stat survey Territory testimony thereof tion township United Vilas to Commissioner Washington Territory witnesses
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Page 290 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States...
Page 351 - ... to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become such...
Page 487 - ... 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 123 - If no adverse claim shall have been filed with the register and the receiver of the proper land office at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent, upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists ; and thereafter Opinion of the Court.
Page 196 - Where non-mineral land not contiguous to the vein or lode is used or occupied by the proprietor of such vein or lode for mining or milling purposes, such non-adjacent surface ground may be embraced and included in an application for a patent for such vein or lode, and the same may be patented therewith, subject to the same preliminary requirements as to survey and notice as are applicable to veins or lodes...
Page 118 - 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...
Page 389 - ... the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as If no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.
Page 123 - ... together with a notice of such application for a patent, in a conspicuous place on the land embraced in such plat previous to the filing of the application for a patent, and shall file an affidavit of at least two persons, that such notice has been duly posted...
Page 361 - Where two or more veins intersect or cross each other, priority of title shall govern, and such prior location shall be entitled to all ore or mineral contained within the space of intersection ; but the subsequent location shall have the right of way through the space of intersection for the purposes of the convenient working of the mine.
Page 169 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections 'of land per mile on each side of said railroad, whenever it passes through any State...