Circular from the General Land Office Showing the Manner of Proceeding to Obtain Title to Public Lands Under the Homestead, Desert Land, and Other Laws: Issued Oct. 30, 1895U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 - 283 pages |
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... the local officers will receive from the United States Treasury their commissions upon the surrender thereof . as in the case of entries made with actual cash . When located each warrant or certificate of location must be 9.
... the local officers will receive from the United States Treasury their commissions upon the surrender thereof . as in the case of entries made with actual cash . When located each warrant or certificate of location must be 9.
Page 13
... actual settlement and cultivation , and not for the benefit of any other person , persons , or corporation , and that he will faithfully and honestly endeavor to comply with all the requirements of law as to settlement , residence , and ...
... actual settlement and cultivation , and not for the benefit of any other person , persons , or corporation , and that he will faithfully and honestly endeavor to comply with all the requirements of law as to settlement , residence , and ...
Page 14
... actual settlement and improvement and the other has not , it should be awarded to the actual settler . Third . Where both allege settlement and improvements , an investi- gation must be had and the right of entry awarded to the one who ...
... actual settlement and improvement and the other has not , it should be awarded to the actual settler . Third . Where both allege settlement and improvements , an investi- gation must be had and the right of entry awarded to the one who ...
Page 16
... actual residence thereunder , and the intention to claim the benefit of such time , as provided for in the act . In making final proof on his homestead entry he is required , in addition to the usual affidavit and proof , to make the ...
... actual residence thereunder , and the intention to claim the benefit of such time , as provided for in the act . In making final proof on his homestead entry he is required , in addition to the usual affidavit and proof , to make the ...
Page 19
... actual residence upon his homestead within six months from date of entry , the Commissioner of the General Land Office may , in his discretion , allow him twelve months from that date in which to commence his residence . In such case ...
... actual residence upon his homestead within six months from date of entry , the Commissioner of the General Land Office may , in his discretion , allow him twelve months from that date in which to commence his residence . In such case ...
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26 Stat acres act of Congress act of June act of March affidavit amended America in Congress Appendix application assignment August 30 benefit bona fide bona fide purchasers cents per acre certificate claim claimant Commissioner commutation contest cultivation declaration declaratory statement deposit desert land district land office dollars eighteen hundred enter entitled An act fees and commissions filed final proof grant hereafter hereby heretofore homestead entry homestead laws homestead settlers Indians Interior issued June 14 land embraced legal subdivisions ment mineral Muscogee or Creek nonmineral Northern Pacific Railroad notice oath occupation Oklahoma original entry paid party patent person plats pre-emption preemption preemption laws prescribed prior public lands purposes railroad receipt register and receiver register or receiver reservations residence Revised Statutes scrip Secretary settlement Sioux survey Territory Territory of Dakota thereof thereto timber tion township tract of land United witnesses
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Page 136 - That no certificate shall be given or patent issued therefor until the expiration of five years from the date of such entry ; and if, at the expiration of such time, or at any time within two years thereafter, the person making such entry ; or, if he be dead, his widow ; or, in case of her death, his heirs or devisee...
Page 273 - Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 44 - ... 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 himself...
Page 213 - 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, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
Page 272 - ... with regard thereto ; that there is not, to his knowledge, within the limits thereof, any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin.
Page 223 - On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year.
Page 223 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 254 - States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever...
Page 140 - Indian tribe, but shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities to taxation of other citizens of the United States.
Page 177 - That in cases where the use of water for irrigation is necessary to render the lands within any Indian reservation available for agricultural purposes, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to secure a just and equal...