Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1886 |
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... rulings prevent settlers from selling or mortgaging their homestead and pre - emp- tion claims . I beg to say that no rulings of mine prevent them from doing so . Nor have I changed any rulings upon that subject , but am simply ...
... rulings prevent settlers from selling or mortgaging their homestead and pre - emp- tion claims . I beg to say that no rulings of mine prevent them from doing so . Nor have I changed any rulings upon that subject , but am simply ...
Page 46
... ruling of the Supreme Court , and it is my ruling . In Myers v . Croft ( 13 Wall . , 291 ) the court said that " the ... rulings and decisions , that entries must be valid in order to be confirmed , and if found invalid they cannot be ...
... ruling of the Supreme Court , and it is my ruling . In Myers v . Croft ( 13 Wall . , 291 ) the court said that " the ... rulings and decisions , that entries must be valid in order to be confirmed , and if found invalid they cannot be ...
Page 47
... rulings and decisions of this office and Department in years past , especially in con- nection with congressional grants for railroads and other causes . When this occurred settlers have not been slow to make their complaints direct to ...
... rulings and decisions of this office and Department in years past , especially in con- nection with congressional grants for railroads and other causes . When this occurred settlers have not been slow to make their complaints direct to ...
Page 48
... rulings and decisions . On the contrary , I have received many letters expressing the gratifi- cation of bona fide settlers because of my efforts to protect the public lands against fraudulent entries , which are justly regarded by them ...
... rulings and decisions . On the contrary , I have received many letters expressing the gratifi- cation of bona fide settlers because of my efforts to protect the public lands against fraudulent entries , which are justly regarded by them ...
Page 50
... RULINGS . The following extracts from a few letters , taken promiscuously from a very large number of similar communications addressed to this office , commendatory of the course of the Commissioner , show that his efforts to enforce ...
... RULINGS . The following extracts from a few letters , taken promiscuously from a very large number of similar communications addressed to this office , commendatory of the course of the Commissioner , show that his efforts to enforce ...
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acres amount received therefrom approved boundary Cash received Central Pacific Railroad certificates of deposit claimants classes of entries Colorado Commissioner commissions of register commuted to cash contract Dakota Decrease district ending June 30 entries and amount entries and locations Executive order Expenses of depositing fees filed Final homestead entries fiscal year ending fraudulent Government grant Homestead entries commuted Incidental expenses Indian Interior July June 15 LAND OFFICE land subject Lands entered letter Mexico miles mineral lands Missouri River Northern Pacific Railroad number of pensioners Oregon Original homestead entries patent payments on homestead plats Pre-emption declaratory statements pre-emption entry public lands range received for board register and receiver reservation Revised Statutes river road Saint Paul Sales of land Secretary settlement settlers Stat subject to pre-emption surveyor-general surveys territory timber timber-culture laws tion Total cash sales townships tract United Washington Washington Territory withdrawal