Report of the Public Lands Commission: With AppendixU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - 373 pages |
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Page x
... field notes shall also be kept posted in the office of the register of the ... commutation pro- visions of the homestead laws or be exchanged for other ... commutation clause of the homestead act , whereas actual settlers on agricultural ...
... field notes shall also be kept posted in the office of the register of the ... commutation pro- visions of the homestead laws or be exchanged for other ... commutation clause of the homestead act , whereas actual settlers on agricultural ...
Page xii
... area and value outside the reserves . 5. The former recommendation for the repeal of the timber and stone act is renewed and emphasized . 6. The sale of timber from unreserved public lands should be authorized . 7. The commutation ...
... area and value outside the reserves . 5. The former recommendation for the repeal of the timber and stone act is renewed and emphasized . 6. The sale of timber from unreserved public lands should be authorized . 7. The commutation ...
Page xix
... commuted , are reclaimed and utilized . The desert - land act as it stands upon the statute books appears to have ... area of the desert entry should be cut down from 320 acres to not exceeding 160 acres , and discretion should be given ...
... commuted , are reclaimed and utilized . The desert - land act as it stands upon the statute books appears to have ... area of the desert entry should be cut down from 320 acres to not exceeding 160 acres , and discretion should be given ...
Page 66
... commuted to a cash entry after a period of fourteen months ' residence and ... area , in the midst of which are to be found vast wheat fields , mines in ... commuted thereunder . DIVISION OF MINNESOTA INTO BELTS . In order to more easily ...
... commuted to a cash entry after a period of fourteen months ' residence and ... area , in the midst of which are to be found vast wheat fields , mines in ... commuted thereunder . DIVISION OF MINNESOTA INTO BELTS . In order to more easily ...
Page 68
... commuted entries made within the " agri- cultural belt " are less subject to transfer than those made within the ... area known as the " prospective gold belt . " Here almost every commuted homestead entry has passed into the hands of ...
... commuted entries made within the " agri- cultural belt " are less subject to transfer than those made within the ... area known as the " prospective gold belt . " Here almost every commuted homestead entry has passed into the hands of ...
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Page 29 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct, but in no event are said debts and liabilities become a charge upon the Government of the United States.
Page ix - ... a plat and field notes of the claim or claims in common, made by, or under the direction of the United States Surveyor-General, showing accurately the boundaries of the claim or claims, which shall be distinctly marked by monuments on the ground...
Page 62 - ... that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such...
Page ix - ... 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 24 - The President is hereby authorized at any time to modify any Executive order that has been or may hereafter be made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may vacate altogether any order creating such reserve.
Page 39 - ... a sum not less than two hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and confined and imprisoned for a period not less than one year nor more than five years.
Page 65 - ... will faithfully and honestly endeavor to comply with all the requirements of law as to settlement, residence, and cultivation necessary to acquire title to the land applied for...
Page 23 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota...
Page xxiv - There exists and is spreading in the West a tenant or hired-labor system which not only represents a relatively low industrial development, but whose further extension carries with it a most serious threat. Politically, socially, and economically this system is indefensible. Had the land laws been effective and effectually enforced its growth would have been impossible.
Page 32 - It has failed to establish any public system of education, although possessed of almost boundless resources (the public domain) ; and although it is an axiom in political science, that unless a people are educated and enlightened, it is idle to expect the continuance of civil liberty, or the capacity for self-government.