Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 24U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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... final proof ... 443 489 February 10 , 1894 ( 28 Stat . , 37 ) add'l hd ... June 6 , 1894 ( 28 Stat . , 987 ) , for the relief of Wesley Montgomery . 91 May 14 , 1896 ( 29 Stat . , 120 ) , right of way . May 26 , 1896 ( 29 Stat . , 184 ) ...
... final proof ... 443 489 February 10 , 1894 ( 28 Stat . , 37 ) add'l hd ... June 6 , 1894 ( 28 Stat . , 987 ) , for the relief of Wesley Montgomery . 91 May 14 , 1896 ( 29 Stat . , 120 ) , right of way . May 26 , 1896 ( 29 Stat . , 184 ) ...
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... final proof your office held it unsatisfactory with respect to the proof furnished as to the distance of the land from a completed railroad at the time said entry was made , and required further proof on that point , in order that the ...
... final proof your office held it unsatisfactory with respect to the proof furnished as to the distance of the land from a completed railroad at the time said entry was made , and required further proof on that point , in order that the ...
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... final proof ; and on October 10 , 1895 , the local office dismissed the protest filed by the State of Washington , holding that the claim of said State was in contravention of the act of February 28 , 1891 ( supra ) . Kuhn's final proof ...
... final proof ; and on October 10 , 1895 , the local office dismissed the protest filed by the State of Washington , holding that the claim of said State was in contravention of the act of February 28 , 1891 ( supra ) . Kuhn's final proof ...
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... final proof , which was rejected by the local officers , because he was not qualified to file for or enter the land , for the reason that he had prior thereto completed a pre - emption for land in Colorado , upon which patent had issued ...
... final proof , which was rejected by the local officers , because he was not qualified to file for or enter the land , for the reason that he had prior thereto completed a pre - emption for land in Colorado , upon which patent had issued ...
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... final proof August 19 , 1889. The taking of such proof was adjourned to August 26 , 1889 , at which time John A. Rea , as attorney for James G. Pitts and James McLaughlin , and F. M. Dudley and William H. Francis , attorneys for the ...
... final proof August 19 , 1889. The taking of such proof was adjourned to August 26 , 1889 , at which time John A. Rea , as attorney for James G. Pitts and James McLaughlin , and F. M. Dudley and William H. Francis , attorneys for the ...
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act of June act of March action affidavit of contest affirmed alleged allotment allowed appeal application to enter approved April April 21 attorney August August 18 cancellation Cedar Rapids certificate Cherokee Outlet claimant Commissioner Congress December declaratory statement Department departmental decision entitled entryman fact February 28 filed final proof grant Harry Pulliam hearing held homestead entry homestead law hundred and sixty improvements Indian Interior issued January January 12 July June 16 land district Land Office Manitoba March 20 ment mineral Missouri River motion for review Northern Pacific R. R. Northern Pacific Railroad notice October office decision Oklahoma Pacific Railroad Company parties patent plaintiff plat pre-emption preference right prior public lands purchase record rejected relinquishment reservation residence rule Secretary Bliss Secretary Francis September September 28 settlement settlers sixty acres survey swamp land Territory testimony thereof tion township townsite tract United
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Page 597 - No public forest reservation shall be established, except to improve and protect the forest within the reservation, or for the purpose of securing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the United States...
Page 511 - Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located...
Page 503 - 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...
Page 170 - Nothing in this section shall prevent any miner or agriculturist from clearing his land in the ordinary working of his mining claim, or in the preparation of his farm for tillage, or from taking the timber necessary to support his improvements, or the taking of timber for the use of the United States.
Page 21 - Where such person or association, they and their grantors, have held and worked their claims for a period equal to the time prescribed by the statute of limitations for mining claims of the State or Territory where the same may be situated...
Page 107 - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed, under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the states and territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
Page 575 - Where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements of the statute have been met.
Page 167 - ... purposes, any timber or other trees growing or being on the public lands, said lands being mineral, and not subject to entry under existing laws of the United States, except for mineral entry, in either of said States, Territories, or districts, of which such citizens or persons may be at the time...
Page 167 - That all citizens of the United States and other persons, bona fide residents of the State of Colorado or Nevada, or either of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, or Montana, and all other mineral districts of the United States, shall be and are hereby, anthorized and permitted to fell and remove, for building, agricultural, mining, or other domestic purposes...
Page 598 - For the purpose of preserving the living and growing timber and promoting the younger growth on forest reservations, the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe, may cause to be designated and appraised so much of the dead, matured, or large growth of trees found upon such forest reservations as may be compatible with the utilization of the forests...