The Existing Laws of the United States of a General and Permanent Character, and Relating to the Survey and Disposition of the Public Domain, December 1, 1880 |
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... line between townships thirty - seven and thirty - eight north , lying west of the line between ranges ten and eleven west and townships thirty- four and thirty - five north of ranges eleven to thirty - three west , inclusive . Ironton ...
... line between townships thirty - seven and thirty - eight north , lying west of the line between ranges ten and eleven west and townships thirty- four and thirty - five north of ranges eleven to thirty - three west , inclusive . Ironton ...
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... boundary of State . Natchitoches . This land district occupies the northwestern part of the State of Louisiana , extending from townships one to thir- teen north , inclusive , and west of the line between ranges three and four west ; and ...
... boundary of State . Natchitoches . This land district occupies the northwestern part of the State of Louisiana , extending from townships one to thir- teen north , inclusive , and west of the line between ranges three and four west ; and ...
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... ranges two and three west , including islands in Lake Michigan and the straits of Mackinac , exclusive of the island ... line between ranges eleven and twelve east of said meridian ; also townships eleven to twenty - eight north ...
... ranges two and three west , including islands in Lake Michigan and the straits of Mackinac , exclusive of the island ... line between ranges eleven and twelve east of said meridian ; also townships eleven to twenty - eight north ...
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United States. south to the line between ranges seventeen and eighteen west ; thence north on the said range line to the corner com- mon to townships twelve and thirteen north of the base line ; thence east on the line between townships ...
United States. south to the line between ranges seventeen and eighteen west ; thence north on the said range line to the corner com- mon to townships twelve and thirteen north of the base line ; thence east on the line between townships ...
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... line between townships fourteen and fifteen north of the base line ; west of the line between ranges eleven and twelve east of the fourth principal merid- ian ; and east of the line between ranges one and two east of the fourth ...
... line between townships fourteen and fifteen north of the base line ; west of the line between ranges eleven and twelve east of the fourth principal merid- ian ; and east of the line between ranges one and two east of the fourth ...
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12 Stat 9 id 9 Stat affidavit April April 15 April 20 authorized base line cents per acre certificate claimant Commissioner common to townships Copp's L. O. Copp's Mg corner common correction line Decisions Sec district is bounded eighteen hundred entitled fifth principal meridian filed grant guide meridian hundred and sixty Interior intersection issued July July 17 July 20 June June 26 Land district includes Land Office Lester's L. L. line between ranges line between townships March March 21 Oregon Otto patent person place of beginning plat preceding section proof public lands purchase railroad range line register and receiver River scrip Secretary Sept settlers sixth principal meridian sixty acres standard parallel south surveyor-general surveys ten east Territory thence east thence south thence west thereof timber tion town United vein or lode western boundary
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Page 134 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 143 - No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface...
Page 80 - 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 145 - ... failure to prosecute the work on the tunnel for six months shall be considered as an abandonment of the right to all undiscovered veins on the line of such tunnel.
Page 146 - The location must be distinctly marked on the ground, so that its boundaries can be readily traced. All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim. 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...
Page 152 - ... an application for a patent for such placer claim which does not include an application for the vein or lode claim shall be construed as a conclusive declaration that the claimant of the placer claim has no right of possession of the vein or lode claim...
Page 97 - ... that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit; and 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 151 - placers," including all forms of deposit, excepting veins of quartz, or other rock in place, shall be subject to entry and patent, under like circumstances and conditions, and upon similar proceedings, as are provided for vein or lode claims; but where the lands have been previously surveyed by the United States, the entry in its exterior limits shall conform to the legal subdivisions of the public lands.
Page 82 - ... that he, she, or they have resided upon or cultivated the same for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the affidavit...
Page 134 - Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United States...