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On Miami Indian lands in Kansas may make payment of appraised
value, how, (No. 126,)

On Kansas Indian trust-lands may make payment of appraised
value of their lands, how, (No. 125,) .

Rights of, on lands granted to Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad
Company to be saved and secured as if grant had not been made,
(No. 124,)

SETTLERS, Continued.

On Cherokee strip in Kansas allowed additional time for making
proof and payment, &c., (No. 107,)

On Fort Randall military reservation, titles to be confirmed to cer-
tain, (No. 108,)

Occupying claimants to be entitled to what rights and remedies in
certain cases, (No. 109,)

Right of, on portion of Fort Sanders military reservation in Wyo-
ming to make proof and payment, (No. 112,)
On railroad-lands, act for relief of, (No. 120,)

On military reservations in Arizona restored to public lands, how
may acquire titles, (No. 122,)

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On Miami Indian lands may make payment of appraised value of
lands occupied by them, how, (No. 100,)

Purchasers of New York Indian lands may make payment, how,
(No. 126,)

On Osage Indian lands, time allowed for proof and payment, (No.
128,)

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On certain lands in Missouri claimed to be swamp, &c., when to
have priority of right to pre-empt or homestead, (No. 135,)

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SENECA INDIANS.

SETTLERS ON RAILROAD-GRANTS.

Actual settlers who have paid for lands within limits of grant to
railroads, and forfeited to United States by failure to build road,
entitled to enter unoccupied lands, &c., (No. 146,)

Fulfillment of treaty stipulations, (No. 71,)

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SHOSHONE INDIANS.

Confirmation of treaty with, (No. 129,)

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160.

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Settlers on lands in, invaded by grasshoppers, may be absent,
&c., (No. 115,)

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In Minnesota, certain settlers on, to have until March 1, 1871, to
make proof and pay, (No. 170,)

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Actual settlers, upon the late, in Minnesota, to have until March 1,
1874, to make proof and pay, (No. 205,)

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In Minnesota, certain actual settlers upon, to have until, &c.,
make proof, &c., of their claims, (No. 90,)

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Certain honorably discharged, may enter upon, &c., not over one
quarter section of certain public lands as a homestead, (No. 49
& 73,)

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SOUTH AND NORTH ALABAMA RAILROAD COMPANY.
Former grant of public lands to Alabama renewed and revived for
the benefit of the, (No. 34,)

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

May construct a railroad to connect the Texas Pacific Railroad
with San Francisco, (No. 33,)

SPRINGFIELD LAND-DISTRICT.

Established in Dakota Territory,"(No. 152,)

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Gift of land to, Robert Bent and Jack Smith confirmed, (No. 253,). 178
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Title of the United States to certain public lands in, released to,
(No. 167,)

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Title of the United States to certain lands in confirmed to, (No 177,) 175

STOCKTON AND COPPEROPOLIS RAILROAD.

Certain lands not patented to, declared forfeited, (No. 113.)

SURVEYOR-GENERAL.

Authorized for Wyoming, (No. 7,)

Office, pay, powers, &c.,

Authorized for Territory of Arizona, (No. 163,)

SURVEY.

Of grants or claims of land, act of 1862 respecting, repealed, (No. 31,)
SURVEYS OF PUBLIC LANDS.

Deposits made by settlers for public surveys, to go for part payment
of Lands, (No. 36,)

SUSANVILLE LAND-DISTRICT.

Established in California, (No. 173,)

SWAMP-LANDS.

Act granting certain, to Holt County, Mo., for school purposes, (No.
220.)

When settlers on certain lands in Missouri claimed to be, to have
priority of right to pre-empt or homestead, (No. 135,)

TARKIO LAKE.

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Land known as, in Missouri, granted to Holt county for school pur-
poses, (No. 220,)

TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Act to incorporate, &c., (No. 33,)

To be known as "the Texas and Pacific Railway Company," (No.
53,)

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, THE.

To succeed to the rights, &c., of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company,
(No. 53,)

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May make new mortgages to secure construction bonds, (No. 121,). 154

TIMBER.

Act to encourage the growth of, upon the western prairies, (No.
92,)
TIMBER-LANDS.

136

Purchasers of diminished-reserve lands to give bonds, &c., (No. 125,) 157
Settlers on Indian trust-lands in Kansas to give bond to commit no
waste, &c., (No. 125,)

TIMBER ON WESTERN PRAIRIES.

Amendments of "act to encourage the growth of," (No. 103,)

TREES.

Cutting, or destroying, on lands of United States reserved for pub-
lic use, punishment, (No. 138,) .

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Money expended in, on mining claims to be considered as ex-
pended on lodes, (No. 134,)

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UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

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Burlington and Missouri Railroad Company may unite its road
with, at or near Fort Kearney reservation, (No. 11,)
Point of junction of the, and the Central Pacific Railroad Company
established northwest of the station at Ogden, (No. 12,) .
UNITED STATES FREEHOLD LAND AND EMIGRATION COMPANY.
Incorporated in the territories of New Mexico and Colorado, (No.
162,)

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A section of land to be reserved for schools in, (Nos. 12 and 157,) 80-174
A portion of Camp Douglas military reservation in, granted for
cemetery purposes, (No. 226,) .

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UTAH CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Right of way through the public lands granted to, for railroad and
telegraph,

Materials for construction, (No. 29,):

UTAH, IDAHO, AND MONTANA RAILROAD COMPANY.

Corporation legalized, (No. 66,) .

UTAH NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY.

Right of way granted to, through public lands in Utah, Idaho and
Montana,

Extent of grant, (No. 96,)'

UTE INDIANS.

Agreement made with, by Felix R. Brunot, commissioner, &c.,
ratified and confirmed, (No. 106,)

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V.

VALENTINE, THOMAS B.

Claim of, to certain land, to be heard, &c., testimony at such
hearing, (No. 50,)

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Claimants under, of land in New Mexico, to have longer time for
presenting their claims, (No. 9,)

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VINCENNES UNIVERSITY.

Patent to issue to, for land awarded to it by decree of court,
(No. 214,)

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Proceedings to obtain the decree, and at whose cost,
Adverse rights not affected,

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Unsold lands in Ohio in, ceded to that state, (No. 176,)

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Use of, through cañon, pass, &c., not to be prevented by railroads
having right of way, (No. 139,)

WALLA-WALLA LAND DISTRICT.

In Washington Territory established, (No. 181,)

WALLA-WALLA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD

Grant of, right of way, (No. 98,)

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Act to encourage the growth of timber upon, (Nos. 92, 103,)
WEST WISCONSIN RAILWAY COMPANY.

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May make up a deficiency in their land grant from, &c., (No. 101,)
WHITE EARTH INDIAN RESERVATION.

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Certain land on, granted to Domestic and Foreign Missionary
Society, &c., for missionary and school purposes, (No. 224},)

177

WILSON, BENJAMIN D.

Certain land in California to be reconveyed to, (No. 249,)
WINNEBAGOES.

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Claims of certain, in Minnesota, to be investigated, (No. 27},)
Patents to issue to certain,

Proviso, if lands have been sold,

WINONA AND SAINT PETER RAILROAD COMPANY.
Time granted to, for extension of its road, (No. 207,)

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WISCONSIN.

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Location of certain agricultural college scrip in, in excess of max-
imum authorized by law, legalized, (No. 151,)

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WISCONSIN.

Mineral lands in, excluded from operation of act of 1872, ch. 152,
(No. 88,)

Bona-fide entries may be patented,

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Title of United States to certain marsh-land in county of Sheboy-
gan, granted to owners abutting on and draining same, (No. 234,) 177
WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Act authorizing, to straighten line of their road, (No. 142,)

170

WYOMING.

Section of public land in Laramie county, withdrawn from sale,
and reserved to the city of Cheyenne for reservoir, (No. 199,)

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WYOMING LAND DISTRICT.

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Established in Wyoming Territory, (No. 7,)

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YELLOWSTONE RIVER. (See Revised Statutes, pages 67-68.)

INDEX TO PART III.

A.

ABANDONMENT.

Sale of homestead by settler before completion of title considered

as,

Proceedings in case application is made to contest validity of home-
stead claim on grounds of,

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Failure to make entry within six months from filing declaration by
party claiming under soldiers' and sailors' homestead act consid-
ered as,

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234

A total, for six months will forfeit a homestead claim,

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249

Of a homestead claim for temporary purposes and failure to arrive
at it within six months from time of leaving will not forfeit the
claim, provided the party starts within the six months,
Evidence of, must be the testimony of two witnesses,
Regulations in case of, of homestead entries.
Informant of an, of a homestead entry acquired no rights thereby, 250
Evidence of; surrender of duplicate receipt with written relin-
quishment to General Land-Office not considered as,

248

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Contest for, of homestead entry may be begun by plaintiff subse-
quent to former trials,

251

What constitutes,

254

Sale of homestead premises for a consideration and possession
given considered as an, &c.,

258

Proof that a claimant has alienated a part of his tract is inadmissi-
ble under charge of, under 5th Sec. Homestead Act,
When absence is to be considered as, under grasshopper act,
What constitutes, on the part of original claimants under soldiers'
and sailors' homestead act,

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Contest for, of additional entry made under act of June 8, 1872,
will not be entertained,

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Proof of by Indians, what to consist of,

284

Of homestead entries after definite location of railroad does not pass
the land to the company,

392

Of homestead fraudulent in character does not except lands from
railroad grants, .

394

Of homestead made in good faith, excepts land from railroad lo-
cated during the first six months after entry,

396

A public officer may reside where the law requires without an, of
his pre-emption claim,

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ABSENCE,

Of certain settlers, from their claims to be construed as presence,
&c.,

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Leave of, granted settlers whose claims were injured by grass-
hoppers,

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Provision in case settlers have made fraudulent, under grass-
hopper act,

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Of bona-fide settlers from their claims on Osage lands, provided for, 700
Regulations governing leaves of, of officers,

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