Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 32U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 - Public lands |
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... tract covered thereby , established and maintained residence until December , 1888 , built a house and cleared about four acres and made one crop . In the final proof , how- ever , it is stated by Purcell and his witnesses that he ...
... tract covered thereby , established and maintained residence until December , 1888 , built a house and cleared about four acres and made one crop . In the final proof , how- ever , it is stated by Purcell and his witnesses that he ...
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... tract so selected shall at the time of selection be unsurveyed , the list filed by the company at the local land office shall describe such tract in such manner as to designate the same with a reasonable degree of certainty , and within ...
... tract so selected shall at the time of selection be unsurveyed , the list filed by the company at the local land office shall describe such tract in such manner as to designate the same with a reasonable degree of certainty , and within ...
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... tract with intention of making claim thereto under the homestead law , and that he duly improved the same by the erection of a dwelling house in which he resided until his death in the spring of 1897 , is in nowise questioned in this ...
... tract with intention of making claim thereto under the homestead law , and that he duly improved the same by the erection of a dwelling house in which he resided until his death in the spring of 1897 , is in nowise questioned in this ...
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... tract there in question within his claim . In Tarpey v . Madsen ( 178 U. S. , 215 , 220 ) , in considering the rights of a settler upon public lands prior to survey in conflict with a right claimed under a railroad land - grant , it was ...
... tract there in question within his claim . In Tarpey v . Madsen ( 178 U. S. , 215 , 220 ) , in considering the rights of a settler upon public lands prior to survey in conflict with a right claimed under a railroad land - grant , it was ...
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... tract : Provided , That no one person shall pur- chase more than forty acres , and no purchase shall be allowed for a less quantity than that contained in the smallest legal subdivision . SEC . 2. That where persons duly qualified to ...
... tract : Provided , That no one person shall pur- chase more than forty acres , and no purchase shall be allowed for a less quantity than that contained in the smallest legal subdivision . SEC . 2. That where persons duly qualified to ...
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abstract of title act of June act of March affidavit alleged allowed amended appeal application for patent approved August August 18 authority cancellation certificate character claimants Commissioner Congress construction contest court deed departmental decision disposed district of Alaska entitled entryman February 25 field notes filed forest reserve held homestead entry homestead laws indemnity Indian Interior irrigation issued January 14 July July 26 June 17 lake land department land district land grant Land Office lieu lode March 16 ment mineral mining claim Minnesota Northern Pacific notice office decision overruled parties person placer placer mining plat preference right prior protest public lands purchase purposes Railroad Company record rejected relinquishment residence Revised Statutes road Secretary Hitchcock selection settlement settlement laws settler Southern Pacific Railroad supra survey swamp land Territory therein thereof thereto timber tion town township townsite tract United unsurveyed