Congressional Serial Set, Issue 2155U.S. Government Printing Office, 1884 - United States |
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... settlement of any such accounts he shall certify the balance , and transmit the account with the vouchers and certificate to the First Comp- troller of the Treasury , for his examination and decision thereon . 2 Stat . 717 ; R. S. 456 ...
... settlement of any such accounts he shall certify the balance , and transmit the account with the vouchers and certificate to the First Comp- troller of the Treasury , for his examination and decision thereon . 2 Stat . 717 ; R. S. 456 ...
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... settlement ; assignment of pre - emption rights . 183. Claim filed by settler on land not pro- claimed for sale ... Settlements of two or more persons on same subdivision before survey . Settlements before survey on sections 16 and 36 ...
... settlement ; assignment of pre - emption rights . 183. Claim filed by settler on land not pro- claimed for sale ... Settlements of two or more persons on same subdivision before survey . Settlements before survey on sections 16 and 36 ...
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... settlement and improvement thereby required shall be made to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the ... settlement , giving the designation of the tract and the time of settlement ; otherwise his claim shall be forfeited ...
... settlement and improvement thereby required shall be made to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the ... settlement , giving the designation of the tract and the time of settlement ; otherwise his claim shall be forfeited ...
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... settlement , make the proof , affidavit , and payment hereinbefore required . If he fails to file such written statement , or to make such affidavit , proof , and payment within the several periods named above , the tract of land so ...
... settlement , make the proof , affidavit , and payment hereinbefore required . If he fails to file such written statement , or to make such affidavit , proof , and payment within the several periods named above , the tract of land so ...
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... settlement , and is in military and called away from such settlement by being engaged in the military or naval service of the United States , and by rea- son of such absence is unable to appear at the district land office to make before ...
... settlement , and is in military and called away from such settlement by being engaged in the military or naval service of the United States , and by rea- son of such absence is unable to appear at the district land office to make before ...
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12 Stat act of June Act'g Sec'y adverse claim affidavit application April April 15 April 21 authorized boundary certificate claimant Com'r Commissioner contest Copp's L. O. Copp's Mg corner of townships Decisions Sec dollars eighteen hundred entitled fifth principal meridian filing heirs homestead entry Indian Interior intersection issue July July 19 July 23 June 15 June 26 Land district includes Land Office Lester's L. L. line between ranges line between townships March March 21 mineral lands mining claim Oregon donations party patent payment person place of beginning plat pre-emptor principal meridian prior Private land claims public lands purchase range line register and receiver Rep'r residence scrip Secretary Sept settlement settler standard parallel north survey surveyor surveyor-general Territory thence east thence south thence west thereof timber timber-culture entry tion town tract United
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Page 169 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
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 169 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations.
Page 133 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 156 - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 170 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 153 - Where two or more veins intersect or cross each other, priority of title shall govern, and such prior location shall be entitled to all ore or mineral contained within the space of intersection ; but the subsequent location shall have the right of way through the space of intersection for the purposes of the convenient working of the mine.
Page 154 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 146 - 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 one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year.
Page 143 - Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits, heretofore located, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations, and laws in force at the date of their location.