Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 17U.S. Government Printing Office, 1894 - Public lands |
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26 Stat acres act of March action adverse claim affidavit of contest affirmed allowed appeal approved April April 14 April 22 Assistant Secretary Sims attorney August August 13 bona fide bona fide purchasers cancellation claimant Commissioner court December December 19 declaratory statement Department departmental decision dismissed entitled entryman evidence fact February February 21 filed final proof grant hearing held hereby homestead entry homestead law indemnity Indian issued July June 15 land district land in question Land Office letter local officers March 12 ment mineral motion for review Northern Pacific R. R. Northern Pacific Railroad notice October Pacific Railroad Company parties patent preference right prior protest public lands purchase record register and receiver relinquishment reservation residence Secretary Smith selection September September 29 settlement laws settler southeast quarter survey testimony thereof timber culture entry tion township tract United withdrawal witnesses
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Page 84 - ... 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 431 - ... hundred feet in width on each side of said railroad where it may pass...
Page 218 - ... after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
Page 217 - It shall not be lawful for any person appointed after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, as an officer, clerk, or employee in any of the Departments, to act as counsel, attorney, or agent for prosecuting any claim against the United States which was pending in either of said Departments while he was such officer, clerk, or employee...
Page 9 - That the President of the United States shall cause the lands to be surveyed for forty miles in width on both sides of the entire line of said road, after the general route shall be fixed, and as fast as may be required by the construction of said railroad...
Page 217 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or...
Page 309 - ... to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become such...
Page 580 - States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after "he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority...
Page 476 - Sec. 208. Any person, a citizen of the United States, or one who has declared his intention to become such...
Page 276 - These field books shall be returned to the surveyor-general, who shall cause therefrom a description of the whole lands surveyed to be made out and transmitted to the officers who may superintend the sales.