Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 - Public lands |
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acres act of June Acting Secretary Muldrow action affidavit affirmed alleged allowed appeal application approved April April 21 attorney August authority cancellation cash entry Central Pacific Railroad certificate claimant Commissioner Sparks complied considered Croix river cultivation Dakota Dakota Territory December December 14 December 27 declaratory statement definite location dismissed embraced entryman evidence fact February February 23 filed final proof grant hearing held homestead entry homestead law improvements issued January January 13 July July 15 June 15 jurisdiction Lamar to Commissioner Land Office letter map of definite March ment motion for review Muldrow to Commissioner Northern Pacific Railroad notice November October office decision parties patent pre-emption law prior public lands purchase question reason record register and receiver rejected res judicata reservation residence road Secretary Lamar September settled settlement settler special agent Stat survey surveyor Territory testimony thereof tion United witnesses
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Page 715 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 338 - ... that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 192 - That where nonmineral land not contiguous to the vein or lode is used or occupied by the proprietor of such vein or lode for mining or milling purposes, such nonadjacent surface ground may be embraced and included in an application for a patent for such vein or lode, and the same may be patented therewith, subject to the same preliminary requirements as to survey and notice as are applicable to veins or lodes...
Page 62 - ... every alternate section of public land, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad, on the line thereof, and within the limits of ten miles on each side of said road...
Page 521 - That in all cases where any tribe or band of Indians has been, or shall hereafter be, located upon any reservation created for their use, either by treaty stipulation or by virtue of an Act of Congress or executive order setting apart the same for their use...
Page 573 - The correct rule of interpretation is, that if divers statutes relate to the same thing, they ought all to be taken into consideration in construing any one of them, and it is an established rule of law, that all acts in pari materia are to be taken together, as if they were one law.
Page 200 - ... a plat and field notes of the claim or claims in common, made by or under the direction of the United States surveyor general, showing accurately the boundaries of the claim or claims, which shall be distinctly marked by monuments on the ground...
Page 264 - ... his widow, if unmarried, or in case of her death or marriage, then his minor orphan children, by a guardian duly appointed and officially accredited at the Department of the Interior, shall be entitled to all the benefits...
Page 481 - The writ of injunction shall not be granted by any court of the United States to stay proceedings in any court of a State, except in cases where such injunction may be authorized by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy.
Page 39 - The right to a patent once vested is treated by the government, when dealing with the public lands, as equivalent to a patent issued. When, in fact, the patent does issue, it relates back to the inception of the right of the patentee, so far as it may be necessary, to cut off intervening claimants.