Annual Report - The Secretary of the InteriorThe Department, 1910 - Natural resources |
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35 Stat acres act of Congress act of June act of March administration aggregating agricultural Alaska allotments allottee amended amount appeals APPENDIX appropriation Arizona authorized bath house bureau California citizens claims coal lands Colorado Commissioner corner Eighth cost court Crater Lake disposed District of Columbia drawals enrolled entry Five Civilized Tribes Florida Geological Survey Government granted Hetchy Hot Springs Mountain Hot Springs Reservation Howard University Idaho increase Indian Affairs institutions Interior Department investigation irrigation Island July June 25 June 30 jurisdiction Lake Eleanor Land Office leases legislation located ment Mexico mineral mining Montana Mount Rainier National Park North Dakota operations Oregon Pacific Patent Office pending pensions projects public lands receipts reclamation recommend reservation restricted schools Secretary segregated supervision Territory thereof timber tion total number transferred tribal United Utah Washington Wyoming Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park Yosemite Yosemite National Park
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Page 13 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 10 - ... the frontiers of the United States, the property of which was not vested in, or granted to, individuals at the commencement of the present war: — That the same hath been, or may be, gained from the King of Great Britain, or the native Indians, by the blood and treasure of all, and ought therefore to be a common estate, to be granted out on terms beneficial to the United States.
Page 27 - That it shall be the province and duty of said bureau and its director, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to make diligent investigation of the methods of mining, especially in relation to the safety of miners, and the appliances best adapted to prevent accidents, the possible improvement of conditions under which mining operations are carried on, the treatment of ores and other mineral substances, the use of explosives and electricity, the prevention of accidents, and other inquiries...
Page 77 - Permits for the examination of ruins, the excavation of archaeological sites, and the gathering of objects of antiquity will be granted, by the respective Secretaries having jurisdiction, to reputable museums, universities, colleges, or other recognized scientific or educational institutions, or to their duly authorized agents.
Page 20 - That the rights of any person who, at the date of any order of withdrawal heretofore or hereafter made, is a bona fide occupant or claimant of oil or gas bearing lands, and who, at such date, is in diligent prosecution of work leading to discovery of oil or gas, shall not be affected or impaired by such order, so long as such occupant or claimant shall continue in diligent prosecution of said work...
Page 76 - An act for the preservation of American antiquities," the President of the United States is authorized, "in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments.
Page 55 - Creek tribes, or have applications for enrollment pending at the approval hereof, and for the purpose of enrollment under this section illegitimate children shall take the status of the mother, and allotments shall be made to children so enrolled. .If any citizen of the Cherokee tribe shall fail to receive the full quantity of land to which he is entitled as an allotment, he shall be paid out of any of the funds of such tribe a sum equal to twice the appraised value of the amount of land thus deficient.
Page 70 - ... in this section shall be construed or held to commit the Government of the United States to any expenditure of money upon said lands or the improvements thereof, except as provided herein, it being the intention of this provision that in the future the lands and improvements herein mentioned shall be conveyed by the United States to such Territorial or State organization as may exist at the time when such conveyance is made.
Page 32 - SEC. 5. That no entry shall be hereafter made and no entryman shall be permitted to go upon lands reserved for irrigation purposes until the Secretary of the Interior shall have established the unit of acreage per entry and water is ready to be delivered for the land in such unit or some part thereof and.
Page 73 - ... and Congress has provided a means of enforcement of the laws and regulations pertaining thereto. In the other national parks, however, over which the laws of the States in which they are located obtain, great difficulties in administration have been encountered, owing to the fact that the department has no jurisdiction to punish offenses in violation of the regulations relating thereto, and particularly in the matter of preventing depredations on game and the selling of liquor therein.