Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885 - Public lands |
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acres act of June act of March Acting Secretary Joslyn Acting Secretary Muldrow affidavit of contest affirmed alleging settlement allowed approved April April 21 attorney August authority canceled certificate claimant Commissioner McFarland Commissioner Sparks court cultivation Dakota December December 12 decision Department deposit dismissed district entryman evidence fact February February 14 final proof grant hearing held homestead entry homestead law improvements indemnity instructions issued January Joslyn to Commissioner July June 15 June 22 land office letter March 12 March 20 ment motion notice November November 28 October October 25 Pacific Railroad parties patent person plat pre-emption claim pre-emptor prior public lands purchase Railroad Company rancho reason record register and receiver rejected relinquishment reservation residence Revised Statutes Secretary Teller Section selection September September 28 settled settler Southern Pacific Railroad Stat survey Teller to Commissioner testimony thereon timber timber-culture entry tion township townsite United
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Page 287 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States, and ten alternate sections 'of land per mile on each side of said railroad, whenever it passes through any State, and whenever, on the line thereof the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption,...
Page 114 - Secretary may, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, suspend and disbar from further practice before his department any such person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud, in any manner willfully and knowingly deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement.
Page 288 - ... and whenever, prior to said time, any of said sections or parts of sections shall have been granted, sold, reserved, occupied by homestead settlers or preempted, or otherwise disposed of, other lands shall be selected by said company in lieu thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in alternate sections, and designated by odd numbers, not more than ten miles beyond the limits of said alternate sections: ProOpinion of the Court.
Page 114 - ... his department, and may require of such persons, agents, and attorneys, before being recognized as representatives of claimants, that they shall show that they are of good moral character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such...
Page 123 - An act to aid in the construction of telegraph lines, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes...
Page 457 - That all salt springs within said state, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each...
Page 91 - States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the state...
Page 150 - After such judgment shall have been rendered, the party entitled to the possession of the claim, or any portion thereof, may, without giving further Notice, file a certified copy of the judgmentroll with the register of the land office...
Page 126 - ... be transmitted by such judge, or the clerk of his court, to the register and the receiver, with the fee and charges allowed by law to him; and the register and receiver shall be entitled to the same fees for examining and approving said testimony as are now allowed by law for taking the same.
Page 268 - ... the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.