Digest of Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to the Public Lands Also (part 2) Tables of Cases Reported, Cited, and Overruled: Acts of Congress and Revised Statutes Cited and Construed; Circulars; and Rules of Practice Cited and Construed Volumes 1 to 40, Inclusive, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - Public lands |
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Page 231 - ... shall be deducted from the required length of residence, without reference to the time of actual service.
Page 540 - ... not sold, reserved or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 369 - Where non-mineral 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 non-adjacent 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 55 - ... in the diligent prosecution of work leading to the 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 336 - No enrolled attorney or agent as notary public shall take acknowledgments, administer oaths, certify papers, or perform any official act in connection with matters in which he is employed as counsel, attorney, or agent, or in which he may be in any way interested before the...
Page 651 - 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 502 - Provided, that all lands hereby granted to said company which shall not be sold or disposed of or remain subject to the mortgage by this act authorized, at the expiration of five years after the completion of the entire road, shall be subject to settlement and pre-emption like other lands, at a price to be paid to said company not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per acre...
Page 306 - States and with the successful prosecution of the war ; and he may make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Act; and the President may exercise any power or authority conferred by this Act through such officer or officers as he shall direct.
Page 114 - That the decision of the officers of the Land Department, made within the scope of their authority on questions of this kind, is in general conclusive everywhere, except when reconsidered by way of appeal within that department...
Page 219 - State to obtain (1) a declaratory judgment that she is a citizen of the United States and entitled to all the rights and privileges of...