| 1863 - 856 pages
...dollars, and a chief clerk, with a salary of two thousand dollars, are the officers of the department. An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, provides that any loyal citizen of twenty-one years of age or upward, or one who has filed his intention... | |
| George Wertz Raff - Bounties, Military - 1862 - 512 pages
...said officers and soldiers who have died or may die before receiving such warrant or certificate. By " an act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," approved May 20, 1862, the following provisions are made in favor of those who have performed or may... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...dollars, and a chief clerk, with a salary of two thousand dollars, are the officers of the department. An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, provides that any loyaî citizen of twenty-one years of age or upward, or one who has filed his intention... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 1180 pages
...be, and is hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the second section »f "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," approved May 20, 1862, as to permit the person applying for the benefit of said act to make the necessary... | |
| United States. Department of State - United States - 1864 - 724 pages
...the provisions of an act of Congress approved May '20, 1862, of which a copy is herewith enclosed, entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain." "The privileges of this law," as you will perceive, "are extended to every person who is the head of... | |
| United States. Department of State - United States - 1864 - 764 pages
...to the provisions of an act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, of which a copy is herewith enclosed, entitled " An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain." " The privileges of this law," as yon will perceive, " are extended to every person who is the head... | |
| Edmund Morris - History - 1864 - 354 pages
...Lincoln, on the 20th of May, 1862, did not hesitate to sign. The provisions of this act are as follow : AN ACT to Secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on the Public Domain, and to Provide a Bounty for Soldiers in lieu of Grants of the Public lands. Be it enacted by the Senate... | |
| Wisconsin - Session laws - 1864 - 618 pages
...this state, which have been or may herereafter be entered under the provisions of the act of congress, entitled " an act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," approved May 20th, 1862, and which shall be actually occupied and improved by the person so entering... | |
| 1864 - 726 pages
...to the provisions of an act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, of which a copy is herewith enclosed, entitled " An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain." " The privileges of this law," as you will perceive, " are extended to every person who is the head... | |
| Edmund Morris - Acquisition of property - 1864 - 364 pages
...Lincoln, on the 20th of May, 1862, did not hesitate to sign. The provisions of this act are as follow : AN ACT to Secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on the Public Domain, and to Provide a Bounty for Soldiers in lieu of Grants of the Public lands. Be it enacted by the Senate... | |
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