Report from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, Communicating the Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land OfficeThe Office, 1879 - Public lands |
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... districts .... Circular letter of July 15 , 1878 , to surveyors general 9 10 10-12 Tabular statement showing areas surveyed in the several States and ... district land office .. 43 45-46 Pag DISPOSALS OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR -
... districts .... Circular letter of July 15 , 1878 , to surveyors general 9 10 10-12 Tabular statement showing areas surveyed in the several States and ... district land office .. 43 45-46 Pag DISPOSALS OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR -
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... district land offices during the fiscal year . This includes pre - emption claims adjusted , entries allowed for cash , and locations with warrants and scrip , at ordinary private entry , or under the provisions of the homestead ...
... district land offices during the fiscal year . This includes pre - emption claims adjusted , entries allowed for cash , and locations with warrants and scrip , at ordinary private entry , or under the provisions of the homestead ...
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... district land offices .... Fees for certified copies furnished by this office under section 461 Rev. Stats .. Fees ... districts , as follows : Arizona California Colorado Dakota Florida Idaho Louisiana Minnesota Montana Nebraska THE ...
... district land offices .... Fees for certified copies furnished by this office under section 461 Rev. Stats .. Fees ... districts , as follows : Arizona California Colorado Dakota Florida Idaho Louisiana Minnesota Montana Nebraska THE ...
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... district . Contracts are contemplated for the survey of two town- ships in the William Conway portion of the Houmas ... district , 22 townships , em- bracing the timber lands now being despoiled , $ 17,400 ; for the resurvey of townships ...
... district . Contracts are contemplated for the survey of two town- ships in the William Conway portion of the Houmas ... district , 22 townships , em- bracing the timber lands now being despoiled , $ 17,400 ; for the resurvey of townships ...
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... district , making accessible extensive sulphur beds and iron regions , and bringing nearer to market the silver ores of the Harrisburg mining district . The increased number of mineral surveys has augmented the difficul- ties of ...
... district , making accessible extensive sulphur beds and iron regions , and bringing nearer to market the silver ores of the Harrisburg mining district . The increased number of mineral surveys has augmented the difficul- ties of ...
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1st half 23 east 2d half act of Congress act of July act of March amount application appropriation approved boundary California Central Pacific Railroad certificate claimants clerk Commissioner confirmed contract County court decision deputy surveyor district ending June 30 exterior field notes filed fiscal year ending grant homestead entry July 23 Lake meridian Land Office lines lode meridian mineral Mono County Mount Diablo Oregon Pacific Railroad Company parties patent placer plats pre-emption prior private land claims proof public lands public surveys quartz rancho range 2 west range 21 Reason Revised Statutes road ROSWELL H salaries Sept settlement settlers Southern Pacific Railroad special deposits Stat SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE Territory thereof timber tion township 25 tract Union Pacific Railroad United States surveyor west Township Willamette meridian William Minto
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Page 162 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lies inside of such surface lines extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations.
Page 131 - States, which shall have filed with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same, to the extent of one hundred feet on each side of the central line of said road...
Page 149 - It shall be the duty of the adverse claimant, within thirty days after filing his claim, to commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, to determine the question of the right of possession, and prosecute the same with reasonable diligence to final judgment; and a failure so to do shall be a waiver of his adverse claim.
Page 132 - That any canal or ditch company desiring to secure the benefits of this Act shall, within twelve months after the location of ten miles of its canal, if the same be upon surveyed lands, and if upon unsurveyed lands, within twelve months after the survey thereof...
Page 155 - On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year.
Page 162 - And nothing in this section shall authorize the locator or possessor of a vein or lode which extends in its downward course beyond the vertical lines of his claim to enter upon the surface of a claim owned or possessed by another.
Page 93 - State, and whenever, on the line thereof the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Page 118 - ... 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 155 - ... 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.
Page 162 - The locators of all mining locations heretofore made, or which shall hereafter be made, on any mineral vein, lode, or ledge situated on the public domain...