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... construction of a depot at San Antonio , the title to the site being now perfected ; a special act placing the cemetery at the city of Mexico on the same basis as other national cemeteries ; authority to purchase sites for military ...
... construction of a depot at San Antonio , the title to the site being now perfected ; a special act placing the cemetery at the city of Mexico on the same basis as other national cemeteries ; authority to purchase sites for military ...
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... construction of American vessels has given encouragement to ship- building ; but I am of opinion that this measure is entirely inadequate . When we consider that nearly three - fourths of the foreign commerce of the country is under ...
... construction of American vessels has given encouragement to ship- building ; but I am of opinion that this measure is entirely inadequate . When we consider that nearly three - fourths of the foreign commerce of the country is under ...
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... construction of the language used as to the several classes of liquor dealers and malt liquor dealers , I issued on the 30th of Septem- ber last instructions to assessors and collectors to make assessments and collections in accordance ...
... construction of the language used as to the several classes of liquor dealers and malt liquor dealers , I issued on the 30th of Septem- ber last instructions to assessors and collectors to make assessments and collections in accordance ...
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... construction of fortifications , for river and harbor sur- veys and improvements . Accounts for the relief of freedmen and refugees Total .... FROM THE FOURTHI AUDITOR . Marine Corps accounts : 1st , quartermasters of the Marine Corps ...
... construction of fortifications , for river and harbor sur- veys and improvements . Accounts for the relief of freedmen and refugees Total .... FROM THE FOURTHI AUDITOR . Marine Corps accounts : 1st , quartermasters of the Marine Corps ...
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... construction and maintenance of lights On account of marine hospitals , relief of sick seamen On account of distributive shares , fines , penalties , and forfeitures ... On account of life - saving stations On account of captured and ...
... construction and maintenance of lights On account of marine hospitals , relief of sick seamen On account of distributive shares , fines , penalties , and forfeitures ... On account of life - saving stations On account of captured and ...
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Page 611 - But their right of possession to such outside parts of such veins or ledges shall be confined to such portions thereof as lie between vertical planes drawn downward as above described, through the end lines of their locations, so continued in their own direction that such planes will intersect such exterior parts of such veins or ledges.
Page 612 - The location must be distinctly marked on the ground, so that its boundaries can be readily traced. All records of mining claims hereafter made shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim. 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...
Page 607 - ... 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 608 - 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 609 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, shall conform as near as practicable with the United States system of publicland surveys, and the rectangular subdivisions of such surveys...
Page 619 - 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 128 - States shall be first satisfied; and the priority established shall extend as well to cases In which a debtor, not having sufficient property to pay all his debts, makes a voluntary assignment thereof, or In which the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed, or absent debtor are attached by process of law, as to cases In which an act of bankruptcy Is committed.
Page 609 - ... dollars per acre for such vein or lode claim, and twenty-five feet of surface on each side thereof.
Page 608 - Office at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent, upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists; and thereafter no objection from third parties to the issuance of a patent shall be heard, except it be shown that the applicant has failed to comply with the terms of this chapter.
Page 607 - The miners of each mining district may make regulations not in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the laws of the state or territory in which the district is situated, governing the location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim...