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... Valley , which are a mere desert , wholly unsusceptible of any use . I am aware of no reason why the right of the Indians to it should not be recognized and confirmed by positive enactment . Until this be done they cannot be permanently ...
... Valley , which are a mere desert , wholly unsusceptible of any use . I am aware of no reason why the right of the Indians to it should not be recognized and confirmed by positive enactment . Until this be done they cannot be permanently ...
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... Valley Railroad Company , and the Leavenworth , Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad Company , were fully heard on the right of their respective companies to construct a railroad from the southern boundary of Kansas through the Indian ...
... Valley Railroad Company , and the Leavenworth , Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad Company , were fully heard on the right of their respective companies to construct a railroad from the southern boundary of Kansas through the Indian ...
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... valley of the Mississippi . ) These four States em- brace an area nearly equal to that of France . Climate , soil , and pro- ductions bear a general similarity , having a semi - tropical type , yet verging upon the more decided ...
... valley of the Mississippi . ) These four States em- brace an area nearly equal to that of France . Climate , soil , and pro- ductions bear a general similarity , having a semi - tropical type , yet verging upon the more decided ...
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... Valley , was added , in consideration of which , and of the abrogation of sundry stipulations in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , our Government paid to Mexico $ 10,000,000 . These Mexican cessions are now covered by the States of ...
... Valley , was added , in consideration of which , and of the abrogation of sundry stipulations in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , our Government paid to Mexico $ 10,000,000 . These Mexican cessions are now covered by the States of ...
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... valley of Hell Gate River . In Nevada the lines have been extended over only one - twenty - fourth of its area , chiefly in the northern and western portions of the State , in the valleys of Walker , Humboldt , and Truckee Rivers ; also ...
... valley of Hell Gate River . In Nevada the lines have been extended over only one - twenty - fourth of its area , chiefly in the northern and western portions of the State , in the valleys of Walker , Humboldt , and Truckee Rivers ; also ...
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Page 22 - ... may be conveyed by lease and release or bargain and sale signed, sealed and delivered by the person being of full age in whom the estate may be and attested by two witnesses...
Page 22 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory dying intestate shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants then in equal parts to the...
Page 22 - ... part of the personal estate ; and this law relative to descents and dower, shall remain in full force, until altered by the legislature of the district.
Page 22 - ... there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree ; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parent's share ; and there shall in no case be a distinction between kindred of the whole and half blood...
Page 254 - Territory where the same may be situated, evidence of such possession and working of the claims for such period shall be sufficient to establish a right to a patent thereto under this chapter, in the absence of any adverse claim ; but nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impair any lien which may have attached in any way whatever to any mining claim or property thereto attached prior to the issuance of a patent.
Page 270 - States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever...
Page 10 - ... distance from New Castle northward, and westward, unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of Northern latitude, and then by a strait line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned...
Page 230 - ... we find at New York, the summer of Rome, and the winter of Copenhagen ; at Quebec, the summer of Paris, and the winter of St Petersburgh. At Pekin, also, where the mean temperature of the year is that of the coasts of Brittany, the scorching heats of summer are greater than at Cairo, and the winters are as rigorous as at Upsal.
Page 6 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 22 - ... courts, and registers shall be appointed for that purpose; and personal property may be transferred by delivery, saving, however, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the...