The American Settler's Guide: A Popular Exposition of the Public Land System of the United States of America |
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... Certificates of Deposits . h . Other Kinds of Scrip . IV . Citizenship . V. Presentation of Appeals . VI . How Much Land One Person Can Take . VII . What An Agent Can Do : CHAPTER II . PAGE . 7 7 7 7 9 9 ΙΟ IO IO II II II II 12 12 14 14 ...
... Certificates of Deposits . h . Other Kinds of Scrip . IV . Citizenship . V. Presentation of Appeals . VI . How Much Land One Person Can Take . VII . What An Agent Can Do : CHAPTER II . PAGE . 7 7 7 7 9 9 ΙΟ IO IO II II II II 12 12 14 14 ...
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... Certificates . Land Commissioners Settlement Stone Lands . Surveys . Timber Culture Entries Lands . Townships - How Numbered . Townsites Trees , Bearing Unoffered Lands Valentine Scrip . Warrants PAGE . 115 116 117 8 , 10 22 · ΙΟΙ IO 8 ...
... Certificates . Land Commissioners Settlement Stone Lands . Surveys . Timber Culture Entries Lands . Townships - How Numbered . Townsites Trees , Bearing Unoffered Lands Valentine Scrip . Warrants PAGE . 115 116 117 8 , 10 22 · ΙΟΙ IO 8 ...
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... Certificates of Deposits ... 1 . Valentine Scrip , Porterfield Scrip , Several Private Act Scrips , Sioux and ... certificate , as the case may be ; unless the duplicate shall have been previously filed in the General Land office ...
... Certificates of Deposits ... 1 . Valentine Scrip , Porterfield Scrip , Several Private Act Scrips , Sioux and ... certificate , as the case may be ; unless the duplicate shall have been previously filed in the General Land office ...
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... certificate of location will then be furnished the party , to be held until the patent is delivered , as in cases of cash sales . The following fees are chargeable by the land officers , and must be paid at the time of location : } For ...
... certificate of location will then be furnished the party , to be held until the patent is delivered , as in cases of cash sales . The following fees are chargeable by the land officers , and must be paid at the time of location : } For ...
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... certificate -quarter of Section No. in Township No. , of Range No. — , containing acres , in the district of lands subject to sale Witness my hand this Attest : day of A. D. , 188- . ( Applicant . ) " Register Receiver . ནཱ ། 1 . A ...
... certificate -quarter of Section No. in Township No. , of Range No. — , containing acres , in the district of lands subject to sale Witness my hand this Attest : day of A. D. , 188- . ( Applicant . ) " Register Receiver . ནཱ ། 1 . A ...
Common terms and phrases
acres act of June act of March additional entry affidavit allowed application canceled certificate citizen complied contest COPP Copp's Public Land crop date of entry declaration declaratory statement desert land enter fees and commissions final proof heirs HENRY N homestead act homestead claimant homestead entry homestead laws improvements issued June 14 LAND AGENTS Land Commissioner land embraced Land Office Land Owner legal subdivisions March 13 mineral NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD notice oath OFFICE AT Date original entry patent person planted pre-emption filing pre-emption law pre-emption right pre-emptor preference right prior private entry proof and payment Public Land Laws purchase quarter-section Ques RAILROAD COMPANY receipt Register and Receiver relinquishment residence and cultivation Revised Statutes scrip section corners settlement settler sixty acres soldier subject to entry subscribed survey sworn testimony thereof timber culture entry timber culture laws township trees United widow witnesses
Popular passages
Page 72 - Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by a fine of...
Page 102 - An act to provide for the sale of the lands of the United States containing coal," is as follows: [Section 2347 to 2352 RS] Łe it enacted, etc., That any person above the age of twenty-one years who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 111 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 28 - 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 whomsoe.ver...
Page 81 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
Page 82 - That no lands acquired under the provisions of this Act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor.
Page 107 - ... he has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract in any way or manner with any person or persons whatsoever, by which the title which he might acquire from the Government of the United States should inure in whole or in part to the benefit of any person except himself...
Page 105 - ... with regard thereto; that there is not, to his knowledge, within the limits thereof, any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver...
Page 102 - Any person or association of persons severally qualified, as above provided, who have opened and improved, or shall hereafter open and improve, any coal mine or mines upon the public lands, and shall be in actual possession of the same...
Page 37 - Statutes, may be made before the judge, or, in his absence, before the clerk, of any court of record of the county and State, or district and Territory, in which the lands are situated...