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... entry , the date of the applica- tion , the date of the receipt to him produced , the amount of money spe- cified in the said receipt , and the number of the section or half section , township , and range , applied for . If two or more ...
... entry , the date of the applica- tion , the date of the receipt to him produced , the amount of money spe- cified in the said receipt , and the number of the section or half section , township , and range , applied for . If two or more ...
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... entry corrected , he shall make his application for that purpose to the register of the land office ; and if it shall appear , from testimony satisfactory to the register and receiver of public moneys , that an error in the entry has ...
... entry corrected , he shall make his application for that purpose to the register of the land office ; and if it shall appear , from testimony satisfactory to the register and receiver of public moneys , that an error in the entry has ...
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... entry at the land office , at one dollar and twenty - five cents an acre , to be paid at the time of making such entry as aforesaid ; with the exception , however , of the lands which may have reverted to the United States for failure ...
... entry at the land office , at one dollar and twenty - five cents an acre , to be paid at the time of making such entry as aforesaid ; with the exception , however , of the lands which may have reverted to the United States for failure ...
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... entry at private sale , in the same manner and at the same price with the other lands sold at private sale at the respective land offices . SEC . 5. And be it further enacted , That the several public sales autho- rized by this act ...
... entry at private sale , in the same manner and at the same price with the other lands sold at private sale at the respective land offices . SEC . 5. And be it further enacted , That the several public sales autho- rized by this act ...
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... entry hereafter made of a tract of land not intended to be entered , by a mistake of the true numbers of the tract intended to be entered , where the tract thus erroneously en- tered does not in quantity exceed one half section ; and ...
... entry hereafter made of a tract of land not intended to be entered , by a mistake of the true numbers of the tract intended to be entered , where the tract thus erroneously en- tered does not in quantity exceed one half section ; and ...
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3d March act entitled Act of Congress affidavit aforesaid America in Congress application approved assignment August authorized boundary bounty land certificate claimant Commissioner confirmed Congress assembled court cultivation decision declaratory statement Department dividing ranges dollars duty eighteen hundred enter entitled An act filed further enacted House of Representatives improvements Indian Interior issued Jacob Thompson June Kansas Territory land claims land district Land Office land warrants Louisiana miles Mississippi Mississippi River party patent person plats pre-emption claim pre-emption rights pre-emptor prescribed President prior private entry proof Provided public lands public sale purchase purpose quantity of land quarter section railroad Register and Receiver respectfully right of pre-emption river road scrip Secretary selected Senate and House September settled settlement settler sold survey surveyor Surveyor-General Territory Territory of Minnesota thereof THOMPSON thousand eight hundred tion town township tract of land Treasury treaty United Wisconsin
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Page 224 - That the Constitution and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 224 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 217 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 143 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such times as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory of the United States...
Page 183 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 701 - ... that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit; and that 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 222 - That the governor, secretary, chief justice and associate justices, attorney, and marshal, shall be nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the President of the United States. The governor and secretary, to be appointed as aforesaid, shall, before they act as such, respectively, take an oath or affirmation, before the district judge, or some justice of the peace in the limits...
Page 220 - That no officer, soldier, seaman, or marine, or other person in the army or navy of the United States, or attached to troops in the service of the United States, shall be allowed to vote or hold office in said Territory by reason of being on service therein.
Page 224 - ... intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive or put in force any law or regulation which may have existed prior to the act of sixth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty, either protecting, establishing,...
Page 264 - State line, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers for six sections in width on each side of said roads respectively.