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... supplies and annuity goods , over distances of 165 , 160 , 200 , an miles , respectively ; and in compensation therefor , they have rece the sum of $ 115,900 , which , although appearing large , has been a siderable saving compared with ...
... supplies and annuity goods , over distances of 165 , 160 , 200 , an miles , respectively ; and in compensation therefor , they have rece the sum of $ 115,900 , which , although appearing large , has been a siderable saving compared with ...
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... supplies purchased for them . In several instances I have seen Indian freighters employed by white people living near the Indian camps , and I have no doubt that this in- dustry can be greatly extended aside from the transportation of ...
... supplies purchased for them . In several instances I have seen Indian freighters employed by white people living near the Indian camps , and I have no doubt that this in- dustry can be greatly extended aside from the transportation of ...
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... supply all domestic needs and all the wants of local business enterprise , as well as of commerce , the latter so far as compatible with the public interest ; and , secondly , that these sales of timber be so reg- ulated as to preserve ...
... supply all domestic needs and all the wants of local business enterprise , as well as of commerce , the latter so far as compatible with the public interest ; and , secondly , that these sales of timber be so reg- ulated as to preserve ...
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... supply both halls with the number of cases required . HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE . The number of patients in the hospital June 30 , 1879 , was 819 , of whom 617 were males and 202 females . The number admitted during the year was 225 , of ...
... supply both halls with the number of cases required . HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE . The number of patients in the hospital June 30 , 1879 , was 819 , of whom 617 were males and 202 females . The number admitted during the year was 225 , of ...
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... supply the people and create an interest which it is thought would pre- vent the wanton destruction of timber . The population has increased from 20,588 , in 1870 , to about 40,000 , in- cluding Indians , in 1880 , a gain of nearly 100 ...
... supply the people and create an interest which it is thought would pre- vent the wanton destruction of timber . The population has increased from 20,588 , in 1870 , to about 40,000 , in- cluding Indians , in 1880 , a gain of nearly 100 ...
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Page 289 - No Indian nation or tribe, within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power, with whom the United States may contract by treaty...
Page 532 - ... 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 475 - Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1873. 8. Washington, 1874. Statement of the Public Debt of the United States, July 1, 1874.
Page 68 - An act to punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States and other places, and disapproving and annulling certain acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah...
Page 296 - To each head of a family, one-quarter of a section; To each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section; To each orphan child under eighteen years of age...
Page 534 - 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 87 - Columbia, and shall be punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion...
Page 446 - That any settler who has settled, or who shall hereafter settle, on any of the public lands of the United States, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, with the intention of claiming the same under the homestead laws, shall be allowed the same time to file his homestead application and perfect his original entry in the United States Land Office as is now allowed to settlers under the preemption laws...
Page 294 - An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to deposit certain funds in the United States Treasury in lieu of investment...
Page 70 - The jurisdiction of the several courts herein provided for, both appellate and original, and that of the Probate Courts and of justices of the peace, shall be as limited by law.