Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4461U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... charge and held it until the arrival of the civil officers , appointed by President Arthur under the organic act of May 17 , 1884. Section 8 of this remarkable piece of legislation created a land district of the whole cession , and a ...
... charge and held it until the arrival of the civil officers , appointed by President Arthur under the organic act of May 17 , 1884. Section 8 of this remarkable piece of legislation created a land district of the whole cession , and a ...
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... charge will save intending settlers much labor and expense . The season now closing has been a wet one in southeast Alaska and a dry one in the west and northwest parts . The rye which was planted last fall at the experiment farm at ...
... charge will save intending settlers much labor and expense . The season now closing has been a wet one in southeast Alaska and a dry one in the west and northwest parts . The rye which was planted last fall at the experiment farm at ...
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... charged with this duty . Most of the money that is now collected is expended upon the orders of the courts . This was ... charge of the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue , where it properly belongs and will be in harmony with the ...
... charged with this duty . Most of the money that is now collected is expended upon the orders of the courts . This was ... charge of the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue , where it properly belongs and will be in harmony with the ...
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... charge shall become his personal property , to be disposed of as he sees fit . As will be seen from the statistics , a large number of Eskimo boys have availed themselves of this opportunity to become self - supporting . This project of ...
... charge shall become his personal property , to be disposed of as he sees fit . As will be seen from the statistics , a large number of Eskimo boys have availed themselves of this opportunity to become self - supporting . This project of ...
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... charge of surveys of the public lands , and that said geodetic surveys shall be followed by topographical surveys , as Congress may from time to time authorize and direct ; but if the present mode of survey be adhered to , then it shall ...
... charge of surveys of the public lands , and that said geodetic surveys shall be followed by topographical surveys , as Congress may from time to time authorize and direct ; but if the present mode of survey be adhered to , then it shall ...
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Page 223 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.
Page 76 - An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 222 - Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall proceed in conformity with such laws...
Page 221 - An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July 2, 1862...
Page 222 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 221 - ... of waters, including artesian wells, and to report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplated works, the quantity and location of the lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and all facts relative to the practicability of each irrigation project; also the cost of works in process of construction, as well as of those which have been completed.
Page 79 - ... by citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become citizens, which homesteads have been made, improved, and used for agricultural...
Page 90 - In witness whereof, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals the day and year above written.
Page 222 - That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, so far as the same may be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each State and Territory hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and semi-arid lands within the limits of such State or Territory...
Page 222 - Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question; also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries, and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project...