The American Settler's Guide: A Popular Exposition of the Public Land System on the United States of America |
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... Register , and the other the Receiver . These officers act as agents or salesmen for the Government , and if the sales made by them are approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office , patents for the lands are issued to the ...
... Register , and the other the Receiver . These officers act as agents or salesmen for the Government , and if the sales made by them are approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office , patents for the lands are issued to the ...
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... Register for the district in which the land desired is situated , describing the tract he wishes to purchase ... Receiver , stating the price , and the applicant must then pay the amount of the purchase money . The Receiver will then ...
... Register for the district in which the land desired is situated , describing the tract he wishes to purchase ... Receiver , stating the price , and the applicant must then pay the amount of the purchase money . The Receiver will then ...
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... Register and Receiver - total , $ 1.00 . For a 60 - acre warrant , 75 cents For an 80 - acre warrant , $ 1.00 For a 120 - acre warrant , $ 1.50 For a 160 - acre warrant , $ 2.00 " " 66 c . AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SCRIP . " 1.50 . " " 2.00 ...
... Register and Receiver - total , $ 1.00 . For a 60 - acre warrant , 75 cents For an 80 - acre warrant , $ 1.00 For a 120 - acre warrant , $ 1.50 For a 160 - acre warrant , $ 2.00 " " 66 c . AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SCRIP . " 1.50 . " " 2.00 ...
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... REGISTER AND RECEIVER'S ) or I , in Township No. ER'S No- SCRIP NO .. Scrip issued by virtue of a decree rendered on ... Register . Receiver . A certificate of entry is then issued , as follows , a duplicate or copy being given to the ...
... REGISTER AND RECEIVER'S ) or I , in Township No. ER'S No- SCRIP NO .. Scrip issued by virtue of a decree rendered on ... Register . Receiver . A certificate of entry is then issued , as follows , a duplicate or copy being given to the ...
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... record having common law jurisdiction ( with a clerk or prothonotary and seal ) his intention to become a citizen ... Register and Receiver to recognize his claim , or by any order , direction , or condition affecting the same , may ...
... record having common law jurisdiction ( with a clerk or prothonotary and seal ) his intention to become a citizen ... Register and Receiver to recognize his claim , or by any order , direction , or condition affecting the same , may ...
Common terms and phrases
act of June act of March additional entry affidavit allowed application canceled certificate certificate of deposit citizen complied contest Copp's Public Land court court of record crop date of entry declaration declaratory statement desert land enter expiration fees and commissions final proof heirs homestead act homestead claimant homestead entry homestead laws hundred and sixty improvements issued J. J. Thomas June 14 Land Commissioner land embraced Land Owner legal subdivisions March 13 mineral mound 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 Register and Receiver relinquishment Revised Statutes Scrip section corners sixty acres soldier subject to entry survey sworn testimony thereof timber culture entry timber culture laws township tract of land trees United widow witnesses
Popular passages
Page 110 - 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...
Page 72 - Whoever, 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.
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 108 - An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories...
Page 104 - ... 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 82 - 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...
Page 27 - An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain...
Page 109 - ... that no portion of said land is claimed for mining purposes under the local customs or rules of miners or otherwise; that no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of the year by any person or persons; that said land is essentially non-mineral land...
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...