The American Settler's Guide: A Popular Exposition of the Public Land System on the United States of America |
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... base line ( see diagram , line A B , ) is surveyed on a true par- allel of latitude east and west therefrom . The principal meridian ( see diagram , line CD , ) is extended due north and south of the same point . The law requires that ...
... base line ( see diagram , line A B , ) is surveyed on a true par- allel of latitude east and west therefrom . The principal meridian ( see diagram , line CD , ) is extended due north and south of the same point . The law requires that ...
Page 16
... Base Line . A glance at the diagram on the following page will illustrate the method of distinguishing town- ships . 5 N means a fifth township north of the base line . 2 S means a second township south of the base line . 5 E means a ...
... Base Line . A glance at the diagram on the following page will illustrate the method of distinguishing town- ships . 5 N means a fifth township north of the base line . 2 S means a second township south of the base line . 5 E means a ...
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... Base . CD - Principal Meridian . E F - First Standard Parallel North ( or Correction Line ) . GH - First Standard Parallel South . IK - First Guide Meridian East . 3.N. 8E . F B H K W Where a township post is a corner common to THE ...
... Base . CD - Principal Meridian . E F - First Standard Parallel North ( or Correction Line ) . GH - First Standard Parallel South . IK - First Guide Meridian East . 3.N. 8E . F B H K W Where a township post is a corner common to THE ...
Page 18
... base line , of range one , west of the meridian ; also , to townships one and two , south of the base line , of range two , west of the meridian , it is to be marked thus : ( R. 1 W. IW . From N. to E. T. IS From E. to S. 2 S. S. 31 ...
... base line , of range one , west of the meridian ; also , to townships one and two , south of the base line , of range two , west of the meridian , it is to be marked thus : ( R. 1 W. IW . From N. to E. T. IS From E. to S. 2 S. S. 31 ...
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... of a township , they will also be notched , to correspond with the directions given for notching posts similarly situated Posts or stones at township corners on the base and. THE AMERICAN SETTLER'S GUIDE . 19 Bearing Trees Corner Stones.
... of a township , they will also be notched , to correspond with the directions given for notching posts similarly situated Posts or stones at township corners on the base and. THE AMERICAN SETTLER'S GUIDE . 19 Bearing Trees Corner Stones.
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...