The American Settler's Guide: A Popular Exposition of the Public Land System on the United States of America |
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Page 11
... hundred dol- lars . These certificates can now be used only in the land district where issued . h . OTHER KINDS OF SCRIP . The other kinds of scrip heretofore named are used by speculators almost exclusively to locate valuable tracts of ...
... hundred dol- lars . These certificates can now be used only in the land district where issued . h . OTHER KINDS OF SCRIP . The other kinds of scrip heretofore named are used by speculators almost exclusively to locate valuable tracts of ...
Page 22
... hundred links of the corner , it should be preferred to the pit . MEANDERING NAVIGABLE STREAMS . Standing with the face looking down stream , the bank on the left hand is termed the " left bank , " and that on the right hand the " right ...
... hundred links of the corner , it should be preferred to the pit . MEANDERING NAVIGABLE STREAMS . Standing with the face looking down stream , the bank on the left hand is termed the " left bank , " and that on the right hand the " right ...
Page 25
... hundred and sixty acres of minimum lands , and one hundred and sixty acres of the even sections ( i . e . , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , etc. , ) of townships within railroad or military road grants ( ) . Only eighty acres of double minimum lands of ...
... hundred and sixty acres of minimum lands , and one hundred and sixty acres of the even sections ( i . e . , 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , etc. , ) of townships within railroad or military road grants ( ) . Only eighty acres of double minimum lands of ...
Page 37
... hundred words , and on the Pacific Coast , twenty - two and one - half cents per hundred words ( * ) . In the Act of Congress of March 3 , 1877 , which provides that final proof in homestead entries may be made before the judge , or ...
... hundred words , and on the Pacific Coast , twenty - two and one - half cents per hundred words ( * ) . In the Act of Congress of March 3 , 1877 , which provides that final proof in homestead entries may be made before the judge , or ...
Page 43
... hundred and sixty - two , and every seaman , marine , and officer who has served in the Navy of the United States , or in the Marine Corps , during the rebellion , for ninety days , and who was honorably discharged , and has remained ...
... hundred and sixty - two , and every seaman , marine , and officer who has served in the Navy of the United States , or in the Marine Corps , during the rebellion , for ninety days , and who was honorably discharged , and has remained ...
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...