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... reason of this preference is found in the freedom of our political and social systems , and the superior development of natural resources which that freedom secures . Our Government confines itself to the narrowest limits consistent ...
... reason of this preference is found in the freedom of our political and social systems , and the superior development of natural resources which that freedom secures . Our Government confines itself to the narrowest limits consistent ...
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... reason , and certainly cannot be rejected by courts of justice . It will be seen that the court confined itself to the discussion of ques- tions essential to a statement of the actual law governing the relations of the Indian tribes ...
... reason , and certainly cannot be rejected by courts of justice . It will be seen that the court confined itself to the discussion of ques- tions essential to a statement of the actual law governing the relations of the Indian tribes ...
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... reason that the Wyo- ming land district was not organized until late in the fiscal year , viz . , the 5th day of February last . Since the opening , however , of the sur- veyor general's office at Cheyenne , contracts have been closed ...
... reason that the Wyo- ming land district was not organized until late in the fiscal year , viz . , the 5th day of February last . Since the opening , however , of the sur- veyor general's office at Cheyenne , contracts have been closed ...
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... reason to believe that the devel- opment of the resources of the State has not been less rapid . The ag- gregate of improved lands in farms will show a great relative increase , as compared with the unimproved lands . The latter will ...
... reason to believe that the devel- opment of the resources of the State has not been less rapid . The ag- gregate of improved lands in farms will show a great relative increase , as compared with the unimproved lands . The latter will ...
Page 122
... reason to believe that all the hardier , and perhaps other , fruits may be here raised successfully . Orchards have been planted in the valley of the South Platte and Upper Arkansas , the experiments , so far as reported , having , in ...
... reason to believe that all the hardier , and perhaps other , fruits may be here raised successfully . Orchards have been planted in the valley of the South Platte and Upper Arkansas , the experiments , so far as reported , having , in ...
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Page 22 - ... may be conveyed by lease and release or bargain and sale signed, sealed and delivered by the person being of full age in whom the estate may be and attested by two witnesses...
Page 22 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory dying intestate shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants then in equal parts to the...
Page 22 - ... part of the personal estate ; and this law relative to descents and dower, shall remain in full force, until altered by the legislature of the district.
Page 22 - ... there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree ; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parent's share ; and there shall in no case be a distinction between kindred of the whole and half blood...
Page 254 - Territory where the same may be situated, evidence of such possession and working of the claims for such period shall be sufficient to establish a right to a patent thereto under this chapter, in the absence of any adverse claim ; but nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impair any lien which may have attached in any way whatever to any mining claim or property thereto attached prior to the issuance of a patent.
Page 270 - 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 or persons whomsoever...
Page 10 - ... distance from New Castle northward, and westward, unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of Northern latitude, and then by a strait line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned...
Page 230 - ... we find at New York, the summer of Rome, and the winter of Copenhagen ; at Quebec, the summer of Paris, and the winter of St Petersburgh. At Pekin, also, where the mean temperature of the year is that of the coasts of Brittany, the scorching heats of summer are greater than at Cairo, and the winters are as rigorous as at Upsal.
Page 6 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 22 - ... courts, and registers shall be appointed for that purpose; and personal property may be transferred by delivery, saving, however, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the...