| Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1356 pages
...4, section 3, cl. 2. 'Under the authority of this section, Congress has conferred jurisdiction upon the commissioner of the general land office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to supervise the disposition of the public lands." In considering this plinse of the... | |
| United States - Land tenure - 1916 - 556 pages
...Callforniacompensation for the surveying thereof by the day instead of by the mile, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to make such fair and reasonable allowance as, in his .judgment, may be necessary to... | |
| United States - Land tenure - 1916 - 432 pages
...Call£ornia compensation for the surveying thereof by the day instead of by the mile, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to make such fair and reasonable allowance as, in his judgment, may be necessary to insure... | |
| United States - Law - 1916 - 1254 pages
...section, placed the executive duties relating to public lands under the "supervision and control" of the Commissioner of the General Land Office under the direction of the President, and provided for direct supervision by the Commissioner over registers and receivers of... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1450 pages
...records, papers, and property appertaining to it." Rev. Stat. § 2478, Сотр. Stat. 1913, I 5120. "The Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to enforce and carry into execution, by appropriate regulations, every... | |
| Appellate courts - 1919 - 750 pages
...lien for the cost of surveys on unsurveyed lands. In United States v. Morrison, 240 US 192, 210, 36 Sup. Ct. 326, 60 L. Ed. 599, the court discussed the...the control of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and that it was competent for the Commissioner... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Public lands - 1923 - 724 pages
...compensation for the surveying thereof by the day in- " stead of by the mile, it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, to make such fair and reasonable allowance as. in his judgment, may be necessary to insure... | |
| William Burge - Colonies - 1914 - 1174 pages
...designated as "Government" lands (to distinguish them from public lands of any State), are dealt with by the Commissioner of the General Land Office under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. That officer performs all executive duties appertaining to the survey and sale of Government... | |
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