Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 43U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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Page 55
... present condition , unfit for cultivation ; that it is unoccupied and without improvements of any character , except for ditch or canal purposes , and that it apparently contains no valuable deposits of gold , silver , cinnabar , copper ...
... present condition , unfit for cultivation ; that it is unoccupied and without improvements of any character , except for ditch or canal purposes , and that it apparently contains no valuable deposits of gold , silver , cinnabar , copper ...
Page 65
... present case does not require any action , since no further order , finding , or decision has been made therein . At the oral argument before the Assistant Attorney Gen- eral of this Department , however , counsel for Courtney contended ...
... present case does not require any action , since no further order , finding , or decision has been made therein . At the oral argument before the Assistant Attorney Gen- eral of this Department , however , counsel for Courtney contended ...
Page 66
... present consideration . Upon consideration of the present case , the Department , under date of October 20 , 1913 , addressed a letter to the claimant affording him opportunity to show the facts with reference to further residence and ...
... present consideration . Upon consideration of the present case , the Department , under date of October 20 , 1913 , addressed a letter to the claimant affording him opportunity to show the facts with reference to further residence and ...
Page 85
... present allotment is so very rough , rocky and hilly that she can make no use of it ; that it is not even suitable for grazing purposes ; that she was only two years of age when the land was selected for her by her mother and that since ...
... present allotment is so very rough , rocky and hilly that she can make no use of it ; that it is not even suitable for grazing purposes ; that she was only two years of age when the land was selected for her by her mother and that since ...
Page 97
... present contention . The appellant , however , now insists that the final proof was made under the act of 1875 , that the patent should have only contained a restriction of five years on the right of alienation , and that , said period ...
... present contention . The appellant , however , now insists that the final proof was made under the act of 1875 , that the patent should have only contained a restriction of five years on the right of alienation , and that , said period ...
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Page 491 - ... that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such...
Page 393 - States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 254 - Where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements of the statute have been met.
Page 33 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Page 424 - ... 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, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed, is true, shall willfully and contrary to such oath state or subscribe any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars and imprisoned not...
Page 33 - That the power to tax involves the power to destroy ; that the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create ; that there is a plain repugnance in conferring on one government a power to control the constitutional measures of another, which other, with respect to those very measures, is declared to be supreme over that which exerts the control, are propositions not to be denied.
Page 423 - ... 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 48 - ... that he does not apply to purchase the same on speculation, but in good faith to appropriate it to his own exclusive use and benefit, and that he has not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whatsoever, by which the title which he might acquire from the Government of the United States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except himself...
Page 385 - That in cases in which a tract covered by an unperfected bona fide claim or by a patent is included within the limits of a public forest reservation, the settler or owner thereof may, if he desires to do so, relinquish the tract to the Government, and may select in lieu thereof a tract of vacant land open to settlement not exceeding in area the tract covered by his claim or patent...
Page 133 - The miners of each mining district may make regulations not in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the laws of the state or territory in which the district is situated, governing the location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim...