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PREFACE

This volume of Decisions of the Department of the Interior covers the period from January 1, 1962, to December 31, 1962. It includes the most important administrative decisions and legal opinions that were rendered by officials of the Department during the period.

The Honorable Stewart L. Udall served as Secretary of the Interior during the period covered by this volume; Mr. James K. Carr served as Under Secretary; Messrs. Frank P. Briggs, John A. Carver, Kenneth Holum, and John M. Kelly served as Assistant Secretaries of the Interior; Mr. D. Otis Beasley served as Administrative Assistant Secretary; Mr. Frank J. Barry served as Solicitor of the Department of the Interior. Mr. Edward W. Fisher served as Deputy Solicitor. This volume will be cited within the Department of the Interior as "69 I.D."

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Secretary of the Interior.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Preface...

Errata.

Table of Decisions Reported___

CONTENTS

Table of Opinions Reported___.

Chronological Table of Decisions and Opinions Reported_.

Numerical Table of Decisions and Opinions Reported..

Cumulative Index to Suits for Judicial Review of Departmental Decisions

Published in Interior Decisions__

Table of Cases Cited__

Table of Overruled and Modified Cases__.

Table of Statutes Cited:

(A) Acts of Congress..

(B) Revised Statute..

(C) United States Code___

Departmental Orders and Regulations Cited__

Decisions and Opinions of the Interior Department_.

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ERRATA

Page 28-Footnote 4, Barkeley Pipeline Construction, Inc., should read Barkley Pipeline Construction, Inc.

Pages 43, 45 and 47-Top heading Henley Construction Company, should read Henly Construction Company.

Page 113-Top heading, Estate of Harry Colby, June 20, 1962, should read Estate of Harry Colby, June 29, 1962

Page 159-Footnote 24, Urban Plumbing and Heating Company, IBCA-43 (November 21, 1956), 63 I.D. 381, 56–1 BCA par. 1102, should read Urban Plumbing and Heating Company, IBCA–43 (November 21, 1956), 63 I.D. 381, 56-2 BCA par. 1102.

Page 181-Case of Elizabeth Holmes MacDonald, Hugh John MacDonald, A-27711, Decided October 30, 1692, should read Decided October 30, 1962.

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Gulf Oil Corporation et al------
3 Harold Ladd Pierce et al----.
Harry Colby, estate of..
Herly Construction Company,
appeal of

Bolander, Ray D. Company, Inc.,
appeal of__.
Brooks and Mixon, appeal of___ 84, 119
Brown, Melvin A__
131 Hugh John MacDonald, Eliza-
Bruce Anderson..
169 beth Holmes MacDonald_____
James Franklin Macer Crow Al-
lotee No. 377 estate of‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒
193 La Rue, Sr., W. Dalton et al----
Lawrence Edwards..

Cassady, Wilbur B. and Mary A.
Cassady, and Farmers Insur-
ance Group, claims of---‒‒‒‒
Catterson, Paul F., Four Corners

Oil & Minerals Company-----
Charles B. Gonsales et al.,
Western Oil Fields, Inc. et al_
Charles Getzler, Belco Petroleum
Corporation-‒‒‒‒

Cheney-Cherf and Associates, appeal of____

Colby, Harry, estate of___. Copeland, Autrice C------Copperfield, Marjorie May Unallotted Osage Indian (Restricted), estate of__

C. W. Trainer____.

D. L. Moffitt Company, appeal of
Duncan Miller, appeal of‒‒‒‒‒‒.
Eastern Maintenance Company,
appeal of__.
Edwards, Lawrence_.

Elizabeth Holmes MacDonald,
Hugh John MacDonald-‒‒‒‒‒‒
Erhardt Dahl Andersen, appeals
of____.

Estate of Harry Colby--

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Four Corners Oil & Minerals Co.,
Paul F. Catterson___.
Gonsales, Charles B. et al., West-
1 ern Oil Fields, Inc., et al------
230 Gray, Raymond F---

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143 Melvin A. Brown___

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