Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Volume 35U.S. Government Printing Office, 1907 - Public lands |
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33 Stat acres act of April act of June act of March Acting Secretary Ryan action affidavit alleged allowed appeal approved April 28 assignment August authority canceled Cherokee Outlet claimant Commissioner Congress contest court departmental decision desert-land entitled entryman fact February February 18 filed final proof forest reserve grant heirs held hereby homestead entry homestead law Indian Interior irrigation issued January July July 27 June 16 June 27 Kinkaid act land department land district Land Office ment military mineral mining claims Northern Pacific Northern Pacific Railroad Northern Pacific Railway notice October 17 office decision original entry overruled person plat preference right prior proceedings provisions public lands purchase purpose question railroad reclamation record register and receiver rejected relinquishment residence Revised Statutes rule selection settlement settler showing supra survey therein thereof thereto tion township townsite tract United vein or lode withdrawal
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Page 216 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 79 - It is a maxim, not to be disregarded, that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit, when the very point is presented for decision.
Page 654 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges throughout their entire depth...
Page 192 - ... not directly or indirectly made, and will not make any agreement or contract in any way or manner with any person, or persons, corporation, or syndicate whatsoever by which the title he may acquire from the Government to the lands applied for shall inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of any person except himself.
Page 654 - placers," including all forms of deposit, excepting veins of quartz, or other rock in place, shall be subject to entry and patent, under like circumstances and conditions, and upon similar proceedings, as are provided for vein or lode claims...
Page 654 - ... along the vein or lode ; but no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located. No claim shall extend more than three hundred feet on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface...
Page 440 - 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 486 - ... and he shall also post such notice in his office for the same period. The claimant at the time of filing this application, or at any time thereafter, within the sixty days of publication, shall file with the register a certificate of the United States surveyor-general that five hundred dollars...
Page 556 - ... unless it shall be alleged in the preliminary affidavit or affidavits of contest, and proved at the hearing in cases...
Page 654 - Mining claims upon veins or lodes of quartz or other rock in place bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, copper, or other valuable deposits, heretofore located, shall be governed as to length along the vein or lode by the customs, regulations, and laws in force at the date of their location.