RECEIVER, Continued.

When to issue receipt to homestead parties claiming under 4th sec-
tion of timber culture act,

Is required to render promptly a monthly account of all the moneys
received, .

To transmit at end of each quarter a quarterly account as, &c.,
To render a quarterly account of all moneys expended,

To deposit moneys received at some depository at certain period,
Shall not in any case have more than two thousand dollars public
money in his hands without special instructions,
When entitled to make additional entry,

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191

192
192

192

193

193

280

Entitled to make final proof on a homestead entry made prior to
his appointment, .

280

Account, for fees received on lists of selections for railroad or state
corporations,

339

Account of, for fees received under act of March 3, 1875, for relief
of settlers within railroad limits,

Instructions as to accounting for certificates of deposit, by settlers
for surveys of townships by,
Duties of,

RECORD.

407

758,756
768

At the suggestion even of a stranger in interest an investigation
may be had and if the, shows that a claim has been illegally al-
lowed, the government will reverse its action as far as possible,. 330
Of patent is presumed to be correct, but proof may be adduced to
show improper issuance of patent,

532

May be corrected by the secretary to conform to the facts,
Only clearest and most positive evidence can set aside the, in a
private land claim,

532

551

An investigation as to fraud in a pre-emption case need not be con-
fined to the,

816

.

REGISTER. (See Register and Receiver.)

To issue final certificate for additional tract entered by party under
soldiers' and sailors' homestead provisions, .

When to issue final certificate to homestead parties claiming pa-
tents under fourth section timber culture act, (Form No. 25,)
Duties of,
REGISTER AND RECEIVER.

To report relinquishment of homestead claim when made, also any
other evidence of abandonment,

To issue certificate upon compliance with certain requirements
by homestead settler,

183

187

191

768

184

Will number certain declarations made by parties filing under sol-
diers' and sailors' homestead provisions in separate series,
Abstract of such declarations to be forwarded with their monthly
returns,

To transmit to General Land-Office testimony taken at trial with
their joint report,

To set apart a day for trial in case a homestead entry is attacked
on ground of abandonment,

184

184

186

186

Will be instructed to permit party claiming under soldiers' and
sailors' homestead provisions to make entry upon proper show-
ing that his intention was not to abandon tract and provided
also that no adverse right has intervened,
Will transmit to General Land-Office certified copies of powers of
guardianship of guardians acting for minor orphan children
under soldiers' and sailors' homestead provisions,.
Will require party applying to make additional entry under sol-
diers' and sailors' homestead provisions to make application and
affidavit as prescribed in forms 16 and 17,

In cases where the original and additional, are both made on tracts
within the same land district one patent will issue for both under
the soldiers' and sailors' homestead act, provision in cases,
Where they are not made on tracts in same land district,

187

187

REGISTER AND RECEIVER, Continued.

Allowed to charge one dollar each for receiving and filing certain
declarations under soldiers' and sailors' homestead provisions;
States and Territories in which 50 per centum additional is al-
lowed,

Will permit Indians who have complied with certain provisions to
make entries under Indian homestead law,

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187

188

650, 191

650, 191

650, 191

To restrict entries made under timber culture act to some one
technical quarter section," &c.,

To carefully examine plat and tract before an entry is allowed and
satisfy themselves that it is admissible,

Duties of, in case an entry is made under timber culture laws for a
fractional subdivision containing less than 40 acres,
Will require homestead party claiming patent under fourth section
of timber culture act to make affidavit according to Form No. 23,
and proof according to Form No. 24, .

650, 191

192

768, 192

An aggrieved party has right to appeal from decision of,
Returns of, what to consist of,

To transmit within three days from close of each month, a state-
ment of the business of their respective offices for the preceding
month,

Reports of, to be in the form of abstracts of pre-emptions, &c,
Are to carefully examine the abstracts and to certify them as
correct, &c.,

Duty of, to be at their offices, &c.,

Restricted from charging for entry of certain pre-emption or home-
stead claims,

To be removed from office upon proof that they or either of them
have charged or received fees or rewards not authorized by law,
Action of, in receiving applications and money for an abandoned
homestead tract before receiving notice of cancellation is irreg-
ular,

Fees allowed to be charged by, under soldiers' and sailors' home-
stead law,

Are not allowed to enter land under timber-culture act,
Proceedings in case applicant for additional land has consummated
first homestead entry,

193

250

265

650, 272

278

Each entitled to one dollar for location of each 160 acres or approx-
imate quantity for railroad or state corporations, to be accounted
for as fees, &c., for homesteads and pre-emptions,

Duties of, under circulars of February 10, 1870, of March 22, 1870, 289-90
A party whose D. S. is refused by, should not suffer for their neglect
of duty,

299

338

To examine and certify to lists of selections by railroad and state
corporations,

338

Post selections in tract books and mark on plats,
Duties of, in case of appeal by selecting agents,

339

364, 339

Require clear lists of selections from selecting agents of non-min-
eral lands, (R. S., Sec. 2346,)

364, 339

Certificate of Surveyor-General that the Pacific Railroad have paid
cost of surveys, &c., to be sent to,

Properly ruled blanks to be furnished, for indemnity selections
under act of June 22, 1874,

340

364, 341

Must publish notice for thirty days under circular of February 10,
1870 and forward copy thereof,

404

Duties of, in reference to school selections,

To examine plats, &c., to ascertain if school selections are free
from objections, .

To report school selections for California in case school agents fail to
make recommendations,

438

439

439

Duties of under act of March 3, 1871, granting land for Agricultural
College to California,

441

Duties of, in case California makes selection of minimum lands,
Duties of, in regard to surveys of certain private land claims,

442

452-53

To cause abstract of certain list to be made after due examination, 487

Duties of, under act of March 3, 1873,

REGISTER AND RECEIVER, Continued.

To make careful returns of all lists of double minimum lands se-
lected by a state,

Duty of, at close of each month to make duly certified return show-
ing tracts selected by state, &c.,

Duties of, under circular relative to timber depredations,
Duties of, under coal-land law,

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487

488

647

659-60

669-70-71

Duties of, in regard to entries, &c., of certain Indian lands in Mich-

gan,

Duties of, in regard to Indian lands in Michigan,

709

General duties of,

Duties of, under act of June 23, 1874, for disposal of Indian lands
in Kansas,

710

713-14-15-19-20

768-92

Monthly and quarterly returns of, how made,

768

RELATIONS.

Tribal, must be abandoned by Indians before they are allowed the
benefits of Indian homestead provisions,

188

RELIEF,

Special, under grasshopper acts,

Circular of June 17, 1875, under act of March 3, 1875, for, of settlers
within railroad limits,

Of settlers on lands within railroad limits, under railroad act of
June 22, 1874,

259

340

406

RELINQUISHMENT.

Proceedings in case party wishes to relinquish his claim; duplicate
receipt to be surrendered, &c., register and receiver to report to
General Land Office,

184

Of a homestead entry in good faith does not defeat second
(opinion,)

How to be made in case parties have settled upon and improved
tracts prior to those applying to relinquish,.

Written, endorsed on duplicate receipt and sent to Gen. Land Office
to procure cancellation of homestead entry is not allowable,
To be evidence of abandonment, must be sent up through the lo-
cal officers,

Instructions under act of June 22, 1874, for, by railroads of lands
occupied by settlers,

When not to be made under locations of agricultural college scrip, 486
Regulations governing,

824

REPEALS.

Of statutes by implication are not favored. Both statutes must
stand if they are not inconsistent,

559

REPORT.

Of appeals, &c., by district land officers; what to consist of,
Registers' and receivers', what to consist of,

192

192

REPRESENTATIVES. (See Legal Representatives.)

RESERVATION.

Land covered by an Indian, at date of location of a railroad, does
not pass to the road,

RESERVED.

Meaning of the term, as used in acts of Congress,
RESERVED LAND.

Certain lands in Michigan remaining after the Indians had made
their selections, at the end of ten years specified, were, and did
not pass to a railroad located prior to the expiration of said ten
years,

RESIDENCE.

Under the homestead laws is essential,

385

Provision under homestead act of May 20, 1862, in which it is
not essential,

233

233

RESIDENCE, Continued.

Actual, is required within six months of homestead entry. .
Continuous, under homestead laws, for six months is not absolutely

necessary,

A house built directly on the line between two homestead claims,
and used by both claimants as a, is not sufficient compliance with
the law,

In a double house built on dividing line between adjoining home-
steads, is sufficient under the law, (later ruling.)

Five years' and cultivation, entitles a homesteader to patent,
Term of military service need not be credited on five years, unless
desired under homestead law,

937

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234

234

238

238

239

246

Improvement, &c., must begin immediately upon date of entry
under soldiers' and sailors' homestead act,

Time of military or naval service to be considered as, under sol-
diers' and sailors' homestead act, provided party shall show ať
least one year's, upon the tract, &c.,

263

263

On homestead by soldier long enough to make with time of ser-
vice five years is sufficient,

269

What constitutes sufficient, under pre-emption law,

302

Homesteader who makes his entry in good faith has six months
in which to establish his,

May be in house at intersection of four sections occupied by four
pre-emption claimants,

304

396

Six months', must be shown in entries of Cherokee strip,
Depositions of certain witnesses in contests may be taken near
their,

A public officer may reside where the law requires without losing
his legal, or his pre-emption claim,

412

707

811

RESTORATION.

To market of Ottawa and Chippewa lands in Michigan,

709

RE-SURVEYS.

Ordered into the District Court, after the passage of the act of July
1, 1864, are subject to the Commissioner's supervision, but those
made before the act are not, .

Of local officers in locations of Valentine Scrip,

How to post, in the General Land Office,

REVOLUTIONARY BOUNTY LAND SCRIP.

Instructions under resolution of March 2, 1867, prohibiting certain

To what Indians the homestead, is extended,

Acquired under act for sale of desert lands in Lassen County, Cal.,
before proof and patent certificate are personal and not transfer-
able,

Inceptive, vested in homestead settlers by certain proceedings,
Provision in case no adverse, have intervened to tract which party
claiming under soldiers' and sailors' homestead provisions has
failed to enter in time,

183

186

187

217

Homestead, are fixed by status of land when filing is made,
Which may have attached prior to March 3, 1873, not to be im-
paired, under coal land act,

Are deemed navigable when they are susceptible of being used as
highways of commerce between the States, .

RIVERS, Coniinued.

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The right of grantee bordering on navigable, stops with the bank, 763
New States have the same rights as the old ones over navigable, . 763
The State has soverignty over ground that was part of the bed of a
navigable, on her admission, and the public land laws do not ap-
ply thereto,

ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONS.

The act of August 14, 1848, gave an immediate vested right to,
which claims the General Land Office may determine,
Claims of, can only be allowed for land actually occupied and
marked,

ROUTE. (Se Railroad and Railroad Grants.)

RULES.

Pre-emption entry of land under act of March 27, 1854, within
eleven years after settlement but before, were prescribed by
Secretary of the Interior,

763

752

752

415

Of homestead premises for a consideration and possession given,
considered abandonment, &c.,

258

Of growing trees to be cut after patent is obtained is prohibited by
the pre-emption law,

312

Of land does not forfeit pre-emption claim if made by duress or
fraud,

Should not work a forfeiture unless it is a voluntary one and made
when sane,

Of land accompanied by delivery of possesion is prohibited by the
pre-emption law,

312

313

313

A, is to be treated a as a selection where the Mexican or Spanish
grant is for quantity within larger limits, .

568

Of a timber culture claim by original claimant, vests no title in
purchaser,

657

Is sufficient ground for cancellation of timber culture entry,
Of coal lands, how provided for,

657

667

Of coal lands prior to September 4. 1873, not allowed,

670

Of fractions less than 40 acres of Cherokee strip may be made,

705

SCHOOL AGENTS.

For California may recommend school selections,

438

Register and Receiver to give notice to, that prior to a certain day
recommendations will be received,

438

438

SCHOOL LAND.

When additional quantities of, are to be selected,

Quantity of, selected for any township is to be located within its
limits, if there is a sufficient quantity of agricultural land
therein,

Sections 16 and 36 in each township granted to California for,
Selections in certain fractional townships in Missouri for, under
act of June 22, 1874,

Right of California to section which was unsurveyed till 1869, was
not valid as against party entitled by 7th section, act July 23,
1866,

SCHOOL SECTIONS.

438

437

484

463

Settlement must be made prior to survey in the field in order to
give valid right to,

483

Of Wyoming Territory containing coal are reserved from sale
except in certain cases,

675

Application to enter under coal act in California, received,

676