Relief of Settlers Within the Grant to the New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Railroad Co: Hearing[s] Before the Committee on Public Lands, United States Senate, Sixty-third Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 5890 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 |
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... settlement at the date of definite location , and the existence of such settlement and occupancy at the present time , shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the continuity of the settlement claim . SEC . 4. That all claims adverse to ...
... settlement at the date of definite location , and the existence of such settlement and occupancy at the present time , shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the continuity of the settlement claim . SEC . 4. That all claims adverse to ...
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... settled . It has been a sore spot and an annoying thing for many years . I came to Washington several weeks before this Congress as- sembled , in March , 1913 , and devoted a great deal of time to investi- gating the matter in order to ...
... settled . It has been a sore spot and an annoying thing for many years . I came to Washington several weeks before this Congress as- sembled , in March , 1913 , and devoted a great deal of time to investi- gating the matter in order to ...
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... settle under the general home- stead laws of the United States ? Mr. HUNTER . They are claiming under this act of 1887 . Senator STERLING . Yes ; but it was part of the public domain that they had settled on ? Mr. HUNTER . Yes , sir ...
... settle under the general home- stead laws of the United States ? Mr. HUNTER . They are claiming under this act of 1887 . Senator STERLING . Yes ; but it was part of the public domain that they had settled on ? Mr. HUNTER . Yes , sir ...
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... settlement which they accepted , and which was that they gave them in some cases all of the land , reserving the timber where it had not been cut and where it had been cut some pay for the timber . That settlement was on hand at the ...
... settlement which they accepted , and which was that they gave them in some cases all of the land , reserving the timber where it had not been cut and where it had been cut some pay for the timber . That settlement was on hand at the ...
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... settled that a general act is not to be construed as applying to cases covered by a special prior act upon the same subject . On this principle we held in Townsend v . Little ( 109 U. S. , 504 ) that special and general statutory ...
... settled that a general act is not to be construed as applying to cases covered by a special prior act upon the same subject . On this principle we held in Townsend v . Little ( 109 U. S. , 504 ) that special and general statutory ...
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acres act of Congress act of February act of March actual settlers affidavit Aswell bill Baton Rouge BERNSTEIN Blodgett bona fide purchaser bought BUCHANAN CHAIRMAN claimant confirmed Consaul decisions definite location fact filed Fuqua gentlemen Gould Government Grant Parish HARDTNER homestead entry House hearings HUDSON HUNTER La Salle Parish Land Department land grant Land Office lived Louisiana marked Proponents matter MCKNIGHT MCRAE mineral lands NICHOLSON NORRIS northwest quarter Orleans Pacific Railroad Orleans Pacific Railway paper referred Parish parties passed possession present PROUDFIT public lands quarter of section question quitclaim deed railroad company railroad grant railroad land Rapides Parish record road Rouge & Vicksburg Secretary Senator RANSDELL Senator STERLING settled settlement sold Southern Pacific Railroad statement statute suit suit 16 Supreme Court THOMAS timber tion township tract United Vicksburg Railroad Warranty deed West Whatley Winn Parish
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Страница 12 - That suits by the United States to vacate and annul any patent heretofore issued shall only be brought within five years from the passage of this act, and suits to vacate and annul patents hereafter issued shall only be brought within six years after the date of the issuance of such patents.
Страница 24 - In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of the Department of the Interior of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Страница 353 - January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, shall be so construed as to embrace mineral lands, which in all cases are reserved exclusively to the United States, unless otherwise specially provided in the act or acts making the grant.
Страница 268 - ... Secretary of the Interior on the bona fides of such claimant shall not be conclusive of his rights, and if such claimant, or one claiming to be a bona fide purchaser...
Страница 72 - ... Provide for the Adjustment of Land Grants Made by Congress To Aid in the Construction of Railroads, and for the Forfeiture of Unearned Lands, and for Other Purposes.
Страница 361 - Interior that such section of said railroad and telegraph line has been constructed as required by law, it shall be the duty of the said Secretary of, the Interior to cause patents to be issued to said company for the sections of land coterminous to each constructed section reported on as aforesaid, to the extent and amount granted to said company by the said act of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, expressly saving and reserving all the rights of actual settlers, together with...
Страница 364 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line...
Страница 364 - ... not sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have been attached, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed...
Страница 32 - It is a rule of construction that a special statute providing for a particular case, or applicable to a particular locality, is not repealed by a statute general in its terms and application unless the intention of the legislature to repeal or alter the special law is manifest, although the terms of the general act would, taken strictly and but for the special law, include the case or cases provided for by it.
Страница 340 - California, where the same shall not have (not have) been sold, reserved, or otherwise disposed of by the United States, and to which a preemption or homestead claim may not have attached at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed.