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Abandoned military reservations..

Abandonment and relocation of mining claims..

Abstract of operations under the laws relating to the survey and disposal of pub-
lic lands............

Abstract of surveying operations

Accountant's division of General Land Office, work performed in
Acres of public lands disposed of...

surveyed and remaining unsurveyed up to June 30, 1877..
selected, certified, and approved during the fiscal year, in
satisfaction of swamp, railroad, wagon road and other in-
ternal improveme gntrants...

Act of Congress approved June 6, 1874, to amend act of May 10, 1872, entitled
"An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United
States"

Act of Congress approved February 11, 1875, to amend section 2324 of Revised
Statutes, relating to the development of the mining resources of the United
States

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144

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56

108

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115

116

Act of Congress approved May 5, 1876, to exclude the States of Missouri and
Kansas from the provisions of act of May 10, 1872.....

116

Act of March 3, 1875, legislation recommended to correct error in..

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Act respecting the limits of reservations for town sites upon the public domain..
Act providing for the sale of saline lands....

95

108

Adverse claims, decisions affecting, in mining cases

127, 129, 132, 133, 134

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Allegany Indian reservation of Cattaraugus County, New York, survey of...
Annual reports of United States surveyors general, numbered from A to P.............
Application for patent in mining cases

71

221

129

Applications on file for patents to land within the Virginia military district of
Ohio...

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legislation recommended in regard to settlement of private land claims
in the Territory of.......

Authority to issue commissions to take testimony in certain cases.

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Chippewa half breed scrip locations

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Clerical force of General Land Office, legislation recommended in regard to
Codification and revision of land laws

Colorado, legislation recommended in regard to settlement of private land claims
in the State of......

extension of public surveys in.

reservations of public lands for town site purposes in..

school sections containing deposits of coal, do not pass to

Contested pre-emption cases received, decided, and on hand

Coal lands, considered as mineral lands and subject to entry with cash only.
Common schools, lands certified for....

Dakota, extension of public surveys in

reservations of public lands for military purposes in

Declaratory statements, filing of, prior to settlement..

legal filing of, only one allowed by same party

Decisions in land cases, legislation recommended in regard to..

affecting homestead rights....

under the timber culture laws..

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Decision of United States Supreme Court affecting private land claims in New
Mexico.....

Decisions affecting railroad grants-

A valid pre-emption claim subsisting excepts the tract of land from the opera-
tion of the grant notwithstanding patent was issued to railroad company.
Construction of words 66
public lands as used in first section act April 21,
1876..

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Failure of party to appeal from action of local officers is conclusive as against
his right

Act of April 21, 1876, does not deprive a railroad company of right to relin-
quish under act of 1874....

Lands must have been actually restored to bring a claim within the second
proviso of first section of act of April 21, 1876..

Homestead entry of record excepts tract covered from operation of a rail-
road grant attaching during its existence

Substitution for canceled warrants not limited in time....

Burden of proving a fact lies upon the party asserting the affirmative..
Requirements of second section act of April 21, 1876..
Rights of aliens under act of July 17, 1862...

Decisions affecting pre-emption rights-

In regard to settlements on smawp lands in Oregon....

Filing of declaratory statement prior to settlement does not invalidate a
claim in the absence of an adverse right..

Suspended entries

Additional rules..

Under act of March 3, 1875, grants must be forfeited and granted sections
restored to the public domain by reason of failure to build the road for
whose benefit lands were withdrawn, to entitle settler to relief.......
But one pre-emption right is extended to the settler, and only one declara-
tory statement can be legally filed by the same party

Decisions affecting mining rights-

Where formal adverse claims are filed within the time prescribed by the
statutes, the merits of the case must be determined in the courts ....
An application for patent is not relieved from suspension by the abandon-
ment of the portion claimed adversely, unless the suit brought upon the
adverse claim has been determined....

Suit must be commenced within thirty days from filing the adverse claim..
Suit commenced by an adverse claimant must be prosecuted with reasonable
diligence.....

Publication of notice must be made in the paper published nearest the

mine......

Adverse claims may be sworn to before any person authorized to administer
oaths within the land district where the claim is situated
Protestants have no right of appeal.....

Patents may issue for town sites upon mineral land, and for mining claims
within town sites

School sections pass to the State of California upon survey thereof, if their
mineral character is unknown at that date

137

in Colorado do not pass to the State if they are kuown to
contain valuable deposits of coal.

138

in Nevada which are mineral in character do not pass to the

State......

139

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Decisions affecting mining rights-

Salt springs and land adjacent are reserved from sale

141

Deposits by settlers to cover expense of survey, legislation recommended for re-
payment of

Coal lands are considered as mineral lands, and are subject to entry with
cash only

143

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Depredations of timber on public lands.

Desert lands, legislation recommended in regard to

32

Desert land act, operations thereunder

Detroit arsenal grounds

Disposal of public lands during the past fiscal year.

District land offices, legislation in regard to..

Draughting division of the General Land Office, work performed in..

Educational land bounty-lands certified for universities and common school
purposes.

Entries,-under the homestead laws..

desert land act

timber-culture act

pre-emption, suspendel

Entries of public lands under various laws

Entries ex parte, number of, received and disposed of

Error in description of grant to Holy Cross Mission under act of March 3, 1875,
legislation recommended to correct

Error in compilation of Revised Statutes, legislation recommended to correct.
Exhibit of progress of surveys since 1866.

Ex-parte entries

Fees and commissions on sales, entries, and locations of public lands-(see, also,
Cash receipts)..

Florida, extension of surveys in.

reservations of public lands for military purposes in.

Grant to Holy Cross Mission

Grants to States and corporations for railroad and wagon road purposes, tabular
statement exhihiting.

General Land Office, legislation recommended for reorganization of clerical force
in

Hearings to establish the character of lands

Historical and statistical table of the States and Territories.

Homestead,-fees and commissions

rights, operations under the laws relating to..

decisions affecting

entries during fiscal year..

laws, legislation recommended in regard to the..

Idaho, extension of public surveys in....

Indian, Cherokee, lands in North Carolina, survey of..

scrip locations...

reservation, Allegany, survey of..

Sac and Fox, and Otoe and Missouria in Kansas and Nebraska Siox and
Chippewa half breed scrip locations...

Internal improvement selections approved to States..

Judicial tribunal, legislation for the establishment of a.

Lands, public, disposal of during fiscal year

Land grant approvals..

Lands public, in the Southern States, action of office in regard to

Laws relating to public lands, legislation recommended for the codification and

hearings to establish the character of......

Law library for use of General Land Office-

legislation recommended in regard to....

revision of..

Laws and regulations relating to mining rights.

Lapsed railroad grants, legislation recommended in regard to.

Legislation recommended in regard to-

Reorganization and increase of the clerical force in the General Land Office.
The necessity for a complete law library..

The establishment of a judicial tribunal and codification and revision of the
land laws..

Errors in compilation of the Revised Statutes

Repayment of purchase money for lands erroneously sold......
Cases of deposit by settlers to cover expense of survey..

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4

109

12

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Legislation recommended in regard to―

Decisions in land cases...

Act of March 3, 1875, error in description of grant to Holy Cross Mission..
Authorizing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue commis-
sions to take testimony in certain cases.

Issue of patents for lands located under the provisions of sixth section of act
of June 22, 1860..

Supervision of surveys, consolidation of United States surveyors general's
offices and abolition of contract system of surveying...

Survey of islands and beds of meandered lakes, sloughs, and ponds..
Adjustment of swamp land grants.....

Lapsed railroad grants by reason of non-completion of road..

Timber lands.

Private land claims in the State of Colorado and the Territories of New Mex-
ico and Arizona..

District land offices, consolidation of; abolition of the fee system and direct
appropriation for salaries..

Laws governing the disposal of the public lands..

List of lapsed railroad grants....

town site entries patented.

papers accompanying annual report..

United States surveyors general..

land offices..

patents issued for mining claims during the past fiscal year.
tabular statements accompanying annual report..

Locations on public lands under the several land laws.

Location of patented mining claims...

Lode claims, status of, located prior to May 10, 1872..

Lode or vein claims, manner of proceeding to obtain title to.

Lodes or veins, patents for, heretofore issued

Lost corners, re-establishment of

Louisiana, extension of public surveys in.

Military bounty land warrant division; summary of work and condition of
bounty land business

district in Ohio...

reservations abandoned and useless.

Mineral lands-

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Mill sites..

Operations under the mining laws..

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Vein or lode claims, manner of proceeding to obtain title to...
Adverse claims...

119

121

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Mineral resources of the United States, act of Congress in relation to the.
Mining laws of the United States and regulations thereunder..

115, 116

109

Mining claimants, proof of citizenship of..

124

Mining claims-

Appointment of deputy surveyors of, charges for surveys and applications,

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school sections mineral in character do not pass to the State of.

139

New Mexico, extension of public surveys in

66

decision of United States Supreme Court affecting private land
claims in....

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