R. Radio communication, issuance of licenses.. Reclamation of arid lands, filing copies of agreements.. Records of War Department, correction of, land titles, District of Columbia... Referee board of Department of Agriculture, findings. Registry and enrollment of vessels..... Reid Wrecking Co., removal of vessel from channel.. Page. 579 124 435 14 598 437 455 40 494 188 276 249 598 217 Retirement, expert accountant, Inspector General's Department. of Army officers, recess appointment.. Returns of corporations, income tax, penalties... S. Saddles, bridles, etc., exportation to Mexico... St. Joseph County Savings Bank, Ind., postal savings depositary. 394 513 San Juan, P. R., bond issue for port improvements.. remission of penalty after final judgment.. Secretary of Agriculture, authority to grant rights of way, forest re- Secretary of Commerce and Labor, appointments by....... Secretary of the Interior, forest reserves, rights of way. Indian allotment lands.. timber sale from Indian reservation. Secretary of the Navy, articles of ship's equipage.. authority to send naval officer abroad in modification of contracts, naval vessels.... 303 131 Secretary of the Navy, Navy and Marine Corps officers, relative rank..... partial payments under contracts.. purchase of torpedoes from combination... transfer of naval stations... return of contract.... Secretary of the Treasury, authority to remit or mitigate a seizure. Food and drugs act, rules and regula- life-saving medals.. Page. 264 46 14 35 205 293 261 494 72 Secretary of War, alteration of Metropolitan, etc., Ry. Co. bridge. correction of records, land titles, D. C... Securities for postal savings funds, loaned to bank.. ownership of.... Seizures, authority of Secretary of Treasury to remit or mitigate.. 139 40 333 266 261 261 Serums, viruses, etc., importation and sale of.. 340 Simpson, H. G., compensation for accident.. 415 Sitgreaves National Forest, timber sale from Indian lands.. 239 Smokeless powder, purchase of, eight-hour law.. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, purchase of oil, etc., from 156 116 112 Steamer "John B. Ketcham No. 2," removal from channel. 276 Steamship "Europa," expired certificate of inspection. 19 505 meaning of, eight-hour law..... 534 Public Printer's acceptance of estimates for........ Surgeon General, Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.. 329 287 T. vessels loading at Colon Wharf Tariff rates, Panama Railroad Co... Taxation, Philippine Islands, goods imported for Army. Timber sales, Indian reservation.... Torpedoes, purchase of, from combination.. Transfer of employees, Census Office.... Transportation expenses of disabled seamen. of coal, common carriers.. of letters outside the mails.. Troy, N. Y., construction of lock and dam.. 23 269 442 239 35 313 54 587 418 318 173 Trusts. (See Combinations and monopolies.) Tugboat, foreign, towing logs into ports of United States.. Tuscaloosa, Ala., improvement bonds, postal savings system.... U. Unlawful trusts. (See Combinations and monopolies.) V. Van Schaick, Capt. Louis J., life-saving medal.. Vessels, carrying mails, foreign ports............. carrying passengers without certificate of inspection. clearance of, importation of opium. Page. 572 546 72 194 19 364 War Department, correction of records of, land titles, District of Columbia... transfer of naval stations to.. West End, Ala., improvement bonds, postal-savings system.. White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation, sale of timber... Wilson Township, N. C., bonds of, postal-savings system.. Workmen, compensation for accidents to........... 40 205 546 239 236 425 521 415 OPINIONS OF HON. GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM, OF NEW YORK. APPOINTED MARCH 5, 1909. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE AND QUITCLAIM DEED-ISAAC POLOCK. A certificate of purchase of certain lots in the city of Washington, which was executed July 22, 1797, by the commissioners in favor of Isaac Polock but was not recorded until May 30, 1804, did not vest the legal title in the purchaser for the reason that the law then in force required it to be recorded within six months from the date thereof in order to have legal effect. While the certificate in question did not convey the legal estate, yet it passed an equitable interest in the land, and, being equivalent to a contract of sale by the commissioners, the execution of a quitclaim deed to the claimants by the Chief Engineer of the Army is not prohibited by the act of May 30, 1908 (35 Stat. 544), but such deed executed by him will be valid. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, March 8, 1911. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication of December 19, 1910, and, as I understand, the facts upon which you request my opinion are as follows: On the 22d day of July, 1797, Gustavus Scott and Alex. White, commissioners appointed under the act of Congress entitled "An act for the establishing the temporary and permanent seat of government of the United States," executed in favor of Isaac Polock a certificate of purchase in the following language: "TERRITORY OF COLUMBIA: "This is to certify that on the twenty-fourth day of December, in the year one thousand seven hundred and 86270°-VOL 29-11-1 |