SUBJECT. MINERAL LANDS-Continued. Section. Page. Pre-emption claims of coal lands to be presented within sixty days, &c. Conflicting claims Rights reserved.. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC LANDS. Cases of suspended entries of public lands and suspended pre-emption claims. Patents to issue for lands in the first class, and lands in the second class to revert to the Lands of United States, by whatsoever title acquired, not to be occupied, possessed, or Compensation of directors, &c., appointed by the United States. Patents for lands, when Oath of pre-emptionist, where filed; penalty. Final proof made before clerk of county court Statement to be filed by settler with intent to purchase on lands subject to private entry. 184 185 Pre-emption claimants; time of making proof and payment 186 Lands relinquished by pre-emptors subject to entry at once Publication of notice of contest in pre-emption cases Party contesting pre-emption entry to be allowed thirty days after notice of cancellation 187 188 189 Extension of time in certain cases to persons in military and naval service 190 191 Entries of insane persons confirmed in certain cases 192 68 69 69 70 70 70 71 71 71 72 72 73 73 73 73 74 74 74 Non-compliance with laws caused by vacancy in office of register or receiver not to 193 No pre-emption of lands sold but not confirmed by General Land Office 194 Purchase by private entry after expiration of pre-emption right 195 When more than one settler; rights of appeal to Commissioner and Secretary of the Interior 196 1 Settlements of two or more persons on same subdivision before survey 197 Settlements before survey on sections 16 or 36; deficiencies thereof 198 Selections to supply deficiencies of school lands 199 Military bounty-land warrants receivable for pre-emption payments Right of additional location by pre-emptors within limits of forfeited railroad grants Right of transfer of settlers under homestead and pre-emption laws for certain public 210 Public sales of land not to be delayed by pre-emption claims 211 75 75 75 76 76 76 77 77 79 79 Price of surveys; how fixed. Certificates of location or scrip to issue in satisfaction of confirmed private land claims Issuance and location of judicial scrip in lieu of confirmed private land claims Lands raised to $2.50 per acre prior to January, 1861, reduced to $1.25 per acre.. 154 Public lands may be offered for sale in such proportions as the President chooses 155 156 Several certificates issued to two or more purchasers of same section 157 Minimum price; how fixed when reservations are sold.. 161 Lands in California subject to private entry and withdrawn; how to be opened to entry. 162 163 Mistakes in entry of lands; provisions for. 164 Mistakes in patents for lands 165 Mistakes in location of warrants.. 166 64 REPAYMENT OF PURCHASE MONEY. Purchase money refunded where sale cannot be confirmed...... 429 164 Repayments on void soldiers' additional homestead locations Purchase money, fees, and commissions on erroneous entries, or where sales cannot be con- Sale of military sites under general laws prohibited; proviso as to Florida. 435 166 Lines of division of half quarter-sections, how run Variance in shape of surveys on rivers, &c. Variance from rectangular subdivisions in Nevada. Geodetic method of sur ey in Oregon and California. Departure from rectangular surveys in California. Extension of public surveys over mineral lands. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR-Continued. To designate and set apart agricultural from mineral lands Shall prescribe regulations for subdivision of fractional sections. Designation of newspapers for publication of proclamations of sales of lands SPECIAL AGENTS. Surveyor-general may appoint agents to examine surveys in the field SURVEYS AND SURVEYORS. Surveyors-general, how and where appointed. Salary of, in Louisiana, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, and Dakota Salary of, in Oregon and Washington Territory Salary of, in Colorado, New Mexico, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Salaries of, in Florida, Oregon, and California, how and from what time payable Residence of surveyor-general Bond of surveyor-general.. Duration of office Continuance of duties and bond after expiration of commission.. Transfer of papers and discontinuance of office in case of completed surveys. Devolution of powers of surveyors-general upon Commissioner in case of discontinuance of office Free access to public records delivered to States, and conditions of such delivery. Bond of deputy surveyor. Oath of deputy' surveyor. Suit on bond of deputy surveyor, a lien on his property. Transcripts from records and seals of surveyors-general of California, Oregon, and Lou- Penalty for default of deputy surveyor Custody of official papers, &c., by surveyor-general of California Allowance for clerk hire, office rent, &c., to surveyor-general. Duties of register and receiver performed by surveyor-general, when. Rules of survey Boundaries and contents of public lands, how ascertained What instructions to be deemed part of contract 107 108 Deputies to survey mining claims and power of Commissioner to fix prices 109 Surveyor-general to make plat and field notes of mining surveys, and to give certificate 110 Contracts for surveys of public lands, when binding. 111 Price of surveys, how established. Cost of surveying private land claims and railroad 112 Augmented rates for surveys in Oregon, California, and Washington Territory. Settler's deposits for surveys to go in part payment for lands, and are assignable 117 Surveyors-general in New Mexico, &c., to report to Congress on private land claims 118 119 120 121 122 123 15 16 16 999 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 19 19 19 20 24 Surveyors to explore and select timber lands to reserve for use of the Navy TIMBER AND TIMBER CULTURE. Duty of register and receiver to report unauthorized taking. Timber on mineral lands may be taken for certain purposes. Permission to take, not ex- Penalty for unauthorized taking Timber and stone lands in California, Oregon, &c., to be sold Application for purchase. False swearing Cutting timber unlawfully: penalty Publication of application. Facts to be proved. Objections to patent Certain prosecutions, relief from.. 263 Repeals 264 Live-oak and red-cedar lands 265 Selection of live-oak and red-cedar tracts 266 Protection of live-oak and red-cedar timber. 267 Cutting or destruction of live-oak or red-cedar; penalty 268 SUBJECT. TIMBER AND TIMBER CULTURE-Continued. Section. Page. Vessels employed in carrying away live-oak and red-cedar, forfeiture of Clearance of vessels laden with live oak, prosecution of depredators Secretary of Navy to ascertain what reserved lands not required for naval purposes. Cutting or injuring trees on lands of United States reserved or purchased for public uses; Lands not required, to be certified to Secretary of Interior and thereafter to be subject to Authority to condone trespasses committed prior to March 1, 1879 Timber-culture entries. Patents to issue for lands cultivated in timber at expiration of eight years. Only one-quarter of a section to be entered, and but one entry allowed.... Number of acres to be broken and planted annually. Time extended in case of destruc- Proof of cultivation, final certificate, and patent.. Lands relinquished by timber-culture claimants subject to re-entry at once Contestants of timber-culture entries allowed thirty days after notice of cancellation to TOWN SITES AND COUNTY SEATS. Town sites to be reserved. Reservations to be surveyed into lots Town or city sites on public lands When towns established upon unsurveyed lands, extension limits, how adjusted When transcript maps of town are not filed in twelve months, proceedings by Secretary Additional entry allowed where town has entered less than maximum. 298 111 Where town site exceeds maximum, authorities to select lands to be retained, or Commis- Vested rights to use of water for mining, &c.; right of way for canals. Patents, pre-emptions, and homesteads subject to vested and accrued water-rights.. |