PRE-EMPTION, continued. PAGE 389 391 391 Lands claimed adversely in Kansas, when division may be made, (No. 440,) 393 erroneously patented to private purchaser, (No. 442,) . Right attaches from date of settlement, (No. 443,). Testimony as to speculative purpose, to be admitted, (No. 450,) need not erect dwelling house, (No. 458,) 394 395 396 Lands previously sold may be acquired by, (Nos. 459, 460, 461,) 405, 406, 407 Improvements to be made in reasonable time, (No. 470,) Fear will not excuse non-filing, (No. 500,) 444 As to right of pre-emption on alternate sections of railroads, (Nos. 502, Settlers along the line of Illinois Central Railroad, entitled to pre-emp- Claimant will not be confined to regular quarter sections to avoid conflic- disqualified by sale of tract previously claimed, (No. 456,) disqualified by ownership of three hundred and twenty acres, (No. 465,) 410 inhabiting before survey does not create a forfeiture, (No. 485,) need not reside on land to entitle his heirs to right, (No. 488,) Entry made before settlement confirmed, (No. 531,) Of mail contractors, (No. 508,) construction of acts, (No. 509,) 461 must be on lateral route, (Nos. 510, 512,) 463, 465 will not attach before extinguishment of Indian title, (No. 511,) 464 485 Settlements on Shawnee lands, when, (No. 644,) 632 Claimant for repayment, must make affidavit of non-incumbrance, (No. 678,) 676 As to different dates of settlement claimed, (No. 686,) 679 Conflict with swamp selection, (No. 601,) 570 Warrant location on, not assignable, (Nos. 616, 628, 634,) 607, 616, 620 Unoffered land claimed by, may be located with warrants, (No. 629,) Patent will not be issued to private purchasers against claim by, (No. 664,) 665 491 PRESIDENT, As to power of, to reverse decision of Secretary, (No. 549,) PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS in California and Louisana. TITLE XII., (No. 652,) 640 And payment for pre-emption claims on unoffered lands, when to be made, Chicago and Mobile, grant for, construed, (No. 552, 553,) . No withdrawal for, till after grant, (No. 554,) In Missouri, erroneously claimed as swamp, confirmed, (No. 555,) PROOF, continued. As to bona fides of pre-emption claimants, (Nos. 445, 446, 450,) PAGE 396, 397, 399 401 411 667, 670 Lands along line of, may be pre-empted under Act, 27th March, 1854, In Illinois, when conflicting with swamp selections, construed, (No. 556,) 521 Grant for Little Rock and Fulton railroad, construed, (No. 557,) 524 524 Grants to Florida and Alabama, in their respective limits, (No. 558,) 526 527 Conflicting with pre-emption claims, (No. 560,) 528 Route of, when adopted, and right to lands along, when attaches, (No. 561,) 528 529 Route of Superior and St. Croix, in Wisconsin, to be certified by Governor, 530 Lands within six mile limits of, not subject to graduation, when restored Land along Central, in Illinois, pre-emptible, (No. 565,) Entries before location of route of, to be patented, (No. 566,) Approval of route of, in Michigan, by Governor, required, (No. 567,) 533 Lands along, claimed both for railroads and swamps, how confirmed, (No. When lines as located are coincident, the State not entitled to indemnity, 535 Route of, must be fixed before lands enure to State, (No. 571,) Grants to, conflicting with pre-emption claims, considered, (No. 571,) 537 540 When routes of, are certified by Governor, objections by others not re- Pre-emption right on alternate sections of, (Nos. 502, 503,). 450 Land between six and fifteen mile limits claimed as swamp, (No. 591,) 561 562 Opinion of Attorney-General as to swamp and railroad conflictions, (No. 564 As to conflict between swamp grant and, (Nos. 596, 599, 602,) 565, 569, 570 311 Accounts of, 311 Instructions of May 17, 1845, as to mileage, transportation, &c., (No. 362,) 315 of August 31, 1854, as to drafts drawn on, by United States Treasurer, 329 Fees for land warrant locations to be accounted for by, (No. 386,) To pay Treasury drafts on other offices in certain cases, (No. 388,) Cannot become agents to sell land warrants, &c., (No. 366,) Returns, columns to be added up, (No. 382,) RECEIVER, DUTIES OF, continued, PAGE Must return Treasury drafts when they cannot be used at par, (No. 388,). 336 Salaries and commissions of, Circular as to postage, letters, and reports, (No. 363,) As to illegal charges of, (No. 365,). To make returns at close of each month, (No, 367,) To compare their returns, &c., (No. 368,) Instructed as to change of entries, (No. 369,) Clerks of, not to act as agents for locating warrants, &c., (No. 371,) To make returns at close of each month and quarter, (No. 373,) Returns of, how to be made, (No. 375,) Not to close land office to bring up arrears, (No. 380,) To account for surplus fees on warrant locations under Act of 1855, (No. Fee statement, form of, (No. 383,) 333 Not to absent themselves from their offices without leave of absence, (No. 334 Returns to be made three days after close of each month and quarter, (No. Fees for locating land warrants, how to be credited, (No. 386,) Foregoing instructions explained, (No. 409,) Law requiring removal of, for charging illegal fees, imperative, (No. 391,) Must account for fees received for warrant locations, (No. 393,) Instructions as to public sale, (No. 397,) As to receipt of Treasury notes for land, (No. 398,) Decision of, when not final in pre-emption cases, (No. 439,) Instructions relative to pre-emption rights, under Act of 1841, (No. 408,) Instructions as to confirmation of entries, (No. 410 as to returns in pre-emption cases, (No. 414,) . Fees of, in pre-emption cases, (No. 415,) Jurisdiction of, over date and fact of settlement, (No. 443,) 338 339 340 340 341 347 349 350 Must pay over excess fees on warrant locations, (No. 630,) Duties of. TITLE I., 617 311 Clerks of, not authorized to sign certificates, (No. 390,) Required to obtain subdivisional plats from Surveyor-General, (No. 361,) Wrong act of, will not prejudice the right of a party, (Nos. 402, 471,) 351, 415 REPAYMENT OF PURCHASE-MONEY. 667, 669, 670 673, 675, 677 Not made to a party who failed to file legal application to purchase, (No. Claimed by assignee, after made to purchaser, (No. 670,) 671, 675 REPAYMENT OF PURCHASE-MONEY, continued. For patented lands, deeds required of patentee, (Nos. 672, 675, 676,) Rock Island Military, as to, (No. 698,) Survey of Indian, in Kansas, (No. 705,) RESIDENT, On lands subject to pre-emption, may file for same, (No. 474,) Continued, may make proof of pre-emption, (No. 486,) 426 Not allowed twelve months to commence residence on a pre-emption claim, ROCK ISLAND, as to military reservation of, (No. 698,) RODRIGUES CLAIM, in California, (No. 662,) . 432 RINCON DE LA MUSALACON RANCHO, in California, (No. 657,) of public lands how made, (No. 396,) Contract for, of pre-emption claim vitiates the entry, (No. 532,) Public, as to bids at, how made, (No. 403,) Lands once brought into market must remain subject to, (No. 404,) 313 Of tract formerly claimed, disqualifies pre-emption claimant, (No. 407,) 354 Lands once entered not subject to private, (No. 462,) Private and pre-emption settlement on same day, (No. 421,) Of pre-emption claim before entry, disqualifies claimant, (No. 435,) Opinions of Attorney-General as to, (Nos. 690, 691, 692,) Revolutionary bounty land, may be located on graduated lands, (No. 523,) . 480 Sioux half breed, where locatable, (No. 543,) In California, fractional townships not provided for, (No. 540,) In Kansas not granted, but reserved, (No. 541,) In Minnesota, a settler in part on, entitled to relief, (No. 539,) To sustain pre-emption right on, in Minnesota, settlement must precede In Lake Pepin reserve, not pre-emptible, (No. 543,) may be located with Sioux scrip, (No. 543,) SELECTIONS, (See SCHOOL LANDS, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, and Swamp. SETTLEMENT, PRE EMPTION, May be made at any time prior to adverse claim, (No. 428,) In Minnesota, prior to survey, (No. 449,) When may be made anew, (No. 447,) Made during pendency of adverse entry, confers no right, (No. 461,) Purchase of prior claim, when a, (No. 466,) Dating filing before, will not vitiate claim, (No. 467,) 395 386 398 401 418 SETTLEMENT, PRE-EMPTION, continued. And inhabitancy to be connected, (No. 468,) On one tract gives no right to another, (No. 473,) Precipitancy of entry after, indicates fraud, (No. 529,) As to difference as to date of, (No. 686,) SETTLERS, Along lines of railroads may pre-empt under Act 27th March, 1854, Opinion as to what constitutes, (No. 419,) When house of, not built on claim, (No. 427,) 376 380 385 do not forfeit right by occasional absences, (No. 478,) In Minnesota, on school lands in part, (No. 539,) 496 499 632 SHAWNEE INDIAN LANDS in Kansas, when subject to pre-emption settle- SUBDIVISION, A pre-emption claimant will not be confined to a regular quarter section, Forty-acre, made subject to entry, (No. 412,) SUIT, a party cannot use the name of the United States in, without authority, SUPERIOR CITY CASE, (Nos. 493, 499,) SURVEYS OF PUBLIC LANDS. System of, (No. 702,) Opinions of Attorney-General, (Nos. 703, 704,) In California, cost of, (No. 656,) SUSPENDED ENTRIES. (See ENTRIES.) SWAMP SELECTIONS. TITLE IX., Conflicts with, (No. 576,) In Louisiana, no patent required for, (No. 506,) Conflict between railroad grant and, in Illinois, (No. 556,) Patents for, relate back to date of grant, (No. 578,) Instructions to Surveyor-General of Arkansas as to, (No. 579,) In Wisconsin, how determined, (Nos. 582, 603,) In Louisiana considered, (No. 583,) In conflict with internal improvement selections, (Nos. 584, 598,) Of lands reclaimed by leveeing, (No. 585,) · Conflicting with private entry, (No. 586,) |