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... Stats . , sects . 2208 , 2209 and 2210. ) Compensation under act of June 15,1880 , fixing salaries fis- cal year 1881. ( See ) U.S.Stats . , 1879 - '80 , p . 233. ) Tucson , Ariz .. San Francisco , Cal Per annum . $ 3,000 3,000 Per ...
... Stats . , sects . 2208 , 2209 and 2210. ) Compensation under act of June 15,1880 , fixing salaries fis- cal year 1881. ( See ) U.S.Stats . , 1879 - '80 , p . 233. ) Tucson , Ariz .. San Francisco , Cal Per annum . $ 3,000 3,000 Per ...
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... Stats . , p . 306 ) , under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior exclusively , and discontinued on the 30th day of June , 1879. ( See 20 Stats . , p . 394. ) METHOD OF SURVEYING MINERAL CLAIMS . Under the provisions of the ...
... Stats . , p . 306 ) , under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior exclusively , and discontinued on the 30th day of June , 1879. ( See 20 Stats . , p . 394. ) METHOD OF SURVEYING MINERAL CLAIMS . Under the provisions of the ...
Page 191
... Stats . , p . 120 ) , Congress changed the method of appropriation by giving a gross sum for annual surveys , without specifying surveying districts , States , or Territories ; which system now exists . The Secretary of the Interior ...
... Stats . , p . 120 ) , Congress changed the method of appropriation by giving a gross sum for annual surveys , without specifying surveying districts , States , or Territories ; which system now exists . The Secretary of the Interior ...
Page 193
... Stats . , p . 73 ) , and February 11 , 1805 ( 2 Stats . , pp . 313 , 314 ) , regulate the mode of proceeding . Although the statute of 1805 does not require actual running and marking the in- terior lines of a section by the Government ...
... Stats . , p . 73 ) , and February 11 , 1805 ( 2 Stats . , pp . 313 , 314 ) , regulate the mode of proceeding . Although the statute of 1805 does not require actual running and marking the in- terior lines of a section by the Government ...
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... Stats . , p . 339 ) , there was granted to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky one township of land , excepting the sixteenth section , for the education of indigent deaf and dumb persons , with authority to sell said lands within five ...
... Stats . , p . 339 ) , there was granted to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum of Kentucky one township of land , excepting the sixteenth section , for the education of indigent deaf and dumb persons , with authority to sell said lands within five ...
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Page 58 - May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 436 - New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State; be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution.
Page 70 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 336 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
Page 58 - That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Page 155 - Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 122 - That Congress doth consent that the territory, properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the " State of Texas," with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Page 369 - It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated and private rights annulled.
Page 158 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree...
Page 356 - All patents granted, or pre-emption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.