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1880, The Public Domain, Its History With Statistics
1880, The Public Domain, Its History With Statistics
US Government Legislation and Statutes
Prepared by Thomas Donaldson, member of the Public Land Commission's Committee on Codification, this publication containing 33 chapters, gives the origin, growth and disposition of the lands in the public domain, tracing several systems from their origin, and providing full statistics of operations under and the results of several acts for the sale and disposition of public lands up to June 30, 1880.
1897, June 4 - 30 Stat. 11 - Appropriations Act For Fy Ending June 30, 1898
1897, June 4 - 30 Stat. 11 - Appropriations Act For Fy Ending June 30, 1898
US Government Legislation and Statutes
An Act appropriating certain sums for sundry civil expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, including, among other things, expenses incurred in connection with the collection of revenue from sales of public lands, protection of public lands, settlement of public lands and swamp-land claims, hearings held by General Land Office to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries had been made in compliance with law, reproducing plats of surveys, and for surveying or resurveying public lands. (p.32) Provided that any forest reservation if found better adapted for mining or agricultural purposes than forest usage, could be restored to the public …
1887, February 8 - 24 Stat. 388, Act For Allotment Of Lands To Indians
1887, February 8 - 24 Stat. 388, Act For Allotment Of Lands To Indians
US Government Legislation and Statutes
The Act provided that the President, based on his opinion that any reservation or any part thereof was advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes, could cause the reservation to be surveyed or resurveyed to allot the lands in severalty to any Indian (head of a family, single person over 18 years of age, each orphan child under 18 years of age, and any single person under 18 or who was born prior to the date of the President's order directing an allotment, one-sixteenth of a section) located there on in one-quarter sections. If there was insufficient land on reservation to …
1862, July 2 - 12 Stat. 503, Act Donating Public Land For Colleges
1862, July 2 - 12 Stat. 503, Act Donating Public Land For Colleges
US Government Legislation and Statutes
An act donating Public Lands to provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts, an amount to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty-thousand acres for each senator and representative in under the census of 1860. No mineral lands were to be selected or purchase under this act. Moneys from sales of land to be invested, to constitute a perpetual fund, interest to be applied to support one college for agriculture and the mechanic arts. Set forth the conditions under which the grant of land and land scrip could be made.
1872, April 4 - 17 Stat. 49, Act To Enable Soldiers-Sailors And Heirs To Acquire Homesteads On Public Lands
US Government Legislation and Statutes
The 1872 Act provided that every private soldier and officer who served in the army, seaman, marine and officer who served in the navy or marine corps during the rebellion for ninety days or more and was honorably discharged and remained loyal to the government was entitled to enter upon and receive patents for public lands (not mineral) not exceeding 160 acres or one quarter-section. Widows and orphan children of those entitled to a homestead under the act could enjoy its benefits. Actual service in army or navy was deemed equivalent to a residence for the same time upon the …
1852, March 22 - 10 Stat. 3, Act To Make Warrants Assignable
1852, March 22 - 10 Stat. 3, Act To Make Warrants Assignable
US Government Legislation and Statutes
An Act declaring that all warrants for military bounty lands were assignable so as to vest the assignee with all rights of the original owner of the warrant or location and were to be received for preemption payments. Any assignee entitled to preemption right to any land was entitled to use the land warrant. Extended the military bounty land act of September 28, 1850.
1862, May 20 - 12 Stat. 392, Homestead Act
1862, May 20 - 12 Stat. 392, Homestead Act
US Government Legislation and Statutes
Act provided that certain qualifying persons could be entitled to enter one quarter section or a less quantity of unappropriated public lands upon filing a preemption claim. Any person owning and residing on land may, under the provisions of this act, enter other land lying contiguous to his or her land which shall not, with the land so already owned and occupied, exceed in the aggregate of 160 acres. Sets forth requirements to be met in order to receive certificates and patents. No individual could acquire title to more than one quarter section under the provisions of this act; existing …
1853, March 3 - 10 Stat. 244, Act To Extend Preemption Rights To Public Land
1853, March 3 - 10 Stat. 244, Act To Extend Preemption Rights To Public Land
US Government Legislation and Statutes
An Act that extended the preemption laws to alternate reserved sections of public lands along the lines of the railroads. No one person could have the right of preemption to more than 160 acres. Any person who settled on lands that had been reserved on account of claims under French, Spanish or other grants that had been declared by the Supreme Court of the United States to be invalid was entitled to all the rights of preemption after the lands were released from reservation.