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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 …
1851, March 3 - 09 Stat. 631, Act To Settle Private Land Claims In California
1851, March 3 - 09 Stat. 631, Act To Settle Private Land Claims In California
US Government Legislation and Statutes
This Act enacted to ascertain and settle private land claims for land in the newly formed State of California, which land had been acquired by means of Spanish-Mexican land grants. The Act established a land commission consisting of three commissioners and an agent appointed by the President of the United States. The act set for procedures for claimants to present their claims. Patents were to be issued for lands when claims were confirmed. All claims confirmed were to be accurately surveyed. All lands for which claims were not established were to be taken as public lands. The commissioners were to …