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1880, Laws Of The United States Of Local Or Temporary In Character, Volume Ii Jun 2016

1880, Laws Of The United States Of Local Or Temporary In Character, Volume Ii

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This December 1, 1880, Volume II, publication prepared by the Codification Committee of the Public Land Commission contains in chronological order, in each State and Territory connected at any time with the public land system, the entire legislation of Congress of a local or temporary character, and upon which the land titles of such State or Territory depended. It contains a digest of all Indian Treaties affecting the titles to public lands; a list of all existing military reservations, with the authority therefor and the boundaries thereof. It contains a Table of Judicial and Executive Decisions affecting the various subjects …


1880, Laws Of The United States Of Local Or Temporary In Character, Volume I Jun 2016

1880, Laws Of The United States Of Local Or Temporary In Character, Volume I

US Government Legislation and Statutes

This December 1, 1880, Volume I, publication prepared by the Codification Committee of the Public Land Commission contains in chronological order, in each State and Territory connected at any time with the public land system, the entire legislation of Congress of a local or temporary character, and upon which the land titles of such State or Territory depended. It contains a digest of all Indian Treaties affecting the titles to public lands; a list of all existing military reservations, with the authority therefor and the boundaries thereof. It contains a Table of Judicial and Executive Decisions affecting the various subjects …


1899, March 2 - 30 Stat. 990, Act To Acquire Rights Of Way By Railroad Companies Through Indian Reservations, Lands, Allotments Jun 2016

1899, March 2 - 30 Stat. 990, Act To Acquire Rights Of Way By Railroad Companies Through Indian Reservations, Lands, Allotments

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The Act provided that a right of way for a railway, telegraph and telephone line through any Indian reservation or any lands held by an Indian tribe or nation in Indian Territory, or through any lands reserved for an Indian agency or for other purposes in connection with the Indian service, or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any law or treaty, but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation, would be granted to any railroad company organized under laws of United States or State or …


1887, February 8 - 24 Stat. 388, Act For Allotment Of Lands To Indians Jun 2016

1887, February 8 - 24 Stat. 388, Act For Allotment Of Lands To Indians

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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 …