ABSTRACTS.

Registers and receivers, after careful examination, to be certified
as correct, &c.,

ACCOUNT.

Monthly, of all moneys received, must be rendered promptly by
receiver,

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192

768, 192

Quarterly, must be rendered at end of each quarter by receiver, 192
Quarterly, disbursing of all moneys expended, must also be rendered
by receiver,

Receiver's current and quarterly, how prepared,

Disbursing, how prepared,

Annual settlement of, by Receiver,

ACTUAL SETTLER. (See Settler.)

ACT.

768, 192

771

772

783

Under town-site act of July 1, 1864, and March 3, 1865, may pre-empt
one lot and purchase another, on which he may have substantial
improvements,

666, 662

The report of a committee, accompanying a bill, may be examined
to determine the meaning of ambigious language of an, of Con-

gress,

607

Of 2d March, 1831, provides penalty in cases of timber depredation. 659
Of March 3, 1843, Section 5, allows a pre-emption claimant to file
his D. S., after expiration of the three months, if no adverse
claim had intervened,

Of September 28, 1850, was a grant of swamp-land in presenti, tak-
ing effect at passage of act upon all lands then swamp and over-
flowed,

292

435

420

Of March 1, 1854, and May 30, 1862, ruling under,
Of March 27, 1854, rulings and circulars under, 290, 403, 407, 409, 415
5th section of, of March 3, 1857, to be applied to all oaths, &c., re-
quired under timber culture act,

Of June 14, 1860, survey of private claim thereunder,

Of May 20, 1862, 8th section of, not to apply to Indian home-
steads,

Of June 2, 1862, instructions under, (No. 349,).

Of July 1, 1864, re-surveys ordered into the district court after pass-
age of the act are under the commissioner's supervision; those
made prior thereto are not,

Of June 14, 1860, should be construed strictly as against parties
claiming under it,

Of July 23, 1866, where the State of California makes a selection
under the first section of, full compliance with the State laws
regulating sales of land must be shown,

324

Of July 23, 1866, is a remedial statute and should be construed
liberally, .

453

Instructions relative to swamp-lands in California, under July 23,
1866,

Of 1867, construction of, relative to town sites,

Of March 3, 1869, construction of,

Of July 15, 1870, did not apply to Osage ceded lands,

Of June, 3, 1874, for relief of pre-emptors in Minnesota, instruc-
tions under,

667, 68, 69, 70, 71

311

Of June 23, 1874, Kansas Indians, instructions under, 713, 14, 15, 19, 20
Of March 3, 1875, instructions under, relative to Michigan In-
dians,

Proceedings of applicants for, under soldiers' and sailors' home-
stead act,

ADDITIONAL ENTRY, Continued.

Of 80 acres contiguous, may be made under 2d section, act June
8, 1872, by party who has already entered 80 acres,
Under homestead laws, may be made upon any public lands
whether contiguous or not,

To be allowed on proper proof of military service, etc., in cases
where homestead party has not made final proof,
Homestead: in making it is not absolutely necessary in all
to attend district land-office in person,

cases

Homestead, party entitled to make, may make required affidavit
before clerk of county in which he resides,
Contest for abandonment of, not to be entertained,

Sufficient to make up 160 acres may be made under act of March 3,
1873, by soldier or sailor who has made homestead entry of 80
acres and 40 acres more under act of June 8, 1872,
When receiver of a land-office is entitled to make,

Requirements to secure, under circular of June 17, 1875, under act
of March 3, 1875, for relief of settlers within railroad limits,
Is not allowed under town-site act March 2, 1867,

ADJUSTMENT.

To be made on several accounts of local officers and submitted to
Treasury Department, &c.,

When to be recognized under grasshopper act,

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278

278

279

279

280

280

280

406

683

192

730-731

259-62

259-61

No, can attach during the absence of certain settlers from their
claims,

Parties may file their D. S. and enter land at minimum rate if
within railroad withdrawal at any time before, has intervened, 295
A pre-emption commuted to homestead relates back to settlement
to the exclusion of

Pre-emption filings received prior to filing of township plat cannot
be perfected in face of,

318

420

Right of California to a school section unsurveyed till 1869 was not
an, as against a party entitled under act of 1866,
Disposition of coal land at private entry, is subject to any prior,
Regulations in reference to, for Osage lands in Kansas,

463

670

700

703

182

182

A filing made on Osage land and amended before an, had accrued
is proper,

AFFIDAVIT.

To obtain homstead party must make; what to consist of,
How to be made in case homestead applicant is prevented by good
cause from personally appearing at district land-office,
Must be made in person by homestead party upon making finai
proof,
Testimony made by witnesses to be filed with homestead affidavit, 183
To be filed by party contesting homestead entry on ground of aban-
donment, of what to consist,

To be made by party desiring to purchase his homestead claim
without the five years' settlement required,

In applying for adjoining farm entry, homestead party must make
describing his original farm,

183

184

185

185

Upon being made by party claiming under soldiers' and sailors'
homestead act to the effect that he was prevented by good cause
from making entry in time required, claim will not be forfeited, 186
According to form No. 17, required of parties who desire to make
addditional entries under soldiers' and sailors' homestead provi-
sions,

Of widowhood required of widows applying for benefits of soldiers'
and sailors' homestead provisions,

186

187, 265

Setting forth his Indian character, &c., (form No. 19,) must be made
by Indian applying to enter under Indian homestead provisions, 188

AFFIDAVIT, Continued.
Must, in such cases, be corroborated by two disinterested witnesses,
(form No. 20,)
Required in making entry under timber-culture act, (form No. 22,)
may be made before register and receiver or before an officer au-
thorized to administer oaths,

In case application is made under timber-culture laws to enter less
than 40 acres party will be required to state in, that he has or
has not previously entered a similar fractional subdivision
Parties making entries of fractional subdivisions under timber-cul-
ture laws must make, &c., (form No. 22,)

Homestead parties claiming patents under 4th section of timber-
culture act must make, according to form No. 23 and proof, (form
No. 24,)

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188

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191

191

191

Form of, required of pre-emption claimant,

194-95

Form of, required of homestead claimant,

. 19

Form of, required of soldiers making homestead entries,

197

Form of, required of parties making additional homestead entries, 198
Form of, timber-culture,

Form of timber-culture homestead, final,

Must be made by two credible witnesses that land is desert, &c., in
making entry under act for sale of desert lands in Lassen county,
California,

And final proof, when may be made before county clerk using seal,
by grasshopper sufferers,

260

To be used in entering quarter section under act of May 20, 1862,
as modified,

Cancellation of filing on ex parte, is error,

Of engineer to map of definite location and completed portion of
railroad,

297

345, 344

Ex parte, will not be considered under circulars of August 15, 1872,
or November 8, 1873, (Nos. 407-408,).

Pre-emption claims on railroad land should be rejected unless, is
filed showing that the tract is public land owing to a prior set-
tlement,

Form of, in case of lost or destroyed Agricultural College scrip,
By timber culture claimant must be made before register and re-
ceiver,

391

419

491

647

Form of, to be taken by applicant to purchase coal land at private
entry,

669

Form of, required of each claimant under sec. 2 of coal land act,
Of each stockholder that he has not had benefits of coal act should
be attached to declaratory statement of a corporation,
Required of parties filing on Osage lands in Kansas, .
Required of claimant for Cherokee scrip,

Required under instructions of June 14, 1870, under resolution of
March 2, 1867, prohibiting certain payments to disloyal persons,

Provision fer an, in filing homestead claim, under soldiers' and sail-
ors' homestead law,

Provision in case party claiming under soldiers' and sailors' home-
stead provisions, files his declaration through an,
Must, in such cases, produce power of attorney from principal,
Homestead party bound by selection made by,

186

186

186

264

Must file evidence of his appointment to make above selections,
Must make clear lists,

Form of certificate of, to be attached to lists of selections under
railroad grants,

342

00

300

cers,

Instructions in case of appeal of, from any ruling of local offi-

364, 339

Acts of de facto, are binding and cannot be collaterally impeached
by a stranger, in state selections,

Duly authorized, upon presenting the certificate of the General

446

364, 338

AGENT, Continued.

Land-Office, will be allowed to make State selections under Agri-
cultural College Act,

Will file with register and receiver a list of tracts selected for the
State by him under said act,

Must unite with claimant or make separate affidavit in case of lost
or destroyed Agricultural College Scrip,

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487

Possession by, considered as possession by principal,
When to make affidavit under coal land act,

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

In California, instructions relative to selections for, .
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SCRIP.

How title may be acquired by locating, at private entry,

Applicable only to lands not mineral, which may be subject to
"private entry," at $1.25 per acre, yet is restricted to a technical
quarter section,"

Manner of proceeding same as in cash and warrant cases,
Fees to be paid same as on warrants,

Location of, at private entry, restricted to three sections in each
township,

491

668

.. 671

440

180

180

180

180

180

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181

How used in payment of pre-emption claims,
How used in payment of homestead claims,
Locations with, regularly made, but improperly canceled, except
land from railroad located during existence of such locations, 436
Cannot be located on land by the State seven months after the
land has been paid for by an individual,
Instructions relative to location of,

Provision in case, is presented in payment of pre-emption claim of
$2.50 lands,

When, to be issued by Secretary of Interior to make up deficien-
cies in the grant to a State,

Not to be located by State, but sold and located by assignees,
Provision in case the value of, should exceed that of the lands
entered therewith,

486

Each piece of, to be located upon a specific sub-division, where
the value of the tract exceeds $1.25 in value,
Is not locatable in a State for one year from the passage of the act, 487
May be located in a territory after January 1, 1863,
When there are not sufficient public lands in a State to satisfy its
grant, will be issued for the deficit,

Provision in case of failure to reach hands of party entitled to it,
No, will be re-issued until after the expiration of three months
from filing application therefor,

491

492

ALIEN. (See Citizen.)

A pre-emption claimant if an, at time of filing his D. S., is not
entitled,

AMENDMENT.

Ruling, as to, of homestead entries,

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405

239-243

A. D. S. on file in the proper office is notice to the world of the loca-
tion and extent of a pre-emption claim and no subsequent, except
for error or mistake, can defeat a right, initiated prior to such
amendment,

Any party aggrieved by the rejection of his claim has the right to, 192
To be filed, with reasons therefor, within thirty days from date of
decision of register and receiver to Commissioner of G. L. O.,
Not to be entertained, unless sent up through district land office,
May be taken from Commissioner to Secretary of Interior within
sixty days,

Such may be filed with register and receiver, or Commissioner of
G. L. O., and must state points of exception,

APPEAL, Continued.

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298

If not taken, case is considered final, (Sec. 2273 Revised Statutes,)
Thirty days allowed after, for filing arguments, &c., .
Failure to, where a party's D. S. is rejected, concludes all his right
to the land,
Parties who take no, from a decision, are considered bound thereby, 314
A Mexican grant is not finally rejected after adverse action of the
District Court until the right of, to the Supreme Court, has been
waived, the time of, expired or the claim rejected by that court, 330
Duties of local officers in case of, taken by selecting agents of rail-
road and State corporations,

364, 339
May be taken from decisions approving or correcting surveys, 453
From the decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
to the Secretary brings up for review all orders interlocutory or
otherwise made from the beginning,

551

All preliminary or interlocutory decisions after the Commissioner
acquires jurisdiction are subject to review by the Secretary on, . 565
How regulated in coal land cases,
Regulations governing,

669

811-14

APPLICANT.

Homestead, when prevented from good cause, need not appear
personally at district land office, to make affidavits if he has
made actual settlement

Before whom affidavits must be made in such cases,.
Homestead, owning and residing upon an original farm, is allowed
to enter other land lying contiguous thereto; provided that with
the first farm it does not exceed 160 acres,

182

182

185

First legal, is entitled to make second entry of a homestead tract
after notice of cancellation is received,

250

For additional land under soldiers' and sailors' homestead law,
must file application for desired tract, which must be contiguous
to original homestead,.

265

278

Additional tracts asked for by, need not be contiguous,
Under provisions of act of June 8, 1872, if unable to furnish cer-
tified copy of certificate of discharge, will be required to have
those portions of the required affidavit comprised in first four
lines corroborated by two disinterested witnesses,

267

279

Tests of right of, to take additional land under soldiers' and sailors'
homestead law,
Proceedings by, in case of lost or destroyed agricultural college scrip, 491
Provision in case, for re-issue of lost agricultural college scrip is
not the person to whom the scrip was originally assigned,
Qualifications of, to enter land in Cherokee strip,
APPLICATION.

491-92

Proceedings in case of, for fractional sub-division of less than 40
acres under timber culture laws,

Provision in case party has previously entered a similar fractional
sub-division,

Proceedings in case parties make, to amend homestead papers,
For cancellation of homestead entries in case settlers are dead,
how dealt with,.

239

249

To have tract certified to State of California,.

If not made, the lines of public surveys will be extended over
such claims,

For survey of certain private land claims if made within proper
time will entitle them to survey,

In cases of additional entries must refer to original homestead en-
try by number, &c.,

279

452

452

463

Disposal of, in cases of timber culture entries of land, on which
are a few trees, .

653