INDEX TO PART II.

(Acts, 1838 and 1840,)

The figures with an asterisk (*), refer to the notes on the page.

A.

ABSENCE, leave of, to be obtained by land officers, when, (No. 384,)
ADMINISTRATOR,

Of pre-emption claimant not required to inhabit land claimed under the
pre-emption laws, &c., (No. 488,).

When not qualified in time,

AFFIDAVITS,

Form of, for pre-emption claimants, (Act, 1841,)

Form of, when land entered for heirs,

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334

429, 464*

Pre-emption claimant entitled to presumption that it is true, (No. 504,)
Form of, in graduation entries,

596, 597
604, 605

Of non-incumbrance, required of pre-emption claimant applying for re-
payment, (No. 678,)

AGENT TO PURCHASE LANDS, must account as trustee, &c.,
ALABAMA, grant of land for railroad in, construed, (Nos. 558, 562,)

676
342*

In pre-emption cases, lie to Commissioner of the General Land Office,
(No. 417,)

379

Do not lie to President from decisions of Secretaries, (No. 688,)

Informal, to purchase land selected as swamp, void, (No. 592,)

For change of entry, effect of, (No. 673,)

Legal, must be made to entitle party to repayment, (Nos. 669, 677,) 671, 675

APPROVAL,

Of selections, not conclusive against prior rights, (No. 538,)

353

Of swamp grants, considered, (No 583,)

Of swamp not to be revoked, (No. 587,)

557

ARKANSAS,

Grant of land to Little Rock and Fulton Railroad, construed, (No. 557,)
Right to land along line of Cairo and Fulton Railroad, when attached,
(No. 561,).

Instructions to Surveyor-General as to swamp lands, (No. 579,)
Foregoing explained, (No 590,)

551

559

ASSIGNMENT,

Of certificates, how made, (No. 400,)

Of pre-emption right, not recognized, (Nos. 424, 526,)

void, (No. 439,).

Of land warrants, form of, (Nos. 609, 610,).

how to be executed, (No. 612,)

further instructions, (No. 613,)

form of, under Acts 1850 and 1852,

Act of 1855,

As to, under Act of 1855,

Warrant locations on pre-emptions not subject to, (Nos. 616, 628, 634,)

616, 620
614

Of warrant, no appeal from decision of Commissioner as to, (No. 624,)
As to, of land warrant, Commissioner not required to approve, (No. 633,)
ASSIGNEE, of pre-emptor not entitled to return of purchase-money, (No. 670,)

ATTORNEY GENERAL, OPINIONS OF,

As to purchase of land by Registers and Receivers, (No, 389,)
As to pre-emption rights under Act of 1841, (No. 419,)

619

As to purchase of graduation lands by aliens, (No. 520,)

As to grant for Des Moines improvement, (No. 546,)

That Fox and Wisconsin river grant will embrace land to which Indian
title was not extinguished, (No. 547,)

As to railroad grants to Illinois and other States, (Nos. 552, 553,)

As to Little Rock and Fulton railroad grant, and definite location of same,
(No. 557,).

As to conflictions between swamp and railroad grants, (No. 595,).
As to heirs to land warrants, (No. 618,)

As to right of party to bring suit in name of United States, (No. 699,)
As to duties of Surveyors-General, &c., (Nos. 703, 704,)

BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS. (See WARRANTS.)

BOUNTY LAND SCRIP may be located on graduated land, (No. 523,)
BUELNA GRANT in California, (No. 662,)

CAIRO AND FULTON RAILROAD, when right of State to lands along line
of, attached, (No. 561,)

Conflict between pre-emption claimant and internal improvement selec-
tion, (No. 507,)

School land, fractional townships in, not provided for, (No. 540,)
As to swamp lands in, (No. 597,)

As to location of conflicting Mexican grants in, (Nos. 653, 655,)
No grant of gold mines to individuals, (No. 654,)

As to cost of surveys in, (No. 656,).

CALIFORNIA LAND CLAIMS, continued.

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Case of Rincon de la Musalacon, (No. 657,)

647

As to boundaries of Pastoria de las Borregas and Posolmi Ranchos, (No.
658,)

649

As to confirmation of the rancho Quito or De Tito, (No. 659,)
As to Ranchos Pinole, Del Hambre and Las Juntas, (No. 661,)
Circular as to pre-emptions in, (No. 701,) .

650

654

695

As to conflicting Mexican grants confirmed by different decrees, (No. 662,) 657
CASES CONTESTED, pending at the time of public sale, not included in pro-
clamation, (No. 423,)

CANCELLED ENTRIES, as to effect on land, (Nos. 459, 460, 461, 462,)

CERTIFICATES OF SALE, how assigned, (No. 400,)
CHIPPEWA INDIANS, as to residents on lands of, (Nos. 643, 645,)
CIRCULARS OF INSTRUCTION to Registers and Receivers,
Of August 31, 1830, as to repayment, (No. 665,)

Of September 15, 1841, as to pre-emption rights, (No. 408,)
Of November 25, 1841, explanatory of foregoing, (No. 409,)

Of 28th September, 1842, as to confirmation of entries, (No. 410,)

Of 14th March, 1843, relative to subdivision plats, (No. 361,)
Of 15th September, 1843, as to repayment, (No. 666,)

Of 17th May, 1844, as to school lands interfering with private claims,
(No. 534,)

Of 25th June, 1844, as to certain school lands, (No. 535,)
Of 22d July, 1844, as to public sales, (No. 397,)

Of 17th May, 1845, as to mileage, depositing, &c., (No. 362,)
Of 13th October, 1845, as to postages, letters, &c., (No. 363,)

Of 21st February, 1846, as to internal improvements, (No. 544,)
Of 14th May, 1846, as to entries of subdivisions, (No. 364,)

500

320

Of 2d February, 1847, as to receipt of Treasury notes for lands, (No. 398,) 349
Of 3d June, 1847, as to location of warrants, (No. 604,)
Of 7th June, 1847, as to Choctaw Indian claims, (No. 638,)
Of 6th August, 1847, as to internal improvements, (No. 545,)
Of 1st October, 1847, under bounty land act, 1847, (No. 605,)

Of 10th November, 1847, as to charges of illegal fees, (No. 365,)

320

Of 6th December, 1847, prohibiting Registers and Receivers from acting
as agents to sell warrants, (No. 366,)

Of 1st April, 1848, as to warrants under Act 1847, (No. 606,)

579

Of 24th August, 1848, as to Register's and Receiver's returns, (No. 367,)
Of 28th August, 1848, as to warrants, (Act 1848,) (No. 607,)

Of 5th June, 1849, as to entries of tracts previously sold, (No. 368,)
Of 23d July, 1849, as to changes of entry, (No. 369,)

Of 10th September, 1849, as to payments in the Treasury, (No. 370,)
Of 1st November, 1849, as to land office clerks acting as agents, (No. 371,)
Of 21st November, 1850, as to swamp land selections, (Nos. 574, 575,)
Of 18th January, 1851, as to isolated tracts, (No. 399,)
Of 20th January, 1851, as to returns of land officers, (No. 372,)
Of 31st March, 1851, as to warrants, (Act 1850,) (No. 608,)
Of 14th August, 1851, as to returns of land officers, (No. 373,)
Of 23d March, 1852, as to warrants, (Act 1852,) (No. 609,)
Of 2d April, 1852, as to warrants, (Act 1852,) (No. 610,)
Of 14 September, 1852, as to warrants and fees, (No. 374,)
Of 14th October, 1852, as to warrants, assignments of, (No. 612,)
Of 20th April, 1853, as to Warrants, (Act 1853,) (No. 611,)
Of 17th August, 1853, as to Virginia Warrants, (No. 689,)
Of 12th October, 1853, as to pre-emptions in California, (No. 701,)

Of 17th October, 1853, as to Warrants, (Acts 1850 and 1852,) (No. 613,). 592
Of 7th November, 1853, as to returns of land officers, (No. 375,)
Of 19th January, 1854, as to repayments, &c., (No. 667,)
Of 1st February, 1854, as to returns of land officers, (No. 379,)
Of 14th February, 1854, as to warrants, (Act 1842,) (No. 614,)
Of 6th March, 1854, as to school lands in California, (No. 536,)
Of 28th June, 1854, as to mileage, depositing, &c., (No. 376,)
Of 18th July, 1854, as to depositing public money, (No. 377,)
Of 31st August, 1854, as to drafts drawn by Receivers, (No. 378,)

329

CIRCULAR, continued.

Of 30th October, 1854, as to Graduation Act, (No. 513,)
Of 1st May, 1855, as to Graduation Act, (No. 514,)
Of 3d May, 1855, as to warrants, (Act 1855,) (No. 615,)
Of 19th May, 1855, as to graduation entries, (No. 515,)

Of 14th December, 1855, as to graduation entries, (No. 516,)

Of 23d January, 1856, as to graduation entries, (No. 517,)

Of 23d January, 1856, as to absence of land officers, (No. 384,)

Of 24th January, 1856, as to closing land offices, (No. 380,)

Of 26th January, 1856, as to commissions on locations of land warrants,
(No. 381,)

Of 4th February, 1856, as to returns of land officers, (No. 382,)

Of 11th February, 1856, as to swamp lands, (No. 576,)

Of 7th April, 1856, as to graduation entries, (No. 518,)

Of 21st April, 1856, as to warrant location fees, (No. 383,)

Of 24th October, 1856, as to filing certificates, &c., (No. 414,)

Of 21st November, 1856, as to fees for pre-emption sales, (No. 415,)

Of 3d December, 1856, as to prohibition against filing more than one decla-
ratory statement, (No. 416,)

Of March 21, 1857, as to Half-breed Sioux scrip, (No. 639,

Of 27th March, 1857, as to graduation entries, (No. 519,)

Of 27th April, 1857, as to fees for warrant locations, (No. 386,)

Of 7th June, 1857, as to returns of land officers, (No. 385,)

331

331

378

379

334

459

Of 9th September, 1857, as to mail contractor's pre-emptions, (No. 508,)
Of 19th March, 1858, as to railroad selections, (No. 550,)
Of 11th August, 1858, as to pre-emption appeals, (No. 417,)
Of 1st November, 1858, as to title to land warrants, (No. 617,)
Of 24th January, 1859, as to pre-emption appeals, (No. 418,)
Of 12th March, 1859, as to deposits by Receivers, (No. 387,)
Of 10th May, 1859, as to Treasury drafts, &c., (No. 388,) .
CITIZENSHIP,

When pre-emption declaration is filed prior to adverse settlement, (No. 425,) 384
When not consummated by parent, the child not entitled to pre-emption,
(No. 426,)

CLAIM CLUB, member of, held to strict proof of pre-emption right, (No. 441,) 393
CLAY CITY CASE, (No. 498,)

Not to act as agents, form of oath, (No. 371,)

Of Registers, not authorized to sign certificates, (No. 390,)

CONFIRMATION. (See ENTRIES.)

Certain entry entitled to, (No. 405,)

Of entries, instructions as to, (No. 410,)

COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE,

Power of supervision over pre-emption entries,

Pre-emption appeals lie to, (No. 417,)

Decision as to assignment of warrant, final, (No. 624,)

Not required to approve assignment of warrant, (No. 633,)

619

340

341

Warrant locations on lands sold at, not permitted, (No. 403,)
As to warrant locations, (this ruling has been since changed. See the fore-
going,) (No. 627,)

To out-going land officers, (No. 394,)

Of land officers for sale of Indian lands, how adjusted, (No. 395,)
COMPETITION SALES,

D.

DE BASTROP GRANT, decision of Vester's claim in, (No. 504,)
DEBTS, Act 26th February, 1853, does not embrace those due by the United
States, (No. 671,)

DECISIONS,

Of Registers and Receivers in pre-emption cases, power of Commissioner
as to,

Of Secretaries not subject to appeal to the President, (No. 688,)
DECLARATORY STATEMENTS,

When to be filed on unsurveyed lands in California,

Same in Oregon and Washington,

Kansas and Nebraska,

Minnesota,

New Mexico,

On offered and unoffered lands,

Forms of,

To be filed on unoffered lands, (No. 411,)

Form of, where land is not subject to private entry,

More than one filing of, prohibited, (No. 416,

Filed prior to date of adverse settlement valid, (No. 425,) ·
Not required on Maison Rouge land, (No. 429,)

May be amended, (Nos. 438, 447,)

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451

673

355*, 357*

For lands in Minnesota not to be filed before approval of survey, (No. 451,) 400
Discrepancy between, and proof, not always material, (No. 452,)
May be amended by minors when of age, (No. 453,)

401

In Kansas, as filed before adverse right, good, (No. 458,)
When new, may be filed, (No. 463,).

404

409

May be corrected when there is no evidence of bad faith, (No. 454, 465,)

Variance of a few days in filing an actual and alleged date of settlement
no bar to claim, (No. 467,)

To be good from date of Register refusing, (No. 471,)

Settlement must be dated three months from filing of, (No. 475,)
Effect of public notice in regard to, in California, (No. 507,)
Need not be filed in person,

DEED,

Of trust executed by pre-emptor to his wife, will not remove his disquali-
fication, (No. 422,)

Required of patentee before repayment of purchase-money, (Nos. 668, 672,
675, 676, 679,)

DEL HAMBRE RANCHO, California, (No. 661,)

DEPOSITS. (See DISBURSING Agents.)

Instructions as to, (Nos. 362, 376,)

How made by Receivers, (No. 377,)

Receivers not to make of less than $2000, (No. 387,)

DES MOINES RIVER GRANT, in Iowa, opinion as to, (No. 546,)

DE TITO RANCHO, in California, (No. 659,).

Amount of commissions for locating warrants to be debited in account of,
(No. 386,).

Of pre-emption claimant, what, (Nos. 435, 456,)

Ownership of three hundred and twenty acres is, under Act March 3, 1853,
(No. 465, 505,)

314
314*

335

390, 403

Of land claimed by pre-emption in Kansas before survey, (No. 440,)
Between settlers, when to be made, (No. 472,)

393

415