...lands, and the opening of the proper office, prove before such tribunal, and in such manner and form as the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the President, shall prescribe, the fact that the settlement has been commenced, and the quarter section...

...location shall be determined by priority of set'""jm" s'" tlement, to be ascertained under such rules as the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the President, may prescribe ; and the subsequent settler or settlers shall be permitted to locate the...

...the United States, prove, before such tribunal and in such manner and form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the President, the fact that the settlement has been commenced, and the particular quarter section upon...

...to the location shall be determined by priority of settlement, to be ascertained under snch rules as the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the President, may prescribe ; and the subsequent settler or settlers shall be permitted to locate the...

...the United States, prove, before such tribunal and in such manner and form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the president, the fact that the settlement has been commenced, and the particular quarter section upon...

...Secretary of the Interior approved these examinations, reports, and appraisals, and on the same date the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, directed the Registers and Receivers at Crookston Reporter's Statement of the Caae and...

...and" timber districts, and for the making of such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence...or proceeding in behalf of the United States; and a further amount, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, may be used in the discretion of the Secretary...

...under such regulations as to time : notice, manner, and character of proofs ns may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That In making their appraisal of the lois so surveyed, it shall be...

...competent surveyors, fragmentary surveys, and such other surveys or examinations as may be required for identification of lands for purposes of evidence in any suit or proceeding in behalf of "'r ' m the United States: Provided further, That the sum of not exceeding ten per centum of the amount...

...of the Court: On the 7th day of March, 1870, the premises in controversy were listed to the State by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, as lands in lieu of 16th and 36th sections; and on the 5th of May, 1870, the State of...