...under the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled " An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories," as amended by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled " An act to repeal...

...registers and receiver», United States land offices, June 29, 1887.] The first section of the act of March 3, 1877, entitled "An act to provide for the sale of desert lands incertain States and Territories," provides for the reclamation of such lands by "conducting water...

...under the provisions of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled, 'An Act to Provide for the Sale of Desert Lands in Certain States and Territories,' as amended by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, 'An Act to Repeal...

...377, [8 Fed. Stats. Ann., 2d ed., p. 692; US Comp. Stats., sec. 4674].) The title of this act is, "An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories." It provides for the sale of desert lands in amounts not exceeding one section to any qualified person...

...Land Act," and was approved March 3, 1877 (Stat. L., vol. 19, p. 377). Its language is as follows: AN ACT to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories. He it enacted by the Smate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of Amcrica in Congress...

...FRAUDULENT DESERT-LAND ENTRIES. There has been great abuse in entries under the act of March 3, 1877, to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories. Many of the entries are for lands which are not "desert" within the meaning of the law, and which have...