PAGE

252

256

284

296

296

296

276

294

92

WARRANTS, continued.

To be issued to extent of one hundred and sixty acres to each soldier, (Act,
1855,) (No. 282,)

To soldiers of Bailey's battalion in Black Hawk war, (No. 318,)

Amended, (No. 287,)

Title to, declared in certain cases, (No. 335,)

Under Act of 1855, made assignable, (No. 335,)

Lands located with, put up at competition sale confirmed, (No. 336,)
Forgery or counterfeiting, how punished, (No. 349,)

WABASH AND ERIE CANAL,

Certain lands confirmed, (Nos. 45, 66,)

Lands granted Indiana to extend, (No. 99,)
Indiana may select other lands for, (No. 136,)

WASHINGTON TERRITORY,

Established, (No. 219,)

Improvements on Indian reservations in, may be paid for, (No. 306,)
Land laws extended east of Cascade Mountains, (No. 333,)

WESTERN MISSION, town authorities allowed twelve months to enter the
town lands, (No. 79,)

WISCONSIN,

Settlers on mineral lands in, who were refused the right of entry under

Land granted to, for improvement of Fox and Wisconsin rivers, (Nos. 120,
248, 285,)

121, 235, 255

Sale of odd numbered sections confirmed, (No. 165,)
To be admitted into the Union, (Nos. 128, 139,)

149

Chippewa land district in, created, (No. 129,)

128, 135
129

Land office in Chippewa district changed to Stillwater, and Western district
established, (Nos. 164, 170,)

Settlers on Menomonee purchase granted pre-emption rights, (No. 195,)
Salt lands relinquished to, (No. 259,)

182

240

Title to Chippewa Indian lands to be extinguished, (No. 261,)

240

Fond-du-Lac district established, (No. 268,)

244

Lands granted for railroad, from Madison, &c., (No. 292,)
Title to lots in Prairie-du-Chien confirmed, (No. 300,)
Chippewa land district established, (No. 307,)

264

270

276

Lands erroneously selected by, for internal improvements, may be pre-
empted, (No. 332,)

WOLF ISLAND IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, United States disclaims title
to, (No. 321,)

WYANDOTT INDIAN LANDS IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN to be surveyed,

Sale of lands selected for improvement of Fox and Wisconsin river, con-
firmed, (No. 339,)

298

286

(Nos. 74, 200,)

87, 185

INDEX TO PART II.

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,)

(Acts, 1838 and 1840,)

Form of, when land entered for heirs,

Pre-emption claimant entitled to presumption that it is true, (No. 504,)

Form of, in graduation entries,

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334

429, 464*

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,)

ALIENS, may purchase land subject, &c.,

Claiming pre-emption right in given case, (No. 420,)

As to purchase of land by, (No. 520,)

APPEALS,

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

379

Regulations as to, (No. 418,)

380

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

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

561

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

674

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

APPROVAL,

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

Grant of land to Little Rock and Fulton Railroad, construed, (No. 557,). 524
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,)

As to, under Act of 1855,

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

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,)

As to pre-emption right of aliens, (No. 420,)

That Mayor may enter land for town, (No. 491,)

As to purchase of graduation lands by aliens, (No. 520,)
As to grant for Des Moines improvement, (No. 546,)

614

619

667*,

672

337

380

381

430

477

503

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

which Indian

505

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,)

ATTORNEY, POWER OF,

Act of 1852,

Act of 1855,

693

724, 726

589

595, 598

606

B.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS. (See WARRANTS.)

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

480

1 657

C.

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,)

457

Circular as to school lands in, (No. 536,)

494

School land, fractional townships in, not provided for, (No. 540,)

497

As to swamp lands in, (No. 597,)

567

As to patent to Mexican grant in, (No. 652,)

640

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

643, 645

645

CALIFORNIA LAND CLAIMS, continued.

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

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

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,)

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647

649

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,)

367

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

368

Of 14th March, 1843, relative to subdivision plats, (No. 361,)

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

492

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

493

347

Of 17th May, 1845, as to mileage, depositing, &c., (No. 362,)

315

Of 13th October, 1845, as to postages, letters, &c., (No. 363,)

319

Of 21st February, 1846, as to internal improvements, (No. 544,)

Of 14th May, 1346, as to entries of subdivisions, (No. 364,)

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,)

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,)

322

580

322

323

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,)

. 591

590

682

Of 12th October, 1853, as to pre-emptions in California, (No. 701,)

695

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,)

327

670

330

598

494

328

329

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,)

334

331

379

627

476

335

334

459

511
379

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,)

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,).

CLERKS IN LAND OFFICES,

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,)

COMPENSATION,

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

341

COMPETITION SALES,

Warrant locations on lands sold at, not permitted, (No. 403,)

352

As to warrant locations, (this ruling has been since changed. See the fore-
going,) (No. 627,)

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