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WARRANTS, continued.

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

Amended, (No. 287,)

To soldiers of Bailey's battalion in Black Hawk war, (No. 318,)
Title to, declared in certain cases, (No. 335,)

Lands located with, put up at competition sale confirmed, (No. 336,)

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

Forgery or counterfeiting, how punished, (No. 349,)

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

Lands granted Indiana to extend, (No. 99,)

WABASH AND ERIE CANAL,

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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
Act of 1834, may enter other lands, (No. 60,)

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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,)

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

To be admitted into the Union, (Nos. 128, 139,)

Land office in Chippewa district changed to Stillwater, and Western district

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

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

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

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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,)

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

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

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

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WYANDOTT INDIAN LANDS IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN to be surveyed,
(Nos. 74, 200,)

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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,

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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,

corroborating,

in contested swamp cases,

under bounty land Act of 1850,

429, 464*

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604, 605

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Act of 1852,

Act of 1855,

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,).

Regulations as to, (No. 418,)

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

APPLICATION,

To purchase withdrawn land, void, (No. 405,)

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

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

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

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

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Of swamp grants, considered, (No 583,)

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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,).

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

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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

667*, 672

337

380

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,)

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

381

430

477

503

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,)

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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,)

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

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

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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,)

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As to location of conflicting Mexican grants in, (Nos. 653, 655,)

No grant of gold mines to individuals, (No. 654,)

643, 645

645

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

647

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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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,)

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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,)

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

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

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

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500

320

349

576

625

501

578

320

321

579

322

580

322

323

324

324

543, 544

350

325

581

326

585

589

326

591

590

682

695

592

327

670

330

598

494

328

329

329

Of 21st February, 1846, as to internal improvements, (No. 544,)
Of 14th May, 1346, as to entries of subdivisions, (No. 364,)
Of 2d February, 1847, as to receipt of Treasury notes for lands, (No. 398,)
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 1st April, 1848, as to warrants under Act 1847, (No. 606,)

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

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,) .
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,)

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,)

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

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

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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,)

334

331

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

475

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

332

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

377

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

378

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

379

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

627

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

476

Of 27th April, 1857, as to fees for warrant locations, (No. 386,)
Of 7th June, 1857, as to returns of land officers, (No. 385,)

335

334

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,

459

511

379

607

380

336

336

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,)

Native, how proven,

384

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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,

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

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

COMPETITION SALES,

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

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

CONVEYANCES, INDIAN,

Regulations as to,

In Kansas, (No. 651,)

CORPORATE AUTHORITIES,

Legal trustees, and may enter town site, (No. 494,)

Town trustees in Wisconsin are, (No. 499,)

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