WARRANTS, continued. To be issued to extent of one hundred and sixty acres to each soldier, (Act, Amended, (No. 287,) To soldiers of Bailey's battalion in Black Hawk war, (No. 318,) 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, PAGE 252 256 284 296 296 296 303 Indiana may select other lands for, (No. 136,) WASHINGTON TERRITORY, Established, (No. 219,) Improvements on Indian reservations in, may be paid for, (No. 306,) WESTERN MISSION, town authorities allowed twelve months to enter the 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, 121, 235, 255 Sale of odd numbered sections confirmed, (No. 165,) 149 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 128, 135 129 Settlers on Menomonee purchase granted pre-emption rights, (No. 195,) 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,). 264 270 276 Lands erroneously selected by, for internal improvements, may be pre- 294 Sale of lands selected for improvement of Fox and Wisconsin river, con- WOLF ISLAND IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, United States disclaims title WYANDOTT INDIAN LANDS IN OHIO AND MICHIGAN to be surveyed, 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,) Of pre-emption claimant not required to inhabit land claimed under the 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* 604, 605 Act of 1852, Act of 1855, Of non-incumbrance, required of pre-emption claimant applying for re- AGENT TO PURCHASE LANDS, must account as trustee, &c., 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, 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,) Legal, must be made to entitle party to repayment, (Nos. 669, 677,) Of selections, not conclusive against prior rights, (No. 538,) 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,) Instructions to Surveyor-General as to swamp lands, (No. 579,) 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 Of warrant, no appeal from decision of Commissioner as to, (No. 624,) ATTORNEY GENERAL, OPINIONS OF, As to purchase of land by Registers and Receivers, (No, 389,) 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,) 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 As to railroad grants to Illinois and other States, (Nos. 552, 553,) As to conflictions between swamp and railroad grants, (No. 595,). As to right of party to bring suit in name of United States, (No. 699,) BOUNTY LAND SCRIP may be located on graduated land, (No. 523,) CAIRO AND FULTON RAILROAD, when right of State to lands along line Conflict between pre-emption claimant and internal improvement selec- 457 Circular as to school lands in, (No. 536,) 494 School land, fractional townships in, not provided for, (No. 540,) 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. As to confirmation of the rancho Quito or De Tito, (No. 659,) As to Ranchos Pinole, Del Hambre and Las Juntas, (No. 661,) PAGE 647 649 650 654 695 As to conflicting Mexican grants confirmed by different decrees, (No. 662.) 657 CANCELLED ENTRIES, as to effect on land, (Nos. 459, 460, 461, 462,) CERTIFICATES OF SALE, how assigned, (No. 400,) Of September 15, 1841, as to pre-emption rights, (No. 408,) Of 28th September, 1842, as to confirmation of entries, (No. 410,) Of 17th May, 1844, as to school lands interfering with private claims, Of 25th June, 1844, as to certain school lands, (No. 535,) . Of 17th May, 1845, as to mileage, depositing, &c., (No. 362,) 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 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 Of 24th August, 1848, as to Register's and Receiver's returns, (No. 367,) 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 12th October, 1853, as to pre-emptions in California, (No. 701,) Of 17th October, 1853, as to Warrants, (Acts 1850 and 1852,) (No. 613,) . CIRCULAR, continued. Of 30th October, 1854, as to Graduation Act, (No. 513,) 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 4th February, 1856, as to returns of land officers, (No. 382,) 334 331 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- 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,) 335 334 Of 9th September, 1857, as to mail contractor's pre-emptions, (No. 508,) 459 511 379 607 380 336 336 When pre-emption declaration is filed prior to adverse settlement, (No. 425,) 384 (No. 426,) Native, how proven, 384 . 464* CLAIM CLUB, member of, held to strict proof of pre-emption right, (No. 441,) 393 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,) As to warrant locations, (this ruling has been since changed. See the fore- 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,) |