D.

DE BASTROP GRANT, decision of Vester's claim in, (No. 504,)
DEBTS, Act 26th February, 1853, does not embrace those due by the United
States, (No. 671,)

DECISIONS,

Of Registers and Receivers in pre-emption cases, power of Commissioner
as to,

Of Secretaries not subject to appeal to the President, (No. 688,)
DECLARATORY STATEMENTS,

When to be filed on unsurveyed lands in California,
Same in Oregon and Washington,

Kansas and Nebraska,

More than one filing of, prohibited, (No. 416,)

Filed prior to date of adverse settlement valid, (No. 425,)

Not required on Maison Rouge land, (No. 429,)

May be amended, (Nos. 438, 447,)

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451

673

355*, 357*

680

353

358

359

359

359

359

366

371

376

379

384

386

For lands in Minnesota not to be filed before approval of survey, (No. 451,)

Discrepancy between, and proof, not always material, (No. 452,)

May be amended by minors when of age, (No. 453,)

In Kansas, as filed before adverse right, good, (No. 458,)
When new, may be filed, (No. 463,)

May be corrected when there is no evidence of bad faith, (No. 454, 465,)

Variance of a few days in filing an actual and alleged date of settlement
no bar to claim, (No. 467,)

To be good from date of Register refusing, (No. 471,)

Settlement must be dated three months from filing of, (No. 475,)
Effect of public notice in regard to, in California, (No. 507,)
Need not be filed in person,

DEED,

Of trust executed by pre-emptor to his wife, will not remove his disquali-
fication, (No. 422,)

Required of patentee before repayment of purchase-money, (Nos. 668, 672,
675, 676, 679,)

Receivers not to make of less than $2000, (No. 387,)

DES MOINES RIVER GRANT, in Iowa, opinion as to, (No. 546,)

DE TITO RANCHO, in California, (No. 659,)

Amount of commissions for locating warrants to be debited in account of,
(No. 386,).

335

DISQUALIFICATION,

Of pre-emption claimant, what, (Nos. 435, 456,)

390, 403

Ownership of three hundred and twenty acres is, under Act March 3, 1853,
(No. 465, 505,)

Of land claimed by pre-emption in Kansas before survey, (No. 440,)
Between settlers, when to be made, (No. 472,)

393

415

DONATION CLAIM in Oregon, Portland city, (No. 495,)

DRAFTS,

When drawn on Receivers by the United States Treasurer, (No. 378,)
How designated in returns, (No. 379,)

If not at par, to be returned to United States Treasurer, (No. 388,)
Treasury, actual expenses in obtaining coin for, allowed, (No. 696,)

DUPLICATE WARRANTS,

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437

329

330

336

689

When issued to same party, (No. 619,)

610

And original, when both to be satisfied, (Nos. 621, 622,
Issuing of unauthorized, (No. 636,)

E.

Erroneous, may be cancelled at any time, (No. 700,)

Changes of, how made, (No. 369,)

Lands claimed by pre-emption subject to private, (No. 404,)

When once made, must be cancelled before lands can be sold again at pri-
vate sale, (No. 405,)

Cancelled, can only be sold by pre-emption, (No. 407,)
Confirmation of, instructions as to. (No. 410,)

Of withdrawn land cannot be confirmed unless in case of mistake, (No. 528,) 486
Of unoffered land not contemplated until after three months, (No. 529,)

Board of suspended, cannot confirm rejected applications, (No. 530,)
Pre-emption before settlement, when confirmed, (No. 531,)

Of part of pre-emption claim, when confirmed, (No. 533,)

Conflict with swamp selections, (No. 586,)

Changes of, (No. 667,)

Effect of application for change of, (No. 673,)

Allowed by commissioner, (No. 693,)

Cancellation of, no bar to pre-emption, (Nos. 459, 460,)

405, 406

Settlement made during pendency of, confers no right, (No. 461,).
When cancelled land not subject to private sale, (No. 462,)

407

408

When prematurely made in pre-emption cases suspicious, (No. 469,)

Pre-emption contract for sale of, (No. 532,)

In railroad limits, before location of routes, to be patented, (No. 566,)
ERRORS,

In declaratory statement may be corrected, (Nos. 454, 465,)
In locating house must be corrected, (No. 479,)

In location of warrants, (No. 611,).

In entry, lapse of time no bar to cancellation of, (No. 700,)
EVIDENCE. (See PROOFS.)

Illegal, land officers to be removed for charging, (No. 391,)

338

Registers and Receivers required to account for land warrant location,
(No. 393,)

340

For locating warrants under Acts of 1850 and 1852,

595

614

Of Registers, for warrant when not paid, effect of, (No. 623,)
Of Registers and Receivers for pre-emption entries of locations, (No. 415,). 378
Excess of, on location of warrants to be paid over, (No. 630,)
For warrant locations by commissioner to be paid, (No. 631,)
FILING DECLARATORY STATEMENT in Kansas prior to adverse claim,
good, (No. 458,)

FIVE PER CENT., Iowa not entitled to, on warrant locations, (No. 697,)
FLORIDA, grant of land for railroad in, and Alabama, construed, (Nos. 558,
562,)

.

617

617

404

690

526, 529

As to settlers along Montgomery and Pensacola railroad, (No. 566,)
FLUGGE RANCHE, in California, opinion of Attorney-General as to,
(No. 652,)

FOREIGN GRANTS, Acts in relation to, considered, (No. 504,)
FORFEITURE,

Of pre-emption right, when, (Nos. 463, 470,)

By sale of claim must be clearly established, (No. 482,)

FRAUD,

Vitiates pre-emption claim, (No. 436,)

532

640

451

409, 414

423

390

G.

GRADUATION ENTRIES,

Circulars as to, (Nos. 513-519,)

Land may be purchased by alien, (No. 520,)

Proof of settlement and cultivation required, (No. 521,)

As to land sold under act, and selected by the State, (No. 522,)

Patents for, when to be delivered, (No. 524,)

Lands in six mile limits of railroads not subject to, (No. 564,)

GRANT, PUBLIC, how construed, (No. 546,)

(See SCHOOL LANDS, SWAMP SELECTIONS, RAILROAD AND CALIFORNIA CLAIMS.)

466-476

477

479

480

481

531

503

H.

HEIRS,

Land claimed by pre-emption, may be entered in name of, (No. 411,)
Not required to inhabit land claimed, &c., (No. 488,)

370

429, 464*

As to when warrants will be issued to,

593

To land warrants, who, (No. 618,)

HERNANDEZ RANCHO IN CALIFORNIA, Opinion as to, (No. 652,)

HOUSE OF PRE-EMPTION CLAIMANT,

When, if not built on the land claimed, may be removed, (No. 427,)
Need not be erected by claimant, (No. 458,)

Law requires that claimant shall have, (No. 484,)

ILLINOIS,

I.

Railroad grant in, construed, (Nos. 552, 553,)

As to conflicting swamp and railroad grants in, (No. 556,)
Central Railroad, lands along pre-emptible, (No. 565,)
Construction of Swamp Act of 1857, as to lands in, (No. 589,)
IMPROVEMENTS,

On pre-emption to be made in reasonable time, (No. 470,)
Necessary to constitute town, (No. 496,)

514, 516

521

532

558

414

441

INDIANS,

Half-breed having tribal relations, cannot pre-empt, (No. 493,)
Bounty land laws extended to, (No. 615,)
Land claims under treaties with, (TITLE II.,)

432

599

623

Intercourse act with,

623

Chippewa, persons residing on lands of, at date of treaty, (Nos. 643, 645,) 631, 632
Shawnees in Kansas, lands of, when subject to pre-emption settlement,

(No. 644,)

Classification of reserves, (No. 646,)

Reserves in Kansas, as to patents for, (No. 649,)

As to those occupying lands in Lake Pepin reserve, (No. 650,)
Lands, compensation of officers for sale of, how adjusted, (No. 395,)
Lands, inhabitancy no bar to pre-emption, (No. 477, 482,)
Lands in Kansas, as to conveyance of, (No. 651,)

INDIAN TITLES, Cost of extinguishing, (No. 694,)

INHABITANCY AND SETTLEMENT,

To be connected, (No. 468,)

Before Indian title is extinguished, not fatal to pre-emption, (Nos. 477,
482,)

Actual by pre-emption, claimant to be shown, (No. 483,)

420, 423

424

Of land before survey will create no disability of pre-emption, (No. 485,) 425
Unmarried claimant not excused from, (No. 489,)

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT SELECTIONS,

429

IOWA,

Des Moines River grant in, opinion as to, (No. 546,)
Railroad grants in, construed, (No. 551,)

As to terminating railroad lines in, (No. 559,)

Not entitled to five per cent. on warrant locations, (No. 697,)

500, 501

507

555, 568

J.

JOINT ENTRY,

When permitted in Minnesota, (Nos. 430, 431,)

KANSAS,

K.

School lands in, not granted, (No. 541,)

Shawnee lands in, when subject to pre-emption, (No. 644,)

387

498

632

636

638

728

LAKE PEPIN RESERVE, as to pre-emption claims in, (Nos. 647, 648, 650,). 634,

LOCATION, continued.

Of warrants in payment for pre-emption claims, not assignable, (Nos. 616,
628, 634,).

under Act of 1854, cannot be made on settled land, (No. 635,)
invalid, confers no right on prior settler, (No. 635,)

LOUISIANA, swamp grants in, considered, (No. 583,) .

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607, 616, 620

620

620

554

Route must be part of lateral system, (No. 510,)

Rights will not attach before extinguishment of Indian title, (No. 511,)
Not valid unless on route to the Pacific, (No. 512,)
Certain entries to be confirmed, (No. 527,)

of suspended, (No. 530,)

MAISON ROUGE PRE-EMPTIONS,

No declaratory statement required, (No. 429,)

Purchaser under D. W. Coxe, entitled without payment to, (No. 433,)
Attorney-General's opinion in case of Faust v. Rust, (No. 501,)
Decision in foregoing case, (No. 505,)

MAYOR, may enter town site claims, (No. 491,)

MEXICAN GRANTS,

In California, as to location of conflicting Mexican grants, (No. 653,)
Boundaries of, (No. 655,)

Conflicting, confirmed by separate decrees, (No. 662,)

MICHIGAN, approval of route of railroad in by Governor, required, (No. 567,)

MILITARY BOUNTY LAND WARRANTS. (See WARRANTS.)

MILITARY Reservation at Rock Island, decision as to, (No. 698,)

690

Settlement on school lands to be made prior to survey, (No. 542,)
As to school land in Lake Pepin Reserve, (No. 543,)
certified location in, (No. 573,)

Lead and copper, in northwest, (No. 654,)

MINNESOTA,

Notices of pre-emption claims, when to be filed,

Where land claimed adversely cannot be divided, joint entry permitted,
(Nos. 430, 431,)

Pre-emption claimant in, not to deprive a contestant of a subdivision on
which he had no improvement, (No. 432,)

Pre-emption claimant not to file declaratory statement before approval of
plats, (No. 451,)

Settler on school lands entitled to relief, (No. 539,)

MINORS,

401

May amend declaratory statement when of age, (No. 453,)

MISSISSIPPI grant of land to Mobile and Ohio railroads, construed, (No. 553,) 516
MISSOURI, conflictions of railroad and swamp selections, (No. 555,) .

520

N.

NATURALIZATION LAWS, decision as to mother of pre-emption claimant,