Alaska: Hearings Before the Committee on the Territories, House of Representatives, Sixty-seventh Congress, 1st Session, on H.R.5694. "To Provide for the Administration of National Property and Interests in the Territory of Alaska." |
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Page 323 - ... by him. When a landowner has one or more tenants, renters, croppers, or managers, the land operated by each is considered a farm.
Page 175 - To create a legislative assembly in the Territory of Alaska, to confer legislative power thereon and for other purposes.
Page 58 - That no merchandise shall be transported by water, or by land and water, on penalty of forfeiture thereof, between points in the United States, including Districts, Territories, and possessions thereof embraced within the coastwise laws, either directly or via a foreign port, or for any part of the transportation, in any other vessel than a vessel built in and documented under the laws of the United States...
Page 56 - Solicitor's request is accompanied by a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the memorandum will also show the file number, initials, and date of the Commissioner's letter.
Page 188 - An Act to provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, the establishment and maintenance of schools, and the care and support of insane persons in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes...
Page 124 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 13 - An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes...
Page 124 - ... among the Indian tribes in said section, with the improvements thereon erected by or for such societies, shall be continued in the occupancy of the several religious societies to which said missionary stations respectively belong until action by Congress. But nothing contained in this act shall be construed to put in force in said district the general land laws of the United States.
Page 198 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory, according to their choice, reserving their natural allegiance, may return to Russia within three years; but if they should prefer to remain in the ceded territory, they, with the exception of uncivilized native tribes, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion.
Page 323 - farm' for census purposes, is all the land which is directly farmed by one person, either by his own labor alone or with the assistance of members of his household or hired employees. The land operated by a partnership is likewise considered a farm. A 'farm...