Forging deed. power of attor ney, &c. Having forged sion. public record, affidavit, or other writing, for the purpose of defrauding the United States, or utters or publishes as true any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bid, proposal, guarantee, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing, for such purpose, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited or transmits to or presents at the office of any officer of the United States any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bid, proposal, guarantee, official bond, public record, affidavit, or other writing, knowing the same to be false, forged, altered, or counterfeited, for such purpose, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for a period not more than ten years, or be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment. 14 Stat. 12; R. S. 5418. SEC. 482. Every person who falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits; or causes or procures to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or willingly aids or assists in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, any deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, or other writing, for the purpose of obtaining or receiving, or of enabling any other person, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or receive from the United States, or any of their officers or agents, any sum of money; or who utters or publishes as true, or causes to be uttered or published as true, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, or other writing, with intent to defraud the United States, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or who transmits to, or presents at, or causes or procures to be transmitted to, or presented at, any office or officer of the Government of the United States, any deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, or other writing, in support of, or in relation to, any account or claim, with intent to defraud the United States, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for a period of not less than one year nor more than ten years; or shall be imprisoned not more than five years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars. 3 Stat. 771; R. S. 5421. SEC. 483. Every person who, knowingly and with intent papers in posses to defraud the United States, has in his possession any false, altered, forged, or counterfeited deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, or other writing, for the purpose of enabling another to obtain from the United States, or any of their officers or agents, any sum of money, shall be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court. Dispossessed occupants of land 3 Stat. 772; R. S. 5422. SEC. 484. When an occupant of land, having color of title, to have remedies in good faith has made valuable improvements thereon, and in certain cases. is, in the proper action, found not to be the rightful owner thereof, such occupant shall be entitled in the Federal counts to all the rights and remedies, and, upon instituting the proper proceedings, such relief as may be given or secured to him by the statutes of the State or Territory where the land lies, although the title of the plaintiff in the action may have been granted by the United States after said improvements were so made. 18 Stat. 50. other railroads SEC. 485. Any railroad company now or hereafter incor- Connection of porated under any law of the United States, or of any State, with Union Pa which has been or may be organized by an act of Congress, cific, &c. may connect its road with the Union Pacific Railroad, or any of its branches. 12 Stat. 496; 18 id. 112; R. S. 5257. munication. SEC. 486. Every railroad company in the United States, Inter-state comwhose road is operated by steam, its successors and assigns, is hereby authorized to carry upon and over its road, boats, bridges, and ferries, all passengers, troops, Government supplies, mails, freight, and property on their way from any State to another State, and to receive compensation therefor, and to connect with roads of other States so as to form continuous lines for the transportation of the same to the place of destination. But this section shall not affect any stipulation between the Government of the United States and any railroad company for transportation or fares without compensation, nor impair or change the conditions imposed by the terms of any act granting lands to any such company to aid in the construction of its road, nor shall it be construed to authorize any railroad company to build any new road or connection with any other road without authority from the State in which such railroad or connection may be proposed. And Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this section. 14 Stat. 66; R. S. 5258. Compensation of directors, &c., appointed by the United States. SEC. 487. Whenever, in any grant of land or other subsidies, made or hereafter to be made, to railroads or other corporations, the United States has reserved the right, or shall reserve it, to appoint directors, engineers, commissioners, or other agents to examine the roads, or act in conjunction with other officers of such company or companies, all the costs, charges, and pay of such directors, engineers, commissioners, or agents shall be paid by the respective companies. Such directors, engineers, commissioners, or agents shall be paid for such services the sum of ten dollars per day, for each and every day actually and necessarily employed, and ten cents per mile for each and every mile actually and necessarily traveled, in discharging the duties required of them, which per diem and mileage shall be in full compensation for such services. In case any company shall refuse or neglect to make such payments, no more patents lands, when withfor lands or other subsidies shall be issued to such company held. until these requirements are complied with. 14 Stat. 299; R. S. 5259. Patents for INDEX. SUBJECT. Section. Page. BOUNTY-LAND WARRANTS AND SCRIP. Bounty lands for soldiers in certain wars... 307 114 Certain classes of persons in the Mexican war, their widows, &c., entitled to forty acres.. What classes of persons entitled under section 314 without regard to length of service. Former evidence of right to bounty land to be received in certain cases. Allowance of time of service for distance from home to place of muster or discharge. Former evidence of right to a pension to be received in certain cases on application for Death of claimant after establishing right, and before issuing of warrant. Warrants located on double-minimum lands; excess paid in cash... Sales, mortgages, letters of attorney, &c., made before issue of warrant, to be void. Certificates of location or scrip to issue in satisfaction of confirmed private land claims Issuance and location of judicial scrip in lieu of confirmed private land claims. Certain lands located in good faith by claims arising under treaty of September 30, 1854, Scrip may be issued to owners of military land-warrants, issued by the United States in Secretary of the Interior may, upon proof, issue scrip in satisfaction of certain outstand- 351 127 DESERT LANDS. Desert lands may be purchased. Declaration. Right to use water. Water on public Navigable rivers public highways. Banks of streams not navigable, how held If lands granted for right of way are not used, &c., to revert to the Government Vested rights to use of water for mining, &c.; right of way for canals. Patents, pre-emptions, and homesteads, subject to vested and accrued water-rights.. SUBJECT. Section. Page. EASEMENTS-Continued. Right of way, materials, station-grounds, &c., granted to railroads 448 170 Rights of several railroads through cañon, pass, or defile. Crossing at grade. Wagon- 449 170 Private lands and possessory claims, how condemned 450 170 Profile of road claiming benefits, when to be filed. Disposal of lands subject to right of Timber lands to be patented subject to accrued right of way and water-rights Commissioner to make plats and furnish information when required by the President or Fees for exemplified copies of records and patents Entry of lands in States where there are no land offices Commissioner to perform duties of surveyor-general when surveying district is discon- Appeals from decisions of district land officers and Commissioner in pre-emption contests. Commissioner has power to regulate costs of survey and publication in mineral cases Commissioner to fix maximum price of reservations restored to market. Commissioner authorized to allow erroneous description in entries to be corrected Commissioner shall fix the price of public surveys and instruct surveyor-general how to Commissioner shall issue instructions for surveys under deposit system in Oregon Commissioner shall prescribe regulations and terms for geodetic surveys in Oregon and Commissioner may allow compensation by the day for surveys in Oregon and California Commissioner shall cause bounty land warrants to be located free of expense.. Commissioner may order certain lands into market without Presidential proclamation. Commissioner may make regulations for execution of public land laws. Commissioner to perform duties of recorder of land titles for Missouri. Commissioner shall issue patents for public lands and private land claims Commissioner to issue patents on claims heretofore confirmed Fee-simple to pass in all grants of land to States and Territories where lands are of Officers, clerks, and employés of General Land Office not to be interested in purchase of 13 10 10 10 12 12 13 31 6667 9 Grant to new States Selections and locations of lands granted in last section 352 129 353 130 Grant of swamp and overflowed lands to certain States to aid in construction of levees, &c. 354 130 |