Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying Documents]., Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 |
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... roads , and canals . Located with college scrip Acres . 756,619.61 476,760 1,788,043.49 1,066,450.15 533,168.52 2,420,072 73 7,041,114.50 This quantity exceeds that disposed of during the previous year by 2,411,800 acres . The cash ...
... roads , and canals . Located with college scrip Acres . 756,619.61 476,760 1,788,043.49 1,066,450.15 533,168.52 2,420,072 73 7,041,114.50 This quantity exceeds that disposed of during the previous year by 2,411,800 acres . The cash ...
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... road to a point twenty - three miles west of the one hundredth meridian of longitude , being two hundred and seventy miles west from the ini- tial point near Omaha . Since then you have accepted two hundred and twenty miles , and the ...
... road to a point twenty - three miles west of the one hundredth meridian of longitude , being two hundred and seventy miles west from the ini- tial point near Omaha . Since then you have accepted two hundred and twenty miles , and the ...
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... road crosses the three ranges formed by the Black Hills , the Medicine Bow mountains or their continuations , the Rattlesnake hills , and the water shed proper . The altitude above tide - water of the points where it strikes them ...
... road crosses the three ranges formed by the Black Hills , the Medicine Bow mountains or their continuations , the Rattlesnake hills , and the water shed proper . The altitude above tide - water of the points where it strikes them ...
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... road . Upon a consideration of the report and the maps accompanying it , you con- curred in the recommendation of the department , and ordered that the point so described should be considered , in the administration of the acts of ...
... road . Upon a consideration of the report and the maps accompanying it , you con- curred in the recommendation of the department , and ordered that the point so described should be considered , in the administration of the acts of ...
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... road on the 1st of July , 1867 , was in operation to Julesburg , 377 miles , and receipts from all sources amounted to .... And expenses to .... Leaving the net earnings .... 658 , 880 54 356 , 314 75 The receipts of the road from ...
... road on the 1st of July , 1867 , was in operation to Julesburg , 377 miles , and receipts from all sources amounted to .... And expenses to .... Leaving the net earnings .... 658 , 880 54 356 , 314 75 The receipts of the road from ...
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Page 47 - Education is here placed among the articles of public care, not that it would be proposed to take its ordinary branches out of the hands of private enterprise, which manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal; but a public institution can alone supply those sciences which though rarely called for are yet necessary to complete the circle, all the parts of which contribute to the improvement of the country and some of them to its preservation.
Page 59 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 47 - ... universities, academies, and every institution for propagating knowledge, virtue, and religion, among all classes of the people, not only for their benign influence on the happiness of life in all its stages and classes, and of society in all its forms,' but as the only means of preserving our constitution from its natural enemies, the spirit of sophistry, the spirit of party, the spirit of intrigue, the profligacy of corruption, and the pestilence of foreign influence, which is the angel of...
Page 59 - The question is well settled at common law, that the person whose land is bounded by a stream of water which changes its course gradually by alluvial formations, shall still hold by the same boundary, including the accumulated soil. No other rule can be applied on just principles. Every proprietor whose land is thus bounded is subject to loss by the same means which may add to his territory; and, as he is without remedy for his loss in this way, he cannot be held accountable for his gain.
Page 56 - Com^ pany," a company organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Michigan, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a ship canal, to connect the waters of Lake Superior, with the lake known as Lac La Belle...
Page 69 - Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which abridge distance have done most for the civilization of our species. Every improvement of the means of locomotion benefits mankind morally and intellectually as well as materially, and not only facilitates the interchange of the various productions of nature and...
Page 47 - ... to discriminate the spirit of liberty from that of licentiousness, cherishing the first, avoiding the last, and uniting a speedy but temperate vigilance against encroachments, with an inviolable respect to the laws.
Page 47 - Such an institution, though local in its legal character, would be universal in its beneficial effects. By enlightening the opinions, by expanding the patriotism, and by assimilating the principles, the sentiments, and the manners of those who might resort to this temple of science, to be redistributed in due time through every part of the community, sources of jealousy and prejudice would be diminished, the features of national character would be multiplied, and greater extent given to social harmony....
Page 44 - States, of the five-year residence in the country, one year of which must be within the State or territory where the court is held, and that during the...
Page 407 - That instruction in artificial speech and lip reading be entered upon at as early a day as possible ; that all pupils in our primary department be afforded opportunities of engaging in this until it plainly appears that success is unlikely to crown their efforts ; that with those who evince facility in oral exercises, instruction shall be continued during their entire residence in the institution.