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Lowlands Reclamation Act of 1902: Long title: An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands. Nicknames: National Reclamation Act of 1902: Enacted by: the 57th United States Congress: Effective: June 17, 1902 ...
New Forest (Sale of Lands for Public Purposes) Act 1902 (repealed) 2 Edw. 7. c. cxcviii. 31 July 1902.
The act guaranteed land for White settlers and "half-breed" Indian men to the Oregon territory. [16] This act followed the passing of the 1848 territorial organic act which allowed any white settler to claim a maximum of six hundred and forty acres. [17] The Land Donation Act, however, also acknowledged women's property rights due to Congress ...
The reclamation fund is a special fund established by the United States Congress under the Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended, for receipts from the sale of public lands and timber, proceeds from the Mineral Leasing Act, and certain other revenues.
Purchase of a Tract of Land at West Point. An Act to authorize the purchase of a tract of land for the use of the United States. Sess. 2, ch. 26 1 Stat. 129 (chapter 26) 23: July 16, 1790: Invalid Pensions. An Act further to provide for the Payment of the Invalid Pensioners of the United States. Sess. 2, ch. 27 1 Stat. 129 (chapter 27) 24: July ...
The Desert Land Act is a United States federal law ... of the arid and semiarid public lands within certain ... the help of the Reclamation Act of 1902.
Under the Treaty of Paris, the U.S. agreed to respect existing property rights. They introduced a Torrens title system to track ownership in 1902, and in 1903 passed the Public Lands Act which modeled the Homestead Acts of the United States, and allowed individuals to claim land on the basis of a five-year residency. Both of these systems ...
Instead, the United States Congress, influenced by agricultural interests that did not want competition from the Philippines, in the 1902 Land Act, set a limit of 16 hectares of land to be sold or leased to American individuals and 1,024 hectares to American corporations. [1]