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The act at first covered only 16 of the western states, as delineated by the 100th meridian, as Texas had no federal lands. [1] Texas was added later by a special act passed in 1906. [2] The act set aside money from sales of semi-arid public lands for the construction and maintenance of irrigation projects. The newly irrigated land would be ...
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 ...
An Act to enable the Great Central Railway Company to make new railways and other works and to acquire additional lands to extend the time for the compulsory purchase of certain lands and for the completion of certain railways of the Company the Company and the Great Western Railway Company the North Wales and Liverpool Railway Committee the ...
The Land Act of 1820 (ch. 51, 3 Stat. 566), enacted April 24, 1820, is the United States federal law that ended the ability to purchase the United States' public domain lands on a credit or installment system over four years, as previously established. The new law became effective July 1, 1820 and required full payment at the time of purchase ...
An Order-in-Council for government of the British Central Africa Protectorate issued in 1902 declared that all rights related to Crown lands were vested in the commissioner, and it empowered him to dispose of any such land. Crown lands were defined as all public lands in the Protectorate under the control of the Crown through any treaty or ...
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 ...
The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs leasing of public lands for developing deposits of coal, petroleum, natural gas and other hydrocarbons, in addition to phosphates, sodium, sulfur, and potassium in the United States.
The act was enacted into law on July 1, 1902, and the Philippine Commission executed its provisions. [4] A census was conducted in 1903, and published on March 25, 1905. [ 4 ] The Philippine Assembly elections of 1907 were held on July 30, 1907, for 80 seats, and on October 16, 1907, the 1st Philippine Legislature was inaugurated at the Manila ...