...one section, by conducting water upon the same, within three years from date, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1877, entitled...reclaim does not exceed one section, and is situated in — - county, in the - land district, and is described as follows, to wit : the - of section No. -...

...reference is made to said decision for a statement of the facts in the case. m The act of March 3, 1877 " to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories" (19 Stat. 377), allows a party who has tiled his declaration of intention to reclaim a tract of desert...

...Receivers. Approved by Secretary VlLAS, January I, 1889. DESERT LANDS. The first section of the Act of March 3, 1877, entitled "An act to provide for the...of desert lands in certain States and Territories," provides for the reclamation of such- lands by "conducting water upon the same." The second section...

...an act of Congress dated March third, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories," or under any other act of Congress, and now have lights or titles which are legal and binding on the...

...as oí 001 oí! f гч„' local application only ~/4- м. V' Ы8-> Semines s Case. CHAP. 107.— An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories.(l) _ March 3, 1877. 19 Stat. L., 377. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be lawful for...

...4 of the act of June 3, 1878, which we have quoted, applicable to the state of Colorado. The act of March 3, 1877, entitled "An act to provide for the...of desert lands in certain states and territories" (19 Stat. 377, c. 107), contains three sections. By the second section of the act of March 3, 1891...

...with each of the States in which there may be situated desert lands as denned by the act entitled 'An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories,' approved March 3d, 1877, and the act amendatory thereof, approved March 3d, 1891, binding the United...

...as required by law, and further that said land is not desert land within the meaning of section 2 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1877, entitled,...Desert lands in certain States and Territories." The object of the filing of said affidavit was stated to be that said affiants might make homestead entries...

...as required by law, and further that said land is not desert land within the meaning of section 2 of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1877, entitled, "An act to provide for the sale of Desert lauds in certain States and Territories." The object of the filing of said affidavit was stated to...

...doubtful; as, a declaratory statute, by several recent enactments. On March 3rd, 1877, Congress passed "An Act to provide for the sale of Desert Lands in certain States and Territories," which provided as follows: " Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be lawful for any citizen of the United...