6 CONTENTS. 



Lands — Continued. P age# 



General homestead laws 41 



Miscellaneous provisions 46 



Decisions „ 48 



Mining laws 53 



Salt deposits, building stone, oil, etc 59 



Decisions 60 



Coal-land laws 66 



Decisions 67 



Timber and stone laws 68 



Decisions 70 



Desert-land laws 72 



Decisions 75 



School lands — decisions '. 76 



Lieu selections 77 



Exchange of school lands 78 



Railroad-grant lands , 78 



Right-of-way laws 79 



Railroads and wagon roads 79 



Highways 79 



Grant of rights of way for railroads 79 



Ditches constructed by the United States 81 



Rights of way for irrigation 81 



Rights of way under sees. 2339, 2340 R. S 81 



Rights of way for power purposes 83 



Special legislation granting rights of way ;-; ! 84 



Decisions 85 



Indian allotments in National Forests 91 



Town sites 92 



Administrative sites 92 



Special-use permits — hotels, mineral springs, etc 93 



Decisions 93 



Cancellation of patents 94 



Decisions 94 



Opening to entry restored lands 95 



Silviculture 96 



Timber sales 96 



Export of timber 97 



Cutting and removal 97 



Sales of timber to settlers and farmers 97 



Timber sales in California 97 



Timber sales, Minnesota National Forest 97 



Free-use permits 97 



Free use of timber and stone. • 97 



Young trees furnished free, Nebraska National Forest 98 



Timber and stone for United States reclamation works 98 



Free use of earth, stone, and timber by Navy 98 



Export of pulp wood from Alaska 98 



Plants, trees, etc. , imported free 99 



Decisions 99 



Grazing 102 



Decisions 102 



