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Coal deposits, development not trespass, decision . 68 



disposal in development of other mines, decisions 68 



lands, entry as agricultural lands, statutes, list 67 



mineral lands, decision 67 



persons disqualified, decision 68 



preemption, etc., requirements (R. S., 2347, 2348, 2349, 2350, 



2351) 66 



prospecting tunnels not improvements, decision 68 



National Forests, use by nonowners prohibited, decision 67 



Colorado, forest reserves changes, control (34 Stat. L., 1256) 9 



increase forbidden (36 Stat. L., 847) 22 



general land laws 74 



Colorado Springs water supply ... _ 16 



Commerce and Labor, Secretary, administration of employees' compensation 



act (35 Stat. L., 556) 25 



Commutation, homestead claims 44, 47, 50 



Compensation for injuries (35 Stat. 556; 37 Stat. 74) 25 



Compromise of claims 121 



Concealed weapons, permission to carry 29 



Condemnation of private lands for highways, railroads, etc. (18 Stat. L., 482). . 80 



Congress, act necessary to change forest reserves (34 Stat. L., 1256) 9 



enactments affecting particular National Forests 15 



Congressmen, members of Forest Reservation Commission 18 



Contests, claim, preference rights^ 47 



homestead claims, decisions : 48 



Contracts, timber-sale, abandoned, disposal of timber, and refund 99 



decisions applicable 99 



modification by Government officials 99 



Contributions, cooperative, for research, improvements, and protection to con- 

 stitute a special fund (38 Stat. L., 415) 119 



Cooperation, enforcement of fire protection, fish and game la^s (35 Stat. L., 251) 



Secretary of Agriculture with State authorities 24 



State, for protection of watersheds of navigable streams, enabling 



act, 1911 (36 Stat. L., 961) 17 



with State road systems (37 Stat. L., 828) 28 



Cooperative contributions for research, improvements, and protection to con- 

 stitute a special fund (38 Stat. L., 415) 119 



Corporations, acquisition of coal lands by individual stockholders, decision. . . 68 



Costs, prosecution of forest officers by outsiders, decision 122 



Creation of National Forests 9 



Creditors' claim, exemption of employees' compensation for injuries (35 Stat. 



L.,556) 25 



Crystalline deposits, entry under mineral law, decision 62 



Cultivation, homestead entries, requirements, decisions 50 



homesteads, requirements (37 Stat. L., 123) 45 



Damages, see " Trespasses, decisions " 113 



Death, accidental, of employee, affidavit (35 Stat. L., 556) 25 



Decisions, coal-land 67 



desert-land 75 



fiscal management, appropriations and refunds 122 



homestead 48 



mineral springs 93 



mining 60 



operation 29 



rights of way 85 



school land 76 



timber and stone land 70 



cutting, rights on public lands 104 



sale contracts 99 



trespass cases Ill 



Declaratory statements, abandoned, disqualifies for new entry of coal lands, 



decision 68 



Deficiency appropriation act, 1899, authority of Secretary of Interior [Agricul- 

 ture] to approve right of way for highways, extract 79 



Defiles, joint use by railroads, highways, etc., (18 Stat. L., 482) 80 



