INDEX. 139 



Page. 



Placer claims, conformity to surveys, etc. (R. S. , 2331) 56 



location, right of investigation by Land Department, decision. . 63 



patents, procedure for obtaining (R. S. , 2329) 56 



subdivisions, limitation of area, etc. (R. S., 2329, 2330, 2331). . . 56 



Plants, trees, etc., imports, free (36 Stat. L., 11) 99 



Poll road tax 29 



Power permit on land withdrawn by the President, decision 90 



mining claim 60 



plants, right of way (29 Stat. L., 120) 83 



sites, withdrawal for lieu selections, decision 77 



from railroad rights of way, decision 87 



President, authority for preservation of American antiquities (34 Stat. L., 225). 23 



to defeat selection of school lands by State, decision 77 



destroy unlawful inclosures on public lands (23 Stat. 



L. , 321) 106 



make withdrawals of public lands (36 Stat. L. , 847) . 22 



order reserving lands for forests, effect on purchase, decision 70 



power to change Executive orders on National Forests (30 Stat. L., 



11) .---.---. 9 



Prisoners' support, appropriation liable for, decisions 122 



Proof, desert-land entries, extension of time, conditions (35 Stat. L., 52) 74 



irrigation requirements, decision 75 



failure to submit at fixed time, decision 75 



land entries, extension of time limit by Secretary of Interior 75 



Property, forest reserve, legal provisions affecting 27-29 



Government, sale 28 



lost, damaged or destroyed 28 



public, malicious destruction, penalty 107 



Prosecution, duty of forest officer, limitation 29 



Prospecting, limitations (30 Stat. L., 11) 11 



Protest, definition in land claims 52 



Pulp wood, exportation from Alaska (33 Stat. L., 628) 98 



Purchase of timber and stone lands, individual examination required, decision. 71 



tree seed 121 



Purchaser of land, right of domain and alienation, decision 71 



Race, no distinction in homestead claims (R. S., 2302) 44 



Railroad lands, timber cutting, rights, decisions 113 



right of way, decisions 87 



status on National Forest 87 



Railroad-grant lands, decisions 78 



within primary limit not part of National Forests, decision . 78 



Railroads, construction necessary to complete right of way, decisions 87 



right of way in Alaska (30 Stat. L., 409) 85 



power of Secretary of Interior (30 Stat. L., 1214) 79 



through public lands (18 Stat. L., 482) 79 



through National reservations, right of way (18 Stat. L., 482) 79 



time limits for completion (18 Stat. L., 482) * 80 



Railway-station sites, use of public lands (18 Stat. L., 482) 79 



Ranger stations, appropriations, 1915, limitations, etc. (38 Stat. L., 1086) 27 



illegal occupancy of 31 



upon homestead claims 28 



Rangers, forest, exemption from road service 29 



horses, mallein test, payment of cost 31 



Receipts, forest, 25 per cent to States and Territories (34 Stat. L., 251) 118 



Receivers, procedure in land-claim cases, instructions for 31 



Reclamation act, cultivation requirements excepted 45 



Service, free use of timber and stone, National Forests (33 Stat. L., 



706) 98 



Refund, abandoned timber-sale contract, decision 99, 124 



Refunds, decisions 124 



to cooperative contributors (34 Stat. L., 669) 120 



depositors using forest resources, etc. (34 Stat. L., 1256; 36 Stat. 



L., 1235) r 120 



Registers, procedure in land-claim cases, instructions for 31 



