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Page 183 - As between grantor and grantee of any land, where there is no express agreement as to which shall pay the taxes that may be assessed thereon, if such land is conveyed between the first day of March...
Page 3 - I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form...
Page 201 - ... resided upon or cultivated the same for the term of five years immediately succeeding the time of filing the affidavit...
Page 81 - Tuthill, who lives near, and has made borings in over one-hundred different places to a depth of twenty or thirty feet, there is a very uniform supply and strength of brine. The water preserved for analysis was obtained by me by a boring made at random. It was found at four feet from the surface. The density, by the salometer, was 24° (6.6 Baume or specific gravity of 1.0421), with the thermometer at 60.°...
Page 200 - ... benefit; and that I have not, directly or indirectly, made any agreement or contract, in any way or manner, with any person or persons whomsoever, by which the title which I may acquire from the...
Page 196 - The east-and-west section lines, except those terminating in the west' boundary of the township, are to be within one hundred links of the actual distance established on the south boundary line of the township for the width of said tier of sections. 3. The north boundary and south boundary of any one section, except in the extreme western tier, are to be within one hundred links of equal length.
Page 201 - That the person applying for the benefit of this act shall, upon application to the register of the land office in which he or she is about to make such entry, make affidavit before the said register...
Page 82 - ... a boring made at random. It was found at four feet from the surface. The density, by the salometer, was 24° (6.6 Baume or specific gravity of 1.0421). with the thermometer at 60.° This should give a bushel of salt for one hundred and thirty gallons of the water (not counting impurities), which is three times the strength of the ocean. It was taken at our second visit, immediately after a heavy rain, which must have diluted the brine. Hay inspected this marsh about 25 years later and found that...
Page 195 - Whenever bearing trees are not found, MOUNDS of earth, or stone, are to be raised around posts on which the corners are to be marked in the manner aforesaid. Wherever a mound of earth is adopted, the same...
Page 197 - CC" (567) Field Books* There should be several distinct and separate field-books ; viz. : " 1. Field-notes of the MERIDIAN and BASE lines, showing the establishment of the township, section or mile, and quarter-section or half-mile, boundary, corners thereon ; with the crossings of streams, ravines, hills, and mountains ; character of soil, timber, minerals, &c. These notes will be arranged, in series, by mile stations, from number one to number . 2. Field-notes of the ' STANDARD PARALLELS, or correction...