...co-extensive with the authority of the commissioner, to adjudge, and it is well settled that either the commissioner of the general land office or the secretary of the interior may cancel a certifies)^ of entry, or a patent, whenever the same has been improperly issued. The land...

...House-of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases in which the commissioner of the general land office, or the Secretary of the Interior, has finally decided in favor of pre-emption settlers or the locators of Indian or half-breed scrip,...

...Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in alll cases in which the Commissioner of the General Land Office, or the Secretary of the Interior, has finally decided in favor of pre-emption settlers or the locators of Indian or half-breed scrip,...

...executed against his successor. The Secretary v. McGarrahan, 296. 2. Cannot be sustained to compel either the Commissioner of the General Land Office, or the Secretary of the Interior, to issue H patent in cases where the exercise of j udgment and discretion is necessary. /*. ; Litchfield,...

...rejected. That when a resurvey of a private land claim in California has been made under a decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office or the Secretary of the Interior rejecting a prior survey of the same ;*rant, the only objections to such resurvey that will be considered...

...and delivered to any party without the signature of the President, and no proceeding to compel either the commissioner of the general land office, or the secretary of the interior to issue such patent, can be sustained while that provision of law remains unrepealed." The Secretary...

...road, or any part thereof, and when made, and whether such changes have been recognized and approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, or the Secretary of the Interior ; and also a full statement of the number of acres of land patented to such company under the acts...

...country through which the road is to be constructed. When the general route of the road is thus fixed A, |.w 8x Ly lE OVO hOv쮻g Qv bWF J Eb3+ 7 H $ ! aj3 y' % s a map thereof with the commissioner of the general land office or the secretary of the interior, the...

...plaintiff in its grant, and it was entitled to others, as provided by law, in lieu thereof. The ruling of the commissioner of the general land office or the secretary of the interior did not determine any right of plaintiff to the land in dispute. The ruling of the land department...

...reference to all questions of fact arising in such proceeding, except as the same may b:> reversed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office or the Secretary of the Interior. [Ed. Note. — For cases In point, see Cent, Dig. vol. 41, Public Lands, §93.] 2. SAME— FRAUD—...