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Show [17] ITEM 4 4-199. DESERT LANDS.-ACTS OF MARCH 3, 1877, AND MARCH 3, 1891. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, No. 1253 Los Angeles, Cal. Sept. 25, 1900 It is hereby certified that under the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 3, 1877, entitled "An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories." as amended by the act approved March 3, 1891, John M. Reuck, of Los Angeles, Cal., has this day filed in this office his declaration of intention to reclaim the following-described tract of land, viz: E y2 of NW YA, NE yA Sec. 19, W y2 of NW yA Sec. 20, T 15 S, R 14 E, SBM, 320 acs that he has filed evidence to show that the said tract of land is desert land as defined in the second section of said act, and that he has paid to the receiver the sum of Eighty dollars, being at the rate of twenty-five cents per acre for the land above described. /s/ A. J. Crookshank Register. /s/ Arthur W. Kinney Receiver. $80.00 Certain proof must be made each year for three years, and within four years from the date of this certificate, final proof and payment are, by law, required to be made. Notice of intention to make final proof must be filed by the claimant with the register and published in a newspaper designated by him for a period of thirty days or in six consecutive issues of said paper-which notice must also contain the names of the witnesses by whom the necessary facts will be established. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |