Where timber unlawfully cut is seized and subsequently released to the trespasser on payment of its value and his agreement to clean up the cut-over area, the transaction amounts to a sale on condition subsequent, and on his failure to perform the condition the money, less damages caused by the breach, may be refunded under the act of March 4, 1907, and the trespassers be held liable for the trespass. (1 Sol. Op., 355.) The amended refund provision contained in the act of March 4, 1911, being clearly remedial in character, is retrospective in its operation. (2 Sol. Op., 685; Comp. Dec., Dec. 27, 1911.) Moneys erroneously collected on account of a special-use permit to occupy lands listed under the act of June 11, 1906, could not be refunded under the act of March 4, 1907 (34 Stat., 1256), but may be under the retroactive amendment contained in the appropriation act of March 4, 1911. (2 Sol. Op., 685; Comp. Dec., Dec. 27, 1911.) Where by mistake the amount agreed upon in settlement of a trespass by boxing for turpentine is twice paid, the excess payment may be refunded under the amending provision contained in the appropriation act of March 4, 1911, as "money erroneously collected for the use of any lands." (Case of C. J. Conger, Comp. Dec., Dec. 27, 1911.) Moneys collected for a trespass in cutting timber from an unperfected homestead claim can not be refunded under the amending act merely because final proof has since been made and final certificate issued. If the cutting was in fact illegal when done, the subsequent proof and issuance of certificate does not satisfy the statutory requirement that the act be "subsequently found to have been legal and proper." (Case of Haney, Comp. Dec., Dec. 27, 1911.) Where it is found that money has been collected in excess of the sum properly assessable for cutting timber on National Forest land, the excess may be refunded as "erroneously collected for the use of any lands." (Case of Lopez, Comp. Dec., Dec. 27, 1911.) Money collected under a timber-sale contract for timber supposed to have been cut from National Forest land, but afterwards found to have been cut from private land, may be refunded to the owner of the land under the amending act. (2 Sol. Op., 743.) No refund can be made to a special-use pasture permittee for deprivation of use by a mere trespasser who removes his fence and grazes part of the land. (1 Sol. Op., 662.) Unliquidated damages due on account of a trespass can not be set off against moneys in the hands of the Government which should be refunded under the act of March 4, 1907. (2 Sol. Op., 355.) INDEX. Abandoned timber-sale contracts, disposal of timber, and refund...... Absence leaves, employees (35 Stat. L., 251).. homestead entryman. Accidents, employees' injuries, report (35 Stat. L., 556). Acreage, homestead limitation Administration, forest provisions of sundry civil act, 1907 (30 Stat. L., 11). Advertisement, timber sale, requirements (30 Stat. L., 11). Advertisements, authorization, decision... Affidavit of settlement, forest-reserve lands, perjury decision. Affidavits, death or injury of employee by accident (35 Stat. L., 556). Agents, special, procedure in land-claim cases, instructions for (39 L. D., 458).. 1907, extracts (34 Stat. L., 1256). Page. 61 78 15 24, 27 15 23, 26 6-8 58-59 7 79 75 16 18-19 60, 76 5, 17, 60, 76 entry of coal lands, statutes, list.. 75 16, 54, 76-77 17, 32, 60, 61, 76, 77-79 43 6 11 30-32 5 20-21 59 56 41 forest reserve, restoration to homestead use (36 Stat. L, 961).. partment (33 Stat. L., 628).... Secretary, and Secretary of the Interior, joint circular on claims to lands in National Forests (39 L. D., 374).. appraisal and sale of timber (31 Stat. L., 661). mineral waters on National Forests, decision. cooperation with county commissioners.. estimates to Secretary of Treasury (36 Stat. L., 416). limitations of authority.... member of Forest Reservation Commission purchase of lands for forest reserve (36 Stat. L., 961).... status after amendment of 1904, decision. homestead laws extended.. mineral springs, status, decision. mining laws, list of statutes.. power permits, decision.... pulp wood and wood pulp, exportation (33 Stat. L., 628). rights of way, reference... Ancient monument or structure, removal prohibited. Antiquities, American, preservation, act, 1906, extracts (34 Stat. L., 225) Page. 46 Application for purchase of timber and stone lands, personal examination 5, 6, 25 Appropriations, Forest Service, general expenses, 1912, act (37 Stat. L., 269).. 77-79 Arrests, duty of forest officers... expenses of officers, payment, decisions.. Arizona, desert-land laws.. school lands, status, decision.. Assignments of land entries, restrictions (35 Stat. L., 52).. Automobile privately owned by forest officer, payment for use, decision.. Bathroom fixtures, installation at ranger stations, expense liability, decision.. 14 18 79,80 46-49 50 48 80 67 Black Hills National Forest, dead and insect-infested timber, exportation homestead entries, references. timber-use restrictions.. 9,27 60, 77 17 56 64 forest reserves changes, control (act Aug. 24, 1912). Blue prints, forest reserve, sale (34 Stat. L., 1256).. Bond, security, railroad rights of way, decision.. Brush, disposal, after felling timber on mineral lands.. Building stone. See Stone. Buildings, forest reserves, construction, appropriation, 1912 (37 Stat. L., 269).. 77, 78 Bull Run National Forest, trespass, penalties............. Cabins, ranger, enlargement, cost limit, and sale, discussions.. California, counties excepted in listing agricultural forest lands.. cost limitation (36 Stat. L., 1235). 16, 17 17 16-17 9,67 17 30, 32 increase forbidden (36 Stat. L., 847). rights of way through National parks, for public uses, permissive 53-54 timber sales, forest reserves (34 Stat. L., 669) Canal, damage to settler on public domain (R. S., 2339) Canceled entries, National Forests, validating (36 Stat. L., 1084) Central Pacific Railway, title to odd sections without issuance of patent, deci- Certificate, homestead entry, regulations. 22, 24 physician's, requirement in compensation for injury (35 Stat. L., Churches, maintenance on forest reserve, permission (30 Stat. L., 11). procedure (39 L. D., 374, 436, 446, 458).. See also Mining. Children, employees', compensation for loss (35 Stat. L., 556). infant, homestead claims (R. S., 2292)... Claims, land, National Forests joint circular order (39 L. D., 374). mining, description, conformity to patented claims, etc. (R. S., 2327). limitation of area (R. Š., 2320, 2322).. placer, procedure for obtaining patent (R. S., 2329). postal, exemption from compromise provision (R. S., 3469). United States, compromise (R. S., 3469)...... Clay deposits, entry under mining laws, decisions.. 22 60 52 53 53 8 20-21 18-21 35 33-34 35-36 77 77 40 INDEX. Coal deposits, development not trespass, decision.... mineral lands, decision.. persons disqualified, decision. preemption, etc., requirements (R. S., 2347, 2348, 2349, 2350, prospecting tunnels not improvements, decision. National Forests, use by nonowners prohibited, decision. Colorado, forest reserves changes, control (34 Stat. L., 1256). 23, 24, 27, 29, 31 18 Commerce and Labor, Secretary, administration of employees' compensation increase forbidden (36 Stat. L., 847). general land laws.. act (35 Stat. L., 556). . Commutation, homestead claims. Concealed weapons, permission to carry.. Condemnation of private lands for highways, railroads, etc. (18 Stat. L., 482).. 51-52 Congressmen, members of Forest Reservation Commission. Contests, claim, preference rights. homestead claims, decisions. Contracts, timber-sale, abandoned, disposal of timber, and refund. decisions applicable..... modification by Government officials.. Contributions, cooperative, to constitute a special fund (34 Stat. L., 669). State, for protection of watersheds of navigable streams, enabling with State road systems (37 Stat. L., 269). Cooperative contributions to constitute a special fund (34 Stat. L., 669). Corporations, acquisition of coal lands by individual stockholders, decision.. Creditors' claim, exemption of employees' compensation for injuries (35 Stat. Crystalline deposits, entry under mineral law, decision. Death, accidental, of employee, affidavit (35 Stat. L., 556). cutting, rights on public lands. sale contracts. trespass cases Declaratory statements, abandoned, disqualifies for new entry of coal lands, 43 Deficiency appropriation act, 1899, authority of Secretary of Interior [Agricul- 51 Defiles, joint use by railroads, highways, etc. (18 Stat. L., 482). 51 Depredations, forest, regulations for prevention (30 Stat. L., 11). Dennett, Fred, Commissioner, General Land Office, instructions on claims (39 18-19 6 Desert land, definition (19 Stat. L., 377)... entries restricted to surveyed lands (35 Stat. L., 52). 47 48 under former acts, preservation of rights (26 Stat. L., 1095). 47-48 26 Desert land law, States in which effective (19 Stat. L., 377) purchase, requirements (19 Stat. L., 377). lands, definition, decisions.... limitation of area for entry (26 Stat. L., 1095). second entries, list of statutes.. Discovery, mining claim, requirements for entry, decisions. District attorney, duty to prosecute fencing-act violations (23 Stat. L., 321). in National Forest.. Ditches, irrigation, damage to other settler on public domain (R. S., sec. 2339). Electric power plants, rights of way (29 Stat. L., 120).. rights of way, decisions.. transmission lines, National reservations, easements of rights of way, Embezzlement, United States property, penalty. Emergency sales, provisions for (30 Stat. L., 11). Employee, Agriculture Department, compensation refused. compensation for injury, determination of amount (35 Stat. L., 556). Employees' compensation act, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 556). for injuries, beneficiaries (35 Stat. L., 556). leaves of absence (35 Stat. Î.., 251)... Entries by individuals for benefit of corporation, case. Entrymen, desert land, citizenship requirements (26 Stat. L., 1095). Indian allotments, qualifications (36 Stat. L., 855). preference rights to desert lands, conditions (35 Stat. L., 52). Stat. L., 556). See also under subject of Exemption. Exploration, antiquities, reports to Smithsonian Institution, rule. ruins, etc., permits..... unauthorized, arrests by agents of Secretaries. Farmers, sale of dead and down timber at cost authorized (37 Stat. L., 269). Fences, sale. Fencing act, 1885 (23 Stat. L., 321). violation, penalties (23 Stat. L., 321). unlawful, public lands, laws governing (23 Stat. L., 321). Field expenses, appropriations, 1912... parties fighting fires, payments (34 Stat. L., 251). Page. 47 46-47 46-47 49 48 49 38-48 78 66 57 6 52 53 57 54 68 7 18 16 15-16 16 15-16 15 45-46 48 28 58 48 75 13 45 16 13 13 14 60 23 17 65-67 66 65-67 77-79 76 27 Final proof, notices, homestead entries, reference.. Fire fighting, appropriations and decisions (35 Stat. L., 251; 37 Stat. L., 269). 76, 78, 80 provisions for forest reserves by Interior Secretary (30 Stat. L., trespass regulations (30 Stat. L., 11). trespass, criminal code, 1909, extract (36 Stat. L., 1088, 1098, 1099) public domain, penalties, disposition of fines, etc. (36 Stat. L., Fiscal management, provisions.. Fish laws, State, application on forest reserve. protection, cooperation for (35 Stat. L., 251)... |