...Washington Terfor cultivation, and which have not been offered at public sale ac- "ie^Fe^Rep cording to law, may be sold to citizens of the United States, or per- 477. sons who have declared their intention to become such, in quantities 21 Fed. Rep., 285. not...

...military, Indian, or other reservations of the United States, valuable chiefly for timber, but unlit for cultivation, and which have not been offered at...exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one person or associations of persons, at the minimum price of two dollars and fifty cents per acre; the lands valuable...

...Stat. 8JJ, c. 151. Section 1 of this act provides : " That surveyed public lands . . . valuable chiefly for timber, but unfit for cultivation, and which have...offered at public sale according to law may be sold . . . in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one ... at the minimum price of...

...to offer at public auction, (to the highest bidder, at a price not less than that fixed by law and in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one purchaser), in the order in which they appear on said list, on a day and at an hour which will be specified...

...for cultivation, and which have not been offered at public sale according to law may be sold . . . in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one ... at the minimum price of two dollars and Statement of the Case. fifty cents per acre ; and lands...

...military, Indian, or other reservations of the I nited States, valuable chiefly for timber, but unlit for cultivation, and which have not been offered at...sold to citizens of the United States, or persons who h;ive declared their intention to become such, in quantities not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres...

...Section 2319, confines the right of exploration, purchase, and occupation of unsurveyed mining lands to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become citizens, and that the question whether an alien can inherit an interest in a mining claim located...

...Section 2319, confines the right of exploration, purchase, and occupation of unsurveyed mining lands to citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become citizens, and that the question whether an alien can inherit an interest in a mining claim located...

...designates how one half section (320 acres) of such land can be obtained. UNDER THE DESERT LAND ACT. Citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become such, and who are also resident citizens of the State or Territory in which the land sought is situated,...

...supra, saying — A reasonable construction of tho statute would limit the application of the words "and which have not been offered at public sale according to law" to landa which at the date of the act belonged to the class of unoffered lands, as contradistinguished...