Coal Lands And Coal Land Laws Of The United States

Author : United States Congress House Com Lands
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ISBN 13 : 9781331016915
Total Pages : 252 pages
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Download or read book Coal Lands and Coal-Land Laws of the United States (Classic Reprint) written by United States Congress House Com Lands and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Coal Lands and Coal-Land Laws of the United States Mr. Mondell. You do not mean to say that in making a coal declaratory statement the party is required to state that he knew the character of the land and that it was valuable? Mr. Clark. I so understand it. Mr. Mondell. I think you will find that the coal declaratory statements are in the majority of cases made through an agent, with the specific statement that the blanks published by the Government contain the provision to be filled out that they have no knowledge of the character of the land except by hearsay, but that their agent has knowledge and that he makes the nonmineral affidavit. I don't think that there can be any doubt about that. Mr. Gaines. It seems that Mr. Clark is stating a fact of his own knowledge, derived in his official capacity. Mr. Mondell. I simply wanted to make that suggestion at this point because it is, it seems to me, a very important matter. Mr. Gaines. But let us find out what they have actually done out there. Mr. Mondell. But I think it is an important question, Mr. Chairman, whether a coal declaratory statement requires that the entryman shall - The Chairman. Mr. Clark is merely stating his understanding? Mr. Clark. I am stating the understanding that was brought out in the investigation at which I was present; and with reference to these lands the understood facts as agreed to by the attorneys on both sides, at least not contradicted, excepting perhaps that the attorney for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company announced the view that the statute required nothing except that the applicant be a citizen of the United States and of lawful age, and has an unquestioned right to enter a coal declaratory statement and transfer the rights for a consideration to any other person or company before the patent to the land had been issued; and, as a matter of fact, that is what was done with the most of the coal lands that have been entered. Mr. Gaines. Did you say that some of those entries or declarations have been made by women? Mr. Clark. Yes, sir. Mr. Gaines. How many? Mr. Clark. I would not undertake to say how many, only that we drew out enough information in our investigation to show that many had been done in that way, and some who had entered lands in that way came before us as witnesses. One young lady in Salt Lake City who was, I should judge from appearances, probably 22 or 25 years of age, testified that at the invitation of the geologist of the Utah Fuel Company, or at his suggestion, she went to the office of the attorney of that company and signed a paper. She did not know what it was; and later she went to the office and signed another paper of which she was equally ignorant; but she did know that she got $50 for her services. And the records show that she entered a quarter section of coal lands and transferred it to the Utah Fuel Company. Mr. Gaines. What is the Utah Fuel Company? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.