United States v. Nelson
District Court, D. Idaho
William D. Kelson was indicted for making a false affidavit of residence with reference to an application to enter certain forest reserve lauds. On demurrer to the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, District Judge.
By an act entitled “An act to provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest reserves,” etc., approved June 11, 1906, c. 3074, 34 Stat. 233 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 640), it is provided that the Secretary of Agriculture may request the Secretary of the Interior to open for entry, under the act and the general homestead laws, specifically described lands in any forest reserve, found upon examination by the Secretary of Agriculture to he chiefly valuable for agricultural purposes, if such lands can he occupied for such purposes without injury to the…
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