The public lands
By: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Public lands; History; Sources
Other titles: The public lands : brief sketch in United States history; The public lands : selected public land documents
Description: Volume one of this two-volume work presents an outline of the history of the public lands, meaning those lands other than the 13 original colonies. Volume two contains a selection of copies of original documents, from the National Archive in Washington, D.C, of the more significant public laws, Congressional Committee reports and papers on the public lands dating from the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
Notes: Includes the following copies of original documents of proposals and reports to Congress. Dates represent the date presented to Congress (not the enactment date when/if passed): An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory -- Plan for disposing of the public lands (July 22, 1790) [The Hamilton plan] -- An Act to amend the Act intituled "An Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory north-west of the Ohio, and above the mouth of Kentucky River" (December 2, 1799) [The Land Law of 1800 or the Harrison Act] -- An Act for the establishment of a General Land Office in the Department of Treasury (November 4, 1811) -- An Act making further provision for the sale of the public lands (December 6, 1819) -- Reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands (February 5, 1828) -- An Act to appropriate the process of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights (May 31, 1841) -- An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain (December 2, 1861) -- An Act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States (December 4, 1871) -- An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes (December 1, 1890) -- Typescript of "An Act to stop injury to the public grazing lands by preventing overgrazing and soil deterioration, to provide for their orderly use, improvement, and development, to stabilize the livestock industry dependent upon the public range, and for other purposes" [1934].

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Table of contents: title: v. 1. A brief sketch in United States history; title: v. 2. Selected public land documents.