OF THE

UNITED STATES

OF A

GENERAL AND PERMANENT CHARACTER,

AND RELATING TO THE

SURVEY AND DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN,

DECEMBER 1, 1880.

EMBRACING REFERENCES TO PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, AND CITATIONS
OF DECISIONS FROM THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE COURTS AND
FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

PREPARED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS AND
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE "COMMISSION ON THE CODIFI-
CATION OF EXISTING LAWS RELATING TO THE SURVEY

AND DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN."

With Supplement, embracing the laws of like character passed at the Third Session
of the Fort-sixth and First Session of the Forty-seventh Congresses,
and a Digest of late Decisions under the Land Laws, in con-
tinuation of the "Citation of Decisions" of the Land

Commission, prepared under the direction of the
Commissioner of the General Land Office.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

Reclass, 7-11-28 M. V. P.

T

ORGANIZATION.

COMMITTEES AND PUBLICATIONS

OF

THE PUBLIC LAND COMMISSION.

ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1879, AND JUNE 16, 1880.

PRESIDENT, JAMES A. WILLIAMS, Commissioner General Land Office.
CLARENCE KING, U. S. Geologist.

ALEXANDER T. BRITTON.

JOHN W. POWELL.

THOMAS DONALDSON.

SECRETARY, CLARENCE E. DUTTON, Capt. Ordnance, U. S. A.

COMMITTEES OF THE COMMISSION.

Committee on Classification:

JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, Chairman, ex officio.

CLARENCE KING.

JOHN W. POWELL.

Committee on Codification:

JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, Chairman, ex officio.
ALEXANDER T. BRITTON.

THOMAS DONALDSON.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.

Prepared and compiled by the Commission:

Preliminary report, with testimony, February 24, 1880, 1 vol.
By the Committee on Codification.

Prepared and compiled by Mr. Alexander T. Britton:

United States Land Laws, General and Permanent, 1 vol.
United States Land Laws, Local and Temporary, 2 vols.

Prepared and executed by Mr. Thomas Donaldson:

The Public Domain, its History, with Statistics, 1 vol.

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