History of public land law development. Written for the Public Land Law Review Commission, by Paul W. Gates; with a chapter by Robert W. Swenson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1968.Description: xv, 828 p. illus., maps. 26 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:- KF5605 .G3
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Bibliography: p. 773-796.
Whose public lands? -- Colonial land systems -- State cessions of western land claims -- Land ordinance of 1785 -- Acquisition of the public domain -- Private land claims -- Credit sales experiment, 1800-1820 -- Cash sales, 1820-1840 -- Cash sales, 1840-1862 -- Preemption -- Military bounty land policies -- Grants to states on admission to union -- General grants to states -- Land grants for railroads and internal improvements -- Homesteading, 1862-1882 -- An incongruous land system -- Use and abuse of settlement laws, 1880-1904 -- Dry farming and stock raising homesteads, 1904-1934 -- Early efforts to protect public timberlands -- Administration of the public of forest lands -- Administration of public grazing lands -- Legal aspects of mineral resources exploitation.