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1885 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from July 1884 to June 1885

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1887 - Decisions of the Department of the Interior and General Land Office in Cases Relating to Public Lands from July 1881 to June 1883, Volume I, Revised Edition

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States land laws from 1881 through 1883.
1887, February 8 - 24 Stat. 388, Act for Allotment of Lands to Indians

The Act provided that the President, based on his opinion that any reservation or any part thereof was advantageous for agricultural and grazing purposes, could cause the reservation to be surveyed or resurveyed to allot the lands in severalty to any Indian (head of a family, single person over 18 years of age, each orphan child under 18 years of age, and any single person under 18 or who was born prior to the date of the President's order directing an allotment, one-sixteenth of a section) located there on in one-quarter sections. If there was insufficient land on reservation to allot as set forth, land wold be allotted to individuals in each class on a pro-rata basis. Indians not residing on a reservation could make selection of public lands in quantities and manner as provided in this act for Indians residing upon reservations. Upon approval, patents were issued with the United States holding the allotted land for 25 years in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian receiving allotment. At expiration of 25 years, the United States would convey the land by patent to the Indian or his heirs, in fee, discharged of trust and free of charge or incumbrance. President could extend the period.
1889 - Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands by United States Department of Interior and US General Land Office; July 1 to December 31,1888

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States land laws.
1890 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from January to June 30, 1890

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1890 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from July 1 to December 31, 1889

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1891 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from January to June 30, 1891

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1891 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office, June 30 - Dec. 31, 1890

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States land laws.
1892 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office, Jan 1 - June 30, 1892

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1892 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office, July 1, 1891 - December 1, 1891

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1893 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from June 30 to December 31, 1892

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1894 - Decisions of Department of Interior and General Land Office from July 1, 1893 to December 31, 1893

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1894 - Decisions of The Department of Interior and General Land Office in Cases Relating to Public Lands from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1894

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1895 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from January 1 to June 30, 1895

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1895 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office, July 1 - Dec. 30, 1894

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1896 - Decisions of Department of Interior and General Land Office, from January 1896 to July 1896

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1897 - Decisions of Department of Interior and General Land Office from January 1897 to June 1897

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1897 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from July 1, 1896 to June 30, 1897

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1897 - Digest of Decisions of the Department of the Interior an General Land Office in Cases Relating to the Public Lands; Volumes 1 to XXII Inclusive

Compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1897, June 4 - 30 Stat. 11 - Appropriations Act for FY ending June 30, 1898

An Act appropriating certain sums for sundry civil expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, including, among other things, expenses incurred in connection with the collection of revenue from sales of public lands, protection of public lands, settlement of public lands and swamp-land claims, hearings held by General Land Office to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries had been made in compliance with law, reproducing plats of surveys, and for surveying or resurveying public lands. (p.32) Provided that any forest reservation if found better adapted for mining or agricultural purposes than forest usage, could be restored to the public domain. (p. 36)
1898 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from July 1897 to December 1897

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1898 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office, Jan. - May 1898

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1899 - Decisions of Department of Interior and General Land Office from January 1899 to June 30, 1899

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.
1899, March 2 - 30 Stat. 990, Act to Acquire Rights of Way by Railroad Companies through Indian Reservations, Lands, Allotments

The Act provided that a right of way for a railway, telegraph and telephone line through any Indian reservation or any lands held by an Indian tribe or nation in Indian Territory, or through any lands reserved for an Indian agency or for other purposes in connection with the Indian service, or through any lands which have been allotted in severalty to any individual Indian under any law or treaty, but which have not been conveyed to the allottee with full power of alienation, would be granted to any railroad company organized under laws of United States or State or Territory. Set for damages, appraisal and appeal process.
1900 - Decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office from July 1, 1899 to April 30, 1900

A compilation of the decisions of the Department of Interior and General Land Office concerning the administration of the United States public land laws.