46TH CONGRESS, ( IIOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( Ex. Doc.47, s Part 4. THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. Donalda Univarsity of WITH STATISTICS, WITH REFERENCES TO THE NATIONAL DOMAIN, COLONIZATION, ACQUIREMENT OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. PUBLIC LAND COMMISSION. COMMITTEE ON CODIFICATION. PREPARED, IN PURSUANCE OF THE ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1879, AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN TO JUNE 30, 1880. REVISED JULY 16, 1881. WASHINGTON: ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1879, AND JUNE 16, 1880. PRESIDENT, JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, Commissioner General Land Office. CLARENCE KING, U. S. Geologist. THOMAS DONALDSON. COMMITTEES OF THE COMMISSION. Committee on Classification : Committee on Codification : PUBLICATIONS OF THE COMMISSION. Prepared and compiled by the Commission: Preliminary report, with testimony, February 24, 1880, 1 vol. By the Committee on Codification. 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. CONTENTS. CHAPTER 1.-AREA OF THE NATIONAL DOMAIN, WHICH INCLUDES THE PUB- LIC DOMAIN, WITH STATISTICS............ II.--ENGLISH COLONIZATION IN AMERICA AND COLONIAL CHARTERS III. -ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND CESSIONS OF LANDS THERETO BY THE SEVERAL STATES IV.-ACQUISITION, BY PURCHASE, CONQUEST, AND TREATY, OF TER- RITORY TO THE NATIONAL AND PUBLIC DOMAIN BY THE UNITED STATES FROM 1803 TO 1867 ........ .............. 89-145 V.-TIE ORDINANCE OF 1787. THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST- .... 146-163 VI.--ADMINISTRATION AND SURVEYS.............................. 164-177 VII.--SURVEYS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS............................ 178–195 VIII.-METHOD OF SALE, PRICE, AND DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC Do- · IX.-MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS OF LAND AND SPECIAL GRANTS... 209–213 XII.-SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS..... XIII.-EDUCATIONAL LAND GRANTS BY THE UNITED STATES TO PUB- LIC LAND AND OTHER STATES............ XIV.---LAND BOUNTIES FOR MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE........ 232-237 XV.-TWO, THREE, AND FIVE PER CENT. FUNDS ................ 238-239 XVI.INDIAN RESERVATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN....... 240-248 · XVII.--MILITARY RESERVATIONS UPON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. 249-254 XVIII.-STATE SELECTIONS.......... XIX.-DISTRIBUTION ACT OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1841 .. XX.--CANAL, WAGON, AND RAILROAD GRANTS.... XXII.--GRADUATION ACT OF 1854.......... XXV.-TOWN-SITE AND COUNTY-SEAT ACTS XXVI. ---MINES ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN... XXVIII.--TIMBER AND STONE ACTS......... XXXI.-PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS .... XXXII.--EXISTING METHODS OF CLASSIFICATION, SALE, AND DISPOSI- XXXIII.-STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1776 to 1880 ... XXXIV.-TENURES IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES.......... XXXV.-METHODS OF SURVEY AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC OR CROWN LANDS IN CANADA, BRAZIL, MEXICO, AND AUSTRALIA ...... 477–516 . . . |