46TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES., Ex. Doc.47, Part 1. WITH REFERENCES TO THE NATIONAL DOMAIN, COLONIZATION, ACQUIREMENT OF AND ALSO, THAT OF SEVERAL 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: ORGANIZATION. COMMITTEES AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE PUBLIC LAND COMMISSION. 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. 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. CONTENTS. Page. CHAPTER 1.-AREA OF THE NATIONAL DOMAIN, WHICH INCLUDES THE PUB- 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 PURCIIASE, CONQUEST, AND TREATY, OF TER- RITORY TO THE NATIONAL AND P['BLIC DOMAIN BY THE UNITED STATES FROM 1803 to 1967 V.-THE ORDINANCE OF 17R7. THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST- VI.--ADMINISTRATION AND SURVEYS. VII.--SURVEYS OF THE PUBLIC LANDS. VIII.-METIIOD OF SALE, PRICE, AND DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC Do- IX.- VISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS OF LAND AND SPECIAL GRANTS... 209–213 XII.--SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS. XIII.-EDUCATIONAL LAND GRANTS BY THE UNITED STATES TO PCE- LIC LAND AND OTHER STATES..... XIV.-LAND BOUNTIES FOR MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE.. 232-237 XV.-Two, THREE, AND FIVE PER C'ENT. FUNDS XVI.-INDIAN RESERVATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN XVII.--VILITARY RESERVATIONS UPON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN XIX.-DISTRIBUTION ACT OF SEPTEMBER 4, 1841 XX.–CANAL, WAGON, AND RAILROAD GRANTS XXV.-TOWN-SITE AND COUNTY-SEAT ACTS XXVI.-MINCS ON THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. XXVIII.-TIMBER AND STONE ACTS.. 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 V |