PASSED BY CONGRESS FROM APRIL 1, 1882, TO JANUARY 1, 1890, WITH THE IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AND COMMISSIONER OF THE GENERAL THE LAND OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THE CIRCULAR INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED FROM THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO THE SUR- L37271 Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1890, By HENRY N. COPP, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. VRAGEL GHORMAT& Printed and Bound by the Lancaster, Penna. PREFACE. THIS work is designed to show the development of the public land system of the United States from 1882, where the second volume of Copp's Public Land Laws leaves the subject, down to 1890, where No. 19 of Volume 16 of Copp's Land Owner resumes it. The intention is to make a repository of the regulations and important decisions of the Land Department during that period, rather than an exhibit of the rulings and instructions in force at date of publication. SCOPE OF THE WORK. e increase of matter demanding publication, the law relating to grants, including those to railroads, hool, university and other purposes, as well as minled. The latter are the subject of a separate book 1 States Mineral Lands" (2d Edition, 1882). The ic lands, have been collated, and as soon as possible will be published unache (probable) title of "Copp's Public Land Grants." ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The details of the present work, including the Index, have been almost exclusively under the charge of Mr. S. D. Luckett, Attorney at Law, Washington, D. C., who for about four years was connected with the General Land Office, first as the organizer of the Contest Division, and afterward as Law Examiner. I take this opportunity to express my appreciation of his high ability and patient industry. Washington, D. C., June, 1890. HENRY N. COPP. |