This book contains an extensive collection of decisions made by the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office pertaining to the public lands in the United States. The decisions, spanning several decades, offer valuable insight into the management of natural resources and the legal disputes surrounding them. This book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of land management in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This important government volume compiles the decisions made by the Department of the Interior and the General Land Office in cases involving public lands. With entries on everything from mining to grazing to water rights, it's an essential resource for anyone working in Western U.S. land management. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Gain insight into the workings of the US government with this collection of official decisions related to public lands. Featuring carefully selected and thoroughly annotated cases, this book is a valuable tool for anyone interested in land use issues. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Cases Relating to the Public Lands, Vol. 47: January 1, 1919-January 31, 1921 Where an application is filed by one duly qualified under the provisions of the act of March 28, 1912, for the sale of a tract of land mountainous or too rough for cultivation, jurisdiction is thereby conferred upon the Com missioner of the General Land Office in the exercise of discretion to order into market and sell at public auction such tract; and the intervening loss of qualification of the applicant does not affect the jurisdiction thus acquired. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.