46TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Ex. Doc. 47,
3d Session.

Part 1.

EMBRACING REFERENCES TO PREVIOUS LEGISLATION, AND CITATIONS
OF DECISIONS FROM THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE COURTS AND

FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

PUBLIC LAND COMMISSION.

COMMITTEE ON CODIFICATION.

PREPARED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS AND
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE “COMMISSION ON THE CODIFI.
CATION OF EXISTING LAWS RELATING TO THE SURVEY

AND DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.”

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WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1881.

ACTS OF CONGRESS OF MARCH 3, 1879, AND JUNE 16, 1880.

PRESIDENT, JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, Commissioner General Land Office.

CLARENCE KING, U. S. Geologist.
ALEXANDER T. BRITTON.
JOHN W. POWELL.

THOMAS DONALDSON.
SECRETARY, CLARENCE E. DUTTON, Capt. Ordnance, U. S. A.

COMMITTEES OF THE COMMISSION.

Committee on Classification :
JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, Chairman, ex officio.
CLARENCE KING.
JOHN W. POWELL.

Committee on Codification :
JAMES A. WILLIAMSON, Chairman, ex officio.
ALEXANDER T. BRITTON.
THOMAS DONALDSON.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.

Reclans, 7-11-28 m. r.P.

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.