Excerpt from Circular From the General Land Office: Showing the Manner of Proceeding to Obtain Title to Public Lands Under the Homestead, Desert Land, and Other Laws July 11, 1899 In Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois only a few isolated tracts of public land remain. In these States and Territories, with the exception Of the three last mentioned, there are land districts with defined boundaries, in each of which a land 0 Ice is established by law, where a register and receiver are in attendance, for the sale or other disposal of the public lands embraced therein. For appointments, term, compensation, and gen eral duties of these registers and receivers, see sections 2234 to 2247 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. (appendix No. 1, pp. 144 - 146) 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.