This book is a guide for landowners in the United States that provides an overview of the various laws and regulations regarding land ownership and use in New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The author, Benjamin Franklin Hall, was a lawyer and a landowner himself. The book is a valuable resource for anyone who owns or is planning to own land in these states. 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.