Excerpt from Circular From the General Land Office, Showing the Manner of Proceeding to Obtain Title to Public Lands Under the Pre-Emption, Homestead, and Other Laws: Issued January 1, 1889 Title to public lands may be acquired by purchase at public sale or by ordinary private entry, and by virtue of the pre emption, homestead, timber culture, and other laws. 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.