GENERAL LAND OFFICE

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General Land Office. A former U.S. Interior Department division that exercised executive power relating to the public lands, including their survey, patenting, and sale or other disposition. • The General Land Office and the U.S. Grazing Service were consolidated into the Bureau of Land Management in 1946. See BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. [Cases: Public Lands […]

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General Land Office

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General Land Office 〈美〉土地总局 原依据1812年国会的法令组建，系内政部〔Department of the Interior〕的一个部门，主管与公共土地有关的一切行政活动，包括对土地的测量、出售或其他处置、特许使用等。根据1946年的《重组计划》〔Reorganization Plan〕，土地总局和美国草原局〔U.S. Grazing Service〕并入内政部下属的国家土地管理局〔Bureau of Land Management〕。 (→Bureau of Land Management)

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