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Show INDEX 823 grants, education & roads, 292 Federal grants, management, 338 Protection of live oak lands, 533 Swampland Act 1849, 321-323 Louisiana Purchase, 77. See also Claims, private, acquired land Maine, 299 Marsh, George P., timber trespass, 548 Maryland, 42-43 Massachusetts, land claims, early, 50 cession of land claims, 52 Mead, Elwood, 674-675 cession of land to states, 649 Desert Land Act, 641 farm surplus and reclamation, 682-683 irrigation study, 650 land speculation, 683-684 reclamation, 678-681 Michigan, admission to Union, 295-296 opposed Enabling Acts, 295 grants, education, roads, and salt springs, 296 canal, 355-356 Federal grants, management, 337 land sales, canal grants, 351 Military tracts, Federal Ohio, 68, 255-262 effect on land ownership patterns, 261-262 Illinois, 263-265 tax difficulties, 265-267 Arkansas, 268-270 Missouri, 270 Mexican War, 181, 270-273 Milwaukee Union, 156 Mineral land sales, 706-708 Mineral leasing, 702-706 Supreme Court decisions United States v. Gear, 706 U.S. v. Gratiot, 705 Mineral Leasing Act, 29, 740, 741-745 receipts of leading states, 30 Mineral legislation See also Coal mining legislation and Petroleum legislation Land Ordinance of 1785, 701-702 Act 1807, 702 Act 1829, 702-703 Acts 1846 and 1847, 706 Act 1866, 716-721 congressional discussion, 717-719 Supreme Court decision, Mining Co. v. Tarbet, 720 Placer Act 1870, 721-722, 731 Mining Law 1872, 723 Pickett Act, 733-736 congressional discussion, 734-735 Assignments Act, 739 Operating Agreements Act, 740 Mineral Leasing Act, 740, 741-745 Congressional discussion, 742-743 Potash Leasing Act, 741-745 Atomic Energy Act, 751 Public Law 250, 753-754 Public Law 585 See Multiple Mineral Development Act Multiple Mineral Development Act, 754-756 Surface Resources Act, 758 Common Varieties Act, 758 Mineral reserves, 526 Mineral resources, exploitation, 699-764 for revenue, 714-716 Mining legislation, state, 711-712 Minnesota, admission to Union, 307-308 grants, education, 307 Federal grants, management, 339 homestead entries, 411 and farms, 1850-1880, 411 1863-1885, 412 population, 1850-1860, 307 Mississippi, admission to Union, 293-294 Missouri Territory, 97-98, 99-103, 105-108 Missouri, admission to Union, 294-295 military tract, Federal, 270 railroad grants, 360 Mondell, Frank W., withdrawal power of executive, 734 Montana, admission to Union, 313 grants, education, 313 Montgomery, Alexander, timber trespass, 536-537 Morrill Act 1862, 22-23, 83, 335-336 Script, Agricultural College, 22-23, 335-336 land speculation, contribution to, 438-439 2nd Morrill Act, 26-27, 83 Multiple Mineral Development Act, 754-756 Multiple Use Act, 631 McCarran, Pat, public land investigations, 618-622 Grazing Service, 621-622 McFarland, Noah, railroad grants, 458-459 fencing, 467 land reform, 469-471 |