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(Record Group 49) 1685-1989 (bulk 1770-1982) 59,666 cu. ft.
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49.9.13 Records of Louisiana land offices

Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Records of the Baton Rouge land office
(1911-27), and its predecessors at St. Helena (1819-37), Greensburg (1837-43),
Baton Rouge (1844), and Greensburg (1844- 61), consisting of a docket of cash
entries, 1854-1907; and abstracts of credit accounts, 1847. Records of the
Monroe (Ouachita) land office (1821-61, 1867-69, 1872-78), consisting of dockets
of cash entries, 1832-60, and suspended cash entries, 1838-60.

49.9.14 Records of Minnesota land offices

Textual Records (in Chicago): Records of the Benson land office (1876-89) and
its predecessors at Minneapolis (1854-58), Forest City (1858-62), Minneapolis
(1862-66), Greenleaf (1866-69), and Litchfield (1870-76), consisting of a docket
book of cash entries, 1855-82.

49.9.15 Records of Mississippi land offices

Textual Records (in Atlanta): Records of the Paulding land office (1860-61) and
its predecessor at Augusta (1820-59), consisting of abstracts of land entries,
1851-54, 1865. Records of the Columbus land office (1833-61), consisting of
quarterly accounts of the receiver, 1849-60; abstracts of land entries,
1833-1917; and a register of receipts, Confederate land office in Augusta, 1861-
65. Records of the Grenada land office (1840-60) and its predecessor at
Chocchuma (1833-40), consisting of a register of cash receipts, 1833-36; and
abstracts of land entries, 1836-60. Records of the Jackson land office (1823-27,
1836-61, 1866-1925), consisting of minutes of meetings, register and receiver,
concerning preemption claims, 1821-23; and abstracts of land entries, 1823-1908,
receivers' receipts, 1820-61, and homestead entries, 1866-1907. Records of the
Washington land office (1807- 61), consisting of abstracts of applications,
1809-18, registers' certificates, 1807-21, and land entries, 1820-62; and
registers of credit receipts, receiver of the land office west of the Pearl
River, 1807-21. Letters sent and other records, 1833-73, possibly of the
Pontotoc land office (1836-61), relating to the Chickasaw cession under the
Treaty of 1832, and to Chickasaw reservations under the Treaty of 1834.

49.9.16 Records of Montana land offices

Textual Records (in Denver): Records of the Billings land office (1906-60),
including tract books, 1906-60; serial register books, 1908-50; land entry case
files, 1908-50; and a grazing lease register, 1935-40. Records of the Bozeman
land office (1874- 1925), including tract books, 1874-1925; serial register
books, 1908-25; and land entry case files, 1908-25. Records of the Glasgow land
office (1907-25), including tract books, 1907-25; serial register books,
1908-25; and land entry case files, 1908- 25. Records of the Great Falls land
office (1902-50), including tract books, 1902-50; serial register books,
1908-50; and registers of homestead entries, desert land entries, and mineral
entries, 1902-8. Records of the Havre land office (1910-25), consisting of
serial register books and land entry case files, 1908-25. Records of the Helena
land office (1867-1925), including tract books, 1867-1925; serial register
books, 1908-25; land entry case files, 1908-25; contest dockets, 1865-1909; and
registers of homestead entries, timber culture entries, and mineral entries,
1868-1908. Records of the Kalispell land office (1897-1925), including tract
books, 1897-1925; serial register books, 1908-25; and land entry case files,
1908-25. Records of the Lewistown land office (1890-1925), including tract
books, 1890-1925; serial register books, 1911-25; and land entry case files,
1908-25. Records of the Miles City land office (1880- 1925), consisting of
serial register books and land entry case files, 1908-24. Records of the
Missoula land office (1891-1925), including tract books, 1891-1925; serial
register books, 1908-25; and land entry case files, 1908-25.

49.9.17 Records of Nebraska land offices

Textual Records (in Kansas City): Records of the Alliance land office
(1890-1933), consisting of letters received, 1900-31; summary records of
applications for use of the public domain ("Serial Register"), 1905-24; contest
dockets, 1912-34; record book of patents delivered, 1890-1907; and registers of
homestead entries, 1890-1908, and final homestead certificates, 1905-8. Records
of the Broken Bow land office (1890-1922), consisting of summary records of
applications for use of the public domain ("Serial Register"), 1904-27; and
record book and register of patents delivered, 1886-1912. Records of the Chadron
land office (1886-94), consisting of abstracts of land sold, 1887-94. Records of
the Lincoln land office (1868-1925) and its predecessor at Nebraska City
(1857-68), consisting of summary records of applications for use of the public
domain ("Serial Register"), 1908-25. Records of the McCook land office
(1883-1905), consisting of record books of patents delivered, 1859-1905. Records
of the North Platte land office (1872-1918), consisting of summary records of
applications for use of the public domain ("Serial Register"), 1904-19; record
books of patents delivered, 1876-93, and military bounty land warrants,
1882-1905; and registers of homestead patents, 1875-1908, cash patents, 1875-
1909, and timber culture entry patents, 1884-1906. Records of the O'Neill land
office (1888-1918), consisting of summary records of applications for use of the
public domain ("Serial Register"), 1909-18; record book and register of patents
delivered, 1859- 1918; and registers of final homestead patents, 1873-94, cash
patents, 1860-94, and timber culture entry patents, 1887-1912. Records of the
Sydney land office (1887-1906), consisting of a record book and register of cash
patents, 1884-1908; and registers of homestead and timber entry patents,
1890-1906. Records of the Valentine land office (1883-1918), consisting of
summary records of applications for use of the public domain ("Serial
Register"), 1908-20; record book and register of cash patents, 1882-1919;
register of timber culture entry patents, 1890-1908; and declaratory statement
abstracts, 1890-1908.

49.9.18 Records of Nevada land offices

Textual Records (in San Francisco): Records of the Carson City land office
(1864-1949), and the absorbed land offices at Belmont (1862-73)/Pioche
(1874-76), Elko (1872-77), Austin (1867- 73)/Eureka (1873-93), Aurora (1868-73),
and Elko (1917-27), including letters sent by the register, 1868-1926, and
receiver, 1864-1909; registers of letters received from the Commissioner,
1890-94, 1905-18; accounts and other financial records of the receiver,
1880-1914; contest dockets, 1879-1926; railroad selection lists, 1875-1934;
records relating to desert land entries, 1877-1908; registers of homestead
entries, final certificates, receipts, and final receipts, 1869-1908; and
registers of mining lands entries, 1862-1908, applications for mining patents,
1866-1908, and receipts for sold mineral lands, 1875-1906. Records of the Elko
land office (1872-77, 1917-27), including Mount Diablo Meridian township tract
books, 1872-1913; lieu land selection case files, 1913-55; and land entry case
files, 1915-28. Records of the Eureka land office (1873-94) and its predecessor
at Austin (1867-73), including letters sent by the register, 1879-91, and
receiver, 1889-94; letters received from the Commissioner, 1879-93; registers of
homestead certificates and receipts, 1868-93; and case files of adverse mining
claims, 1878-91.

Maps (228 items, in San Francisco): Copies of plats of Indian reservation
surveys, 1861-1935 (28 items), and farm unit diagrams of the Newlands
(Truckee-Carson) Reclamation Project, 1900-30 (200 items), maintained by the
Carson City land office. SEE ALSO 49.16.

49.9.19 Records of New Mexico land offices

Textual Records: Records (in Denver) of the Clayton land office (1892-1925) and
its predecessor at Folsom (1888-92), including letters received, 1908-25; serial
register books, 1908-22; registers of homestead entries, contested homestead
entries, timber culture entries, and desert land entries, 1881-1908; and
serialized selection lists, 1909-22. Records (in Fort Worth, except as noted) of
the Fort Sumner land office (1910-25), including serial register books, 1908-22
(in Denver); contest dockets, 1910-24; abstracts of money received, 1915-24;
record of accounts current, 1912-24; and schedules and abstracts of land entries
and money transferred from Roswell to Fort Sumner, 1910- 14. Records (in Denver,
except as noted) of the Las Cruces land office (1883-1949) and its predecessor
at La Mesilla (1874-83), including letters received, 1915-48; serial register
books, 1908- 49; registers of homestead entries, mining entries, and desert land
entries, 1876-1903; selection lists, 1921-51; contest dockets, 1885-1904,
1926-44; patent conveyance case files, 1949- 51; color of title actions,
1938-58; monthly abstracts of declaratory statements, 1877-89 (in Fort Worth);
and abstracts of desert land entries, 1877-92 (in Fort Worth). Records (in Fort
Worth, except as noted) of the Roswell land office (1889-1925), including serial
register books, 1908-25 (in Denver); register of certificates issued on cash
entries, 1890-1906; a record of rejected claims, 1890-1903; and abstracts of
cash and final cash certificates, 1875-89, desert land entries, 1889-98, and
timber culture entries, 1878-89. Records (in Denver, except as noted) of the
Santa Fe land office (1858-1954), including letters received, 1908-49; serial
register books, 1908-56; tract books, 1856-1956; registers of homestead entries,
donation entries, mining entries, timber culture entries, and desert land
entries, 1858-1908; registers of receipts, 1868-1906; contest dockets, 1921-46;
selection lists, 1930-51; patent conveyance case files, 1922-52; and abstracts
of homestead entries, 1868-89 (in Fort Worth). Records (in Denver) of the
Tucumcari land office (1908-22) and its predecessor at Clayton (1892-1908),
including serial register books, 1908-21; and registers of homestead entries and
desert land entries, 1889-1907.

49.9.20 Records of North Dakota land offices

Textual Records (in Denver): Records of the Bismarck land office (1874-1948),
including tract books, 1874-1950; serial register books, 1908-50; registers of
homestead entries, 1874-1908, including entries from the Dickinson land office;
state selection lists, 1905-10; and land entry case files, 1908-50. Records of
the Devil's Lake land office (1884-1913) and its predecessor at Creelsburg
(1883-84), including tract books, 1883-1913; serial register books, 1908-13;
registers of homestead entries and timber culture entries, 1883-1902; state
selection lists, 1892- 96; and land entry case files, 1908-13. Records of the
Dickinson land office (1904-25), consisting of tract books, 1904-25; serial
register books, 1908-25; registers of desert land entries, 1904- 8, and timber
culture entries, 1886-91; abstracts of homestead entries, 1907-8; and land entry
case files, 1908-25. Records of the Fargo land office (1874-1913) and its
predecessor at Pembina (1870-74), including serial register books, 1908-12;
registers of homestead entries, 1881-1908; state selection lists, 1894-1906; and
land entry case files, 1908-12. Records of the Grand Forks land office
(1880-1905), including registers of homestead entries and timber culture
entries, 1880-1905. Records of the Minot land office (1890-1922), including
tract books, 1891-1922; serial register books, 1908-22; registers of homestead
entries, 1891- 1906; state and indemnity selections, 1898-1905; and land entry
case files, 1908-12. Records of the Williston land office (1906- 22), consisting
of tract books, 1906-22; serial register books, 1908-22; abstracts of homestead
entries, 1906-8; and land entry case files, 1908-22.

49.9.21 Records of Ohio land offices

Textual Records (in Chicago): Records of the Wooster land office (1816-40) and
its predecessor at Canton (1808-16), consisting of credit applications, 1806-11.
Records of the Chillicothe land office (1801-76), consisting of credit
applications, 1801-13; credit certificates, 1801-11; and credit final
certificates, 1813-24. Records of the Cincinnati land office (1801-40),
consisting of credit applications, 1817-28; and credit certificates, 1803-11.
Records of the Steubenville land office (1800-40), consisting of credit
certificates, 1806-11. Records of the Zanesville land office (1804-40),
consisting of credit certificates, 1800-11.

49.9.22 Records of Oregon land offices

Textual Records (in Seattle): Records of the Portland land office (1905-27) and
its predecessor at Oregon City (1854-1905), consisting of letters received by
the register and receiver, 1858-1915; Oregon Donation Land Claims land entry
papers, 1853- 1900; registers of cash sales and land entries, 1857-1908; Oregon
and California Railroad selection lists, 1870-1920; lists of state selections,
1857-1908; and Indian allotment registers for the Grand Ronde Indian
Reservation, 1891-1904, and the Siletz Reservation, 1873-1904. Records of the
Roseburg land office (1860-1948) and its predecessor at Winchester (1855-60),
consisting of letters received by the register and receiver, 1859-1910; Oregon
Donation Land Claims land entry papers, 1857- 80; registers of cash sales and
land entries, 1863-1908; Oregon and California Railroad selection lists,
1870-1920; and register for public domain Indian allotments under Section 4 of
the General Allotment Act, 1892-1901. Records of The Dalles land office
(1875-1948), consisting of correspondence, 1930-48; registers of cash sales and
land entries, 1875-1908; lists of state selections, 1875-1908; register for
Indian allotments under Section 4 of the General Allotment Act, 1891-1921; and
Fort Dalles military reservation town lot lists, 1882-1908. Records of the La
Grande land office (1867-1925), consisting of registers of cash sales and land
entries, 1867-1908; lists of state selections, 1851-1910; Indian allotment lists
for lots on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 1891-93; and Pendleton town lot
lists, 1883-1905. Records of the Lakeview land office (1877-1948) and its
predecessor at Linkville (1873-77), consisting of correspondence, 1908-48;
registers of cash sales and land entries, 1896-1908; lists of state selections,
1884-1909; Oregon and California Railroad selection lists, 1901-20; and register
of public domain Indian allotments for absentee Wyandotte Indians under Section
4 of the General Allotment Act, 1900-7.

49.9.23 Records of South Dakota land offices

Textual Records (in Denver): Records of the Aberdeen land office (1882-1911),
consisting of tract books, 1892-1911; a register of homestead entries,
1891-1908; abstract of scrip locations, n.d.; and a record of patents delivered,
1903-6. Records of the Belle Fourche land office (1909-25), consisting of serial
register books, 1908-30. Records of the Chamberlain land office (1890- 1913),
consisting of serial register books, 1908-13; and register of homestead entries,
1890-1908. Records of the Gregory land office (1909-22) and its predecessors at
Vermillion (1861-73), Sioux Falls (1873-79), and Mitchell (1880-1909), including
serial register books, 1908-30; registers of homestead entries, 1863-71, and
timber culture entries, 1873-95; and abstracts of cash entries, 1862-73, and of
warrant and scrip locations in Dakota Territory, 1864-80. Records of the Huron
land office (1882-1908), including tract books, 1882-1908; registers of
homestead entries and final certificates, 1882-1908; and registers of Sioux
Indian Lands homestead final certificates and final receipts, 1896-1907. Records
of the Lemmon land office (1908-22), consisting of serial register books,
1908-26. Records of the Pierre land office (1890- 1948), including registers of
letters sent, 1901-17, and received, 1905-37; tract books, 1890-1940; serial
register books, 1908-51; registers of homestead entries, 1905-8; registers of
Sioux Indian Lands homestead entries and final certificates, 1890-1905; and a
register of Lower Brule Lands homestead entries, 1907-8. Records of the Rapid
City land office (1889-1925) and its predecessor at Deadwood (1887-88),
consisting of tract books, 1877-88; serial register books, 1908-30; registers of
homestead entries and mineral entries, 1879-1908; registers of applications for
mineral patents, 1877-1908; and a record of patents delivered, 1880-1908.
Records of the Timber Lake land office (1911-18), consisting of serial register
books, 1908-28. Records of the Watertown land office (1879-1907) and its
predecessor at Springfield (1870-79), consisting of registers of cash receipts
and homestead receipts, 1870-91; registers of timber culture entries, 1873-94,
and timber culture final certificates, 1894- 1904; register of final
certificates issued, n.d.; abstracts of agricultural college scrip, 1870-81;
index to letters received, 1882-86; record of Sioux lands sold under
Presidential proclamation, 1881; and state selection lists, 1894-97. Records of
the Yankton land office (1872-93), consisting of registers of homestead entries,
1891-93; registers of timber culture entries, 1873-92, and timber culture final
receipts, 1882-93; abstracts of military bounty land warrants, 1873-89, and
declaratory statements, 1872-91; and agricultural college scrip locations,
1872-93.

49.9.24 Records of Utah land offices

Textual Records (in Denver): Records of the Salt Lake City land office
(1869-1959), including registers of cash entries and homestead entries,
1869-1908; abstracts of desert land entries and final certificates, 1877-1908;
and abstracts of agricultural college scrip entries, 1870-89, and military
bounty land warrant and scrip locations, 1869-1907. Records of the Vernal land
office (1905-27), consisting of townsite tract books, 1905-50; and schedules of
allotments to Uintah, White River Ute, and Uncompahgre Ute Indians of the Uintah
reservation, 1897-98, 1905. Consolidated Salt Lake City-Vernal records,
including tract books, 1870-1959; and canceled land entry case files, 1908-29.

49.9.25 Records of Washington land offices

Textual Records (in Seattle): Records of the (New) Olympia land office
(1890-1915), consisting of correspondence, 1908-15; state selection lists, 1892;
and registers of land entries and cash sales, 1890-1908. Records of the Spokane
Falls (Spokane) land office (1883-1949) and its predecessor at Colfax (1876-83),
consisting of correspondence, 1902-54; indemnity school land selections, 1906;
and registers of cash sales and land entries, 1882-1927. Records of the
Vancouver land office (1861-1925), consisting of correspondence, 1908-25; and
abstracts of land entries and cash sales, 1861-1914. Records of the Walla Walla
land office (1871-1925), consisting of correspondence, 1911-25; and registers of
land entries and cash sales, 1871-1925. Records of the North Yakima land office
(1885-1925) and its predecessor at Yakima (1880-85), consisting of
correspondence, 1905-25; and registers of land entries and cash sales,
1880-1913. Records of the Waterville land office (1890-1925), consisting of
correspondence, 1908-25; registers of land entries and cash sales, 1890-1908;
and register of public domain Indian allotments under Section 4 of the General
Allotment Act, 1900. Records of the Seattle land office (1887-1927) and its
predecessor at Olympia (1855-87), consisting of correspondence, 1907-27;
registers of land entries and cash sales, 1898-1908; and register of public
domain Indian allotments (mostly to Skagit Indians) under Section 4 of the
General Allotment Act, 1893-1910.

49.9.26 Records of Wisconsin land offices

Textual Records (in Chicago): Records of the Wassau land office (1872-1925) and
its predecessor at Stevens Point (1853-72), consisting of press copies of
letters sent, 1888, 1905.

49.9.27 Records of Wyoming land offices

Textual Records (in Denver): Records of the Buffalo land office (1887-1950),
including letters received from the Commissioner, 1934-46; tract books,
1888-1940; enlarged homestead, 1909-40, and stockraising, 1925-40, designations;
combined abstracts of cash entries and coal land sold, 1880-1908; and registers
of homestead entries, homestead final certificates, and desert land final
entries, 1888-1908. Records of the Cheyenne land office (1870- 1950), including
letters received from the Commissioner, 1890- 1946, with a register, 1905-11;
registers of homestead entries, 1870-1908, final receipts, 1900-8, and final
certificates, 1874- 1902; registers and other records relating to mineral lands,
1876-1908, timber culture, 1874-1903, coal lands, 1881-1908, and desert lands,
1877-1924; land entry contest dockets, 1907-18; and record of published notices
for final proof, 1921-25. Records of the Douglas land office (1890-1925),
including tract books, 1890- 1925; registers of homestead entries and final
certificates, 1890-1908; abstracts of desert land entries, 1891-1908; and
contest dockets, 1911-23. Records of the Evanston land office (1876-1950),
including letters received from the Commissioner, 1908-37, with a register,
1905-41; tract books, 1877-1940; combined abstract of cash entries and coal cash
certificates, 1878-1908, with register and indexes; registers of homestead
entries, entry receipts, and final certificates, 1878-1908, with indexes;
registers of mineral patent applications and mineral land entries, 1882-1907;
records relating to coal lands, 1877- 1908; and records relating to desert
lands, 1877-1908. Records of the Lander land office (1890-1927), including
letters received from the Commissioner, 1926-27; tract books, 1890-1927;
registers of homestead entries, 1890-1908, homestead entries on Shoshone Indian
land, 1906-8, and homestead final certificates, 1890-1908; records relating to
mineral and coal lands, 1891-1908; registers of timber culture entries and final
certificates, 1890-1901; desert land entry abstracts and final certificate
registers, 1890-1908; and register of cash certificates issued for entries made
on ceded Shoshone and Wind River Indian lands, 1906-8. Records of the Newcastle
land office (1920-25) and its predecessor at Sundance (1890-1920), consisting of
letters received from the Commissioner, 1911-18. Records of unidentified or
various land offices, including tract books, 1890-1920; land grant files,
1871-1921; enlarged homestead designations, 1909-41; and stockraising
designations, 1918-41.

Maps (371 items, in Denver): Wyoming oil fields, 1920 (21 items). Right-of-way
and railroad land grant plats, 1874-1927 (350 items). SEE ALSO 49.16.

49.10 RECORDS OF BOARDS OF TOWNSITE TRUSTEES 1889-1930 19 lin. ft.

History: Boards of townsite trustees were established for Oklahoma and Alaska in
accordance with statute law and implementing GLO regulations to facilitate
urbanization in newly opened areas of the public domain. GLO Circular
Instructions, July 9, 1886, in effect at the time of the Oklahoma land rush,
provided that pursuant to acts of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 541), and March 3,
1877 (19 Stat. 392), lands actually occupied as townsites could be entered as
such by municipal officials (for incorporated towns) or by county judges (for
unincorporated communities), acting as trustees for the occupants. Alaska
townsite trustees were governed by the act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1095), and
implementing GLO Circular of July 11, 1899, which provided that all townsite
entries be made by trustees appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. The
boards of townsite trustees were required to file for lands through the local
land offices.

49.10.1 Records of Alaska boards of townsite trustees

Textual Records (in Anchorage): Townsite deed and register books, minutes, and
other records of boards of townsite trustees for Cordova, 1923-25; Craig,
1924-29; Douglas, 1918-19; Eagle, 1903- 19; Fairbanks, 1911-22; Haines, 1917-19;
Hyder, 1924-27; Juneau, 1921-24; Ketchikan, 1912-30; Nome, 1904-11; Petersburg,
1919-20; Sitka, 1927-29; Skagway, 1908-12; Tenakee, 1925-26; Valdez, 1911- 13;
and Wrangell, 1909-19.

49.10.2 Records of Oklahoma boards of townsite trustees

Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Proceedings of boards of townsite trustees
("Minutes"), docket books, assessment ledgers, records of accounts, cash entry
books, records of lots purchased ("Block Diagrams"), and other records of
Townsite Boards No. 1-4, 6-7, 9-10, and 12-14, relating to townsites in Alva
(Townsite Board No. 10), 1893-95; Blackburn (Townsite Board No. 13), 1894- 95;
Blackwell (Townsite Board No. 14), 1894-95; Choctaw City (Townsite Board No. 2),
1893-95; Cleo (Townsite Board No. 10), 1894-95; Downs (Townsite Board No. 6),
1891-92; Edmond (Townsite Board No. 2), 1891; El Reno (Townsite Board No. 4),
1891-96; Enid (Townsite Board No. 9), 1891-97; Frisco (Townsite Board No. 7),
1891-94; Guthrie (Townsite Board No. 6), 1890-99; Hennessey (Townsite Board No.
3), 1891-97; Jonesville (Townsite Board No. 6), 1898; Kingfisher (Townsite Board
No. 3), 1890-97; Lexington (Townsite Board No. 4), 1890-94; Mulhall (Townsite
Board No. 1), 1891; Newkirk (Townsite Board No. 14), 1894-97; Norman (Townsite
Board No. 4), 1889-1902; Noble (Townsite Board No. 4), 1890-91; Oklahoma City
(Townsite Board No. 2), 1890-95; Pawnee (Townsite Board No. 13), 1893-96;
Perkins (Townsite Board No. 1), 1891; Perry (Townsite Board No. 6), 1893-1909;
Reno City (Townsite Board No. 3), 1891; Round Pond (Townsite Board No. 12),
1893-98; Stillwater (Townsite Board No. 6), 1890-91; and Woodward (Townsite
Board No. 6), 1893-1913. Fragmentary records of Anadarko, Hobart, and Lawton,
established as county seats, August 6, 1901, pursuant to the act of March 3,
1901 (31 Stat. 1093), opening the Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, and Wichita ceded
lands to settlement, n.d.

49.11 RECORDS OF THE RANGE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE (RDS) 1939-48 45 lin. ft.

History: Established within the GLO pursuant to the Taylor Grazing Act
amendments (49 Stat. 1976), June 26, 1936, to administer a range improvement
program for tracts of land not included within the Taylor Act Grazing Districts
administered by the Grazing Service. Transferred to BLM upon establishment of
that agency by merger of GLO and Grazing Service, 1946. (SEE 49.1.) Functions of
RDS transferred to BLM Branch of Range Management by BLM Administrative Order
No. 3, May 16, 1947, with bureau regional administrators assigned
responsibilities formerly vested in the Chief, RDS.

Textual Records: General administrative files, 1939-47. Range improvement and
soil and moisture conservation files, 1939-48.


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