The Encyclopedia Americana, 1918, Vol. 9 of 30 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Encyclopedia Americana, 1918, Vol. 9 of 30 The general Desert Land Act was passed 3 March 1877, and applied to practically all the States and Territories in which desert land is found. The principal difference from the former act was in allowing three years for reclamation instead of two. 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.