Excerpt from Harris' Public Land Guide: A Compilation of Public Land Laws and Departmental Regulations Thereunder The index method Should be understood in order that the best results may be obtained. Read instructions how TO use index. That mistakes have been made is as sure as human accuracy is given to err in such matters. We have exercised such care as would justify the belief that the work will be found uniformly trustworthy. It is not a digest, analysis, or an annotated work, although it contains some of each of such features. It is intended to meet the wants of the lawyer, the entryman, and those having to do with public lands, to the end that their labors may be lessened in investigating the subjects treated herein.'how TO use index. First. This work is indexed by subjects. The subjects contain a separate index, either at the commencement or at the end of the subject. By referring to such subject indexes you will readily find the matter under investigation. For example, suppose you are looking up the matter of leave of absence under the three year homestead law. You will first turn to the subject index, which will give you the page number of the subject of leave of absence. When this subject is located you will find a short contents index, and under title 5 you will find the matter we are investigating. Turn to the corresponding number and this will give you the law and regulations of leave of absence as applied to the three year homestead law. Second. In cases Where the subjects are short, contents indexes are not given. The subject index in such cases will be found sufficient. Third. How to find a section of the Revised Statutes. Suppos ing you are looking up See. 2289 of the Revised Statutes, and first you wish to know whether or not this section is contained in this book. Turn to the table of Revised Statutes cited and construed, page 342, and if the section appears in the work the fact will be noted in boldface type, giving the page number. In the table mentioned you will find the decisions of the Department of the Interior construing or citing this section. The same rule should be followed in locating an act of Congress. For example, if we are looking for the Act of June 22, 1910 (36 Stat., we will consult the table of acts of Congress cited and construed; turning to statute No. 36-583, under date given, we will find the act, and if the same appears in the work the fact will be indicated by boldface type, giving page number. Here, too, you will find all the decisions of the Department of the Interior construing this statute. 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.