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Virginia. Land Office. Register.
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The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be "appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly...." It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th cen...
Virginia. Land Office
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After the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British government issued a proclamation designed to prevent clashes between the settlers and Indians. This proclamation of 1763 forbid settlement west of the Alleghany mountains. From the description of List of complete military warrants under the Proclamation of 1763 from the Virginia Land Office,. (Library of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 318646134 The act which established the Land Office passed the General Assembly...
Virginia. Superintendent of Public Buildings.
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An act of the General Assembly, approved February 28, 1874, and amended April 29, 1874, assigned the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings to the Register of the Land Office. Working under the direction and control of the governor, the duties were to keep a record of all the real property known or ascertained to be the property of the commonwealth, including capitol square, the state courthouse, penitentiary, armory grounds, public warehouses, state cattle pens,...
