GENERAL LAND OFFICE
General Land Office.A former U.S. Interior Department division that exercised executive
power relating to the public lands, including their survey, patenting, and sale or other disposition. •
The General Land Office and the U.S. Grazing Service were consolidated into the Bureau of Land
Management in 1946. See BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. [Cases: Public Lands
94.C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 167–168.] [Blacks Law 8th]