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The whole land-laws system should be reorganized, and not until it is reorganized, will decisions be made as promptly as they ought, or will men who have earned title to public land under the statute receive their patents within a reasonably short period.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft advocates for the reorganization of the land laws system to improve efficiency in land title decisions.

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