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General Land Office
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General Land Office
The
General Land Office
(
GLO
) was an
independent agency of the United States government
responsible for
public domain
lands in the
United States
. It was created in 1812 to take over functions previously conducted by the
United States Department of the Treasury
. Starting with the passage of The
Land Ordinance of 1785
, which created the
Public Land Survey System
, the Treasury Department had already overseen the survey of the "Northwest Territory" including what is now the State of Ohio.
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