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Land Ordinaces of 1785 and the Northwest Ordiances
Land ordiances gave the federal goverment the rights to manage unsettled lands. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Citizens claim 160 acres of public land. After living on it for five years, they could own it for a fee of $16. -
General Mining law
The act provided land for $5 per acre and allowed mining to occur subject to local customs with no government oversight. -
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
The Act makes it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters, or tributaries thereof, of the United States without a permit this specific provision is known as the Refuse Act. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_and_Harbors_Act_of_1899 -
National Park Service 1916
Congrees created the National Park Service to manage the growing number of national parks and monument. -
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Congress enacted RCRA to address the increasing problems the nation faced from its growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_policy_of_the_United_States -
Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level. It requires the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and enforce regulations to protect the public from airborne contaminants known to be hazardous to human health. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States) -
TANZANIA - ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT, 2004
prevention and control of pollution, waste management, environmental quality standards http://www.lead-journal.org/content/07290.pdf -
AN ACT RELATIVE TO RACING DAYS
Section 6 of chapter 128C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 57, the words “two and one-half” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- three eights of one. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H4365 -
An Act relative to the charter of the town of Townsend
The Townsend home rule charter, which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth https://malegislature.gov/Bills/188/House/H3545
