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Scope and Content Note

Office register volumes in this series contain handwritten entries summarizing the status of legal cases handled by the Department of Law. Each case is summarized on a single page with the cases appearing in chronological order based on the date of the case opening. Summaries for later actions on each case are entered as part of the relevant case entry. The early pages for each volume index the cases, based on the names of concerned parties. Many types of cases are described, including habeas corpus actions, workmen's compensation claims, mortgage foreclosures, claims, incompetency actions, liens on public improvements, civil actions, agricultural cases, and so forth. A few volumes concern only agricultural cases. The volumes contain lists of witnesses, notices of intentions, alphabetical and numberical indexes, judgements received, and dismissals received.