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homestead inspector
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a government official responsible for seeing that homesteaders meet the conditions of the Homestead Act (def. 2).
See: Homestead Act(def. 2)
Quotations
1883
The tour of the Government Homestead Inspector amongst the settlers of the locality to find out whether the conditions of the homestead law are being fulfilled Is causing a good deal of excitement in the rural districts.
1913
The homestead inspector for those parts . . . told us that in his opinion there was nothing more remarkable than the way in which English people . . . adapted themselves to the new conditions of life.