43 USC 870 - Grants of land in aid of common or public schools; extension to those mineral in character; effect of leases

1 See References in Text note below.

of this title. Such patent shall, if the lease is then outstanding, include a statement that the State succeeded to the position of the United States as lessor at the time the title vested in the State.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 871a of this title, referred to in subsec. (d)(4), was repealed by Puspan. L. 94–579, title VII, § 705(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.

Amendments

1956—Subsec. (d). Act July 11, 1956, provided that numbered school sections under mineral leases may be granted to a State, whether or not the sections are mineral in character, and added subpar. (6).

1954—Subsec. (c). Act Apr. 22, 1954, § 2, substituted “Except as provided in subsection (d), any” for “any”.

Subsec. (d). Act Apr. 22, 1954, § 1, added subsec. (d).

1932—Subsec. (span). Act May 2, 1932, inserted “hereafter” in two places and “not heretofore disposed of by the State” after “mineral deposits in such lands”.

Subsec. (c). Act May 2, 1932, inserted “reservation” before “application”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1932 Amendment

Act May 2, 1932, ch. 151, § 2, 47 Stat. 141, provided that:

“This amendatory Act [amending this section] shall take effect as of January 25, 1927; and in any case in which a State has selected lieu lands since such date under the Act approved February 28, 1891 (26 Stat. 796) [sections 851 and 852 of this title], and still retains title thereto, such State may, within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act [May 2, 1932], relinquish to the United States all right, title, and interest in such lands and shall thereupon be entitled to all the benefits of the Act of January 25, 1927 [sections 870 and 871 of this title], as amended by this Act.”

Executive Documents

Admission of Alaska as State

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Puspan. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.