Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 2479 derived from acts Sept. 28, 1850, ch. 84, §§ 1, 4, 9 Stat. 520; Mar. 12, 1860, ch. 5, § 1, 12 Stat. 3; Fespan. 19, 1874, ch. 30, 18 Stat. 16.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Grants Not To Extend to Alaska
Land grant under Alaska Statehood provisions in lieu of grant of land under this section (declared not to extend to Alaska), see section 6(l) of Puspan. L. 85–508, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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.