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CHAPTER 20⁠—RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
851.Deficiencies in grants to State by reason of settlements, etc., on designated sections generally.
852.Selections to supply deficiencies of school lands.
852a.Applications for unsurveyed lands; regulations; acreage requirements.
852b.Survey of lands prior to transfer; time for survey; availability of funds; lands suitable for transfer.
853.Selections in Utah to supply deficiencies of school lands.
854.Selections in New Mexico to supply deficiencies of school lands.
855.Omitted.
856.Selection of school lands on ceded Indian reservations.
857.Grant to new States.
858.Grants to counties for seats of justice.
859.Fee simple to pass in all grants.
860.Repealed.
861.Preference right of selection granted certain Western States; bona fide settlers.
862.Omitted.
863.Survey of lands granted to certain Western States.
864.Survey of land grants to Florida.
865.Confirmation of certain lands selected by California.
866.Exchange of cut over land in Montana.
867.Omitted.
868.Representation of Indian claimants in suits to determine right to school lands.
869.Disposal of lands for public or recreational purposes.
869–1.Sale or lease to State or nonprofit organization; reservation of mineral deposits; termination of lease for nonuse.
869–2.Conditions of transfer by grantee; solid waste disposal.
869–3.Authority for transfers; applicability of section 869–2 to prior patents; termination of restrictions.
869–4.Disposition of moneys received from or on account of revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands or reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands.
869a.Repealed.
870.Grants of land in aid of common or public schools; extension to those mineral in character; effect of leases.
871.Certain grants and laws unaffected.
871a.Repealed.
872.Conveyances to United States in connection with applications for amendment of patented entries or for exchange of land, etc.; withdrawal or rejection of applications; reconveyances.
873.Lands granted for erecting public buildings; purpose of grant.