16 U.S.C. § 145 — Exchange of lands

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This law lets a settler or landowner inside this park give up land they hold under an unproven claim or a patent. In exchange, they can get other land outside the park. The exchange follows the same rules used for giving up land inside national forests in South Dakota.

This section applies when a tract of land inside this park's boundaries is covered by an "unperfected bona fide claim" — a claim made in good faith but not yet fully proven or completed — or by a land patent, which is an official land grant. If this happens, the settler or the owner of that tract may choose to give up, or "relinquish," the tract to the government. In exchange, the settler or owner may get other land instead, located outside the park. This exchange must follow the same legal rules that apply to giving up land inside national forests in the State of South Dakota.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

In cases in which a tract covered by an unperfected bona fide claim or by a patent is included within the limits of this park, the settler or owner thereof may, if he desires to do so, relinquish the tract to the Government and secure other land, outside of the park, in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to the subject of such relinquishment of lands in national forests in the State of South Dakota.

Source credit: (Jan. 9, 1903, ch. 63, § 5, 32 Stat. 766.)

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1903Enacted · Act of Jan. 9, 1903, ch. 63 · 32 Stat. 766

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 63 on 1903-01-09.

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