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43 U.S.C. § 1099 — Division into counties before opening to settlement; reservation for county seats

submitted 135 years ago by ch. 543 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 94 words · no verdicts yet

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This section requires the Secretary of the Interior to divide Oklahoma lands into counties before settlement and reserve land near each county’s center for a county seat.

Before any lands in Oklahoma are open to settlement it must be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to divide the same into counties which must contain as near as possible not less than seven hundred square miles in each county: Provided , That as soon as the county lines are designated by the Secretary he must reserve not to exceed one-half section of land in each, to be located near the center of said county, for county seat purposes, to be entered under sections 718 and 719 1 of this title.
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Before any lands in Oklahoma are open to settlement it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to divide the same into counties which shall contain as near as possible not less than seven hundred square miles in each county: Provided, That as soon as the county lines are designated by the Secretary he shall reserve not to exceed one-half section of land in each, to be located near the center of said county, for county seat purposes, to be entered under sections 718 and 719 1 of this title.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 543, § 37, 26 Stat. 1043.)

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  • 1891Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 543 · 26 Stat. 1043

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 543 on 1891-03-03.

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