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43 U.S.C. § 856 — Selection of school lands on ceded Indian reservations

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A State or Territory with an existing right to indemnity school lands may select qualifying surplus lands within an Indian reservation before the reservation opens to settlement.

A State or Territory that, under a law existing before March 2, 1895, may receive indemnity school lands or select land for education may select those lands within an Indian reservation in that State or Territory. The land must be surplus land purchased by the United States after Indian allotments were made and before the reservation was opened to settlement.
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Any State or Territory entitled to indemnity school lands or entitled to select lands for educational purposes under law existing prior to March 2, 1895, may select such lands within the boundaries of any Indian reservation in such State or Territory from the surplus lands thereof, purchased by the United States after allotments have been made to the Indians of such reservation, and prior to the opening of such reservation to settlement.

Source credit: (Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 188, § 1, 28 Stat. 899.)

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  • 1895Enacted · Act of Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 188 · 28 Stat. 899

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 188 on 1895-03-02.

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