§ 171. — Disposal as agricultural lands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC171]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3--LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS,
SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE
SUBCHAPTER IX--DISPOSAL OF ALABAMA LANDS AS AGRICULTURAL LANDS
Sec. 171. Disposal as agricultural lands
Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3A of this title, all public
lands within the State of Alabama, whether mineral or otherwise, shall
be subject to disposal only as agricultural lands. All lands which had
been reported to the General Land Office prior to March 3, 1883, as
containing coal and iron shall first be offered at public sale.
(Mar. 3, 1883, ch. 118, 22 Stat. 487; Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, Sec. 1, 41
Stat. 437.)
Codification
Section is from act Mar. 3, 1883, which contained an additional
provision relating to pending homesteads, which was omitted because of
its temporary nature.
Amendments
1920--The exception clause was inserted at beginning of this section
because of act Feb. 25, 1920, which provided that deposits of coal,
phosphate, sodium, oil, oil shale, or gas, and lands containing such
deposits owned by the United States, shall be subject to disposition in
the form and manner provided by such act.
Transfer of Functions
General Land Office abolished and functions transferred to Bureau of
Land Management by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, Sec. 403, eff. July 16,
1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, and regulations thereunder. See note
set out under section 1 of Title 43, Public Lands.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 77 of this title.
