§ 1099. — Division into counties before opening to settlement; reservation for county seats.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1099]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 27--PUBLIC LANDS IN OKLAHOMA
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1099. Division into counties before opening to settlement;
reservation for county seats
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.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 543, Sec. 37, 26 Stat. 1043.)
References in Text
Sections 718 and 719 of this title, referred to in text, were
repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90
Stat. 2789.
