§ 316o. — Laws applicable.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC316o]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 8A--GRAZING LANDS
SUBCHAPTER II--ALASKA
Sec. 316o. Laws applicable
Laws now applicable to lands or resources in the Territory of Alaska
shall continue in force and effect to the same extent and in the same
manner after March 4, 1927, as before, and nothing in this subchapter
shall preclude or prevent ingress or egress upon the lands in districts
for any purpose authorized by any such law, including prospecting for
and extraction of minerals.
(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, Sec. 16, 44 Stat. 1455.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 471o of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
Admission of Alaska as State
Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on
issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as
required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508, July 7, 1958, 72
Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48,
Territories and Insular Possessions.
