§ 323. — Application to certain States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC323]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 9--DESERT-LAND ENTRIES
Sec. 323. Application to certain States
Sections 321 to 323, 325, and 327 to 329 of this title shall only
apply to and take effect in the States of California, Colorado, Oregon,
Nevada, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico,
and North and South Dakota.
(Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, Secs. 3, 8, 19 Stat. 377; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561,
Sec. 2, 26 Stat. 1097; Jan. 6, 1921, ch. 12, 41 Stat. 1086.)
Codification
Section is from the first clause of section 3 of act Mar. 3, 1877,
and the first clause of section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1877, as added by act
Mar. 3, 1891.
The second clauses of section 3 and 8 of act Mar. 3, 1877, are
incorporated in the second paragraph of section 322 and section 325 of
this title, respectively.
The first clause of section 3 of act Mar. 3, 1877, provided that
``this act shall only apply to and take effect in the States of
California, Oregon and Nevada, and the Territories of Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Dakota''.
The first clause of section 8 of act Mar. 3, 1877, as added by act
Mar. 3, 1891, provided for the inclusion of Colorado.
The Territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming,
Arizona, New Mexico and Dakota have become States since the enactment of
act Mar. 3, 1877, the Territory of Dakota being divided, to form the
States of North and South Dakota.
Section as Unaffected by Submerged Lands Act
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified or repealed by
the Submerged Lands Act, see section 1303 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 321, 322, 324, 326, 328,
329, 333, 641, 1303 of this title; title 16 section 460iii-2.
