§ 856. — Selection of school lands on ceded Indian reservations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC856]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 20--RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES
Sec. 856. Selection of school lands on ceded Indian reservations
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.
(Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 188, Sec. 1, 28 Stat. 899.)
