§ 858. — Grants to counties for seats of justice.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC858]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 20--RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES
Sec. 858. Grants to counties for seats of justice
There shall be granted to the several counties or parishes of each
State and Territory, where there are public lands, at the minimum price
for which public lands of the United States are sold, the right of
preemption to one quarter section of land, in each of the counties or
parishes, in trust for such counties or parishes, respectively, for the
establishment of seats of justice therein; but the proceeds of the sale
of each of such quarter section shall be appropriated for the purpose of
erecting public buildings in the county or parish for which it is
located, after deducting therefrom the amount originally paid for the
same. And the seat of justice for such counties or parishes,
respectively, shall be fixed previously to a sale of the adjoining lands
within the county or parish for which the same is located.
(R.S. Sec. 2286.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2286 derived from act May 26, 1824, ch. 169, Sec. 1, 4
Stat. 50.
