§ 988. — Act extended to Minnesota and Oregon.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC988]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 23--GRANTS OF SWAMP AND OVERFLOWED LANDS
Sec. 988. Act extended to Minnesota and Oregon
The provisions of sections 982 to 984 of this title are extended to
the States of Minnesota and Oregon: Provided, That the grant shall not
include any lands which the Government of the United States may have
sold or disposed of under any law, enacted prior to March 12, 1860,
prior to the confirmation of title to be made under the authority of
said sections--and the selections to be made from lands already surveyed
in each of the States last named, under the authority of said sections,
shall have been made within two years from the adjournment of the
legislature of each State, at its next session after the 12th day of
March, A. D. 1860--and as to all lands surveyed or to be surveyed,
thereafter, within two years from such adjournment, at the next session
after notice by the Secretary of the Interior to the governor of the
State, that the surveys have been completed and confirmed.
(R.S. Sec. 2490.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2490 derived from act Mar. 12, 1860, ch. 5, Secs. 1, 2, 12
Stat. 3.
