Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73
§854 Selections in New Mexico to supply deficiencies of school lands
Title 43 › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES › § 854
Summary
Sections 851 and 852 apply to New Mexico’s school land grants and compensation, even if the June 21, 1898 Act says otherwise.
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Title 43, §854
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All the provisions of section 851 and 852 of this title are made applicable to New Mexico, and the grant of school lands to said State, and indemnity therefor, shall be administered and adjusted in accordance with the provisions of such sections, anything in the Act of Congress approved June 21, 1898, making certain grants of land to the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes, to the contrary notwithstanding.
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Act of Congress approved
June 21, 1898, referred to in text, is act
June 21, 1898, ch. 489, 30 Stat. 484, which is not classified to the Code. References to “Territory” of New Mexico were superseded by the admission of New Mexico into the Union by act
June 30, 1910, ch. 310, 36 Stat. 557, and Res. Aug. 21, 1911, No. 8, 37 Stat. 39.
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43 U.S.C. § 854
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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