Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§1095 Reservations Between Sections for Highway Purposes
Title 43 › CHAPTER 27 — PUBLIC LANDS IN OKLAHOMA › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 1095
Summary
Reserve four-rod highways on each section line in the former Oklahoma Territory. Cash payments for quarter sections must not be reduced because of that reservation, and if a highway is officially closed the strip goes to the tract’s owner.
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Title 43, §1095
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There shall be reserved public highways four rods wide between each section of land in said former Territory of Oklahoma, the section lines being the center of said highways; but no deduction shall be made, where cash payments are provided for, in the amount to be paid for each quarter section of land by reason of such reservation. But if the said highway shall be vacated by any competent authority, the title to the respective strips shall inure to the then owner of the tract of which it formed a part by the original survey.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 1095
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102