Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§856 Selection of School Lands on Ceded Indian Reservations
Title 43 › Chapter 20— RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES › § 856
Summary
States and Territories that had the right to school lands before March 2, 1895, may pick U.S.-purchased surplus land inside Indian reservations, but only after the reservation’s lands were allotted to Indians and before the reservation was opened to settlement.
Full Legal Text
Title 43, §856
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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.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 856
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60