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43 U.S.C. § 682a...682e (PUBLIC LANDS)
§§ 682a to 682e. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787
text: Section 682a, acts June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 1, 52 Stat. 609; July 14, 1945, ch. 298, 59 Stat. 467; June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 239, related to sale or lease of small tracts for residence, recreation, business, or community site purposes.
text: Section 682b, act June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 2, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 239, related to minimum selling price and reservation of mineral rights.
text: Section 682c, act June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 3, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 239, related to qualifications of lessees and purchasers.
text: Section 682d, act June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 4, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 240, related to sales or leases to employees of Department of the Interior stationed in Alaska.
text: Section 682e, act June 1, 1938, ch. 317, § 5, as added June 8, 1954, ch. 270, 68 Stat. 240, related to application of sections 682a to 682e of this title to certain revested grant lands in Oregon and conditions on lease of such lands.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787, provided that the repeal made by section 702 is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, except such effective date to be on and after tenth anniversary of date of approval of this Act, Oct. 21, 1976, insofar as homestead laws apply to public lands in Alaska.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 687a...687a–3 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§§ 687a to 687a–3. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
text: Section 687a, acts May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413; Mar. 3, 1927, ch. 323, 44 Stat. 1364; May 26, 1934, ch. 357, 48 Stat. 809; Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85–725, § 3, 72 Stat. 730, related to purchase rights, price and limits of acreage, and access to waterfront.
text: Section 687a–1, act Apr. 29, 1950, ch. 137, § 5, 64 Stat. 95, related to filing of notice of claim, and effect of failure to file.
text: Section 687a–2, acts May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413; Aug. 3, 1955, ch. 496, § 2, 69 Stat. 444, related to entry on lands abutting on navigable waters.
text: Section 687a–3, act May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413, related to multiple claimants of the same tract.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after tenth anniversary of date of approval of this Act, Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 687a–4 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 687a–4. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792
text: Section, act May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413, authorized reservation of landing places along water front for natives of Alaska. Section was formerly classified to section 464 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
text: Section was additionally repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, effective on and after the tenth anniversary of the date of approval of this Act, Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792, provided that the repeal made by section 704(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 687a–5...687b–4 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§§ 687a–5 to 687b–4. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
text: Section 687a–5, act May 14, 1898, ch. 299, § 10, 30 Stat. 413, excepted certain islands.
text: Section 687a–6, acts Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 13, 26 Stat. 1100; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to surveys and deposits for covered lands.
text: Section 687b, act Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 1, 63 Stat. 679, related to Alaskan lands subject to sale for industrial, commercial, and housing construction purposes.
text: Section 687b–1, act Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 2, 63 Stat. 679, related to minimum selling price.
text: Section 687b–2, acts Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 3, 63 Stat. 679; Oct. 21, 1976, Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(d), 90 Stat. 2791, related to liability for damages caused by mining and preservation of existing rights.
text: Section 687b–3, act Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 4, 63 Stat. 679, related to inapplicability of certain provisions.
text: Section 687b–4, act Aug. 30, 1949, ch. 521, § 5, 63 Stat. 679, related to promulgation of rules and regulations.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after tenth anniversary of date of approval of this Act, Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 687b–5 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 687b–5. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
text: Section, Pub. L. 88–66, July 19, 1963, 77 Stat. 80, required applicability of equitable principles by Secretary of the Interior upon submission of proof of compliance with land use requirements after prescribed period. Section was formerly classified to section 364f of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 687c (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 687c. Alaskan land leases for fur farming; citizenship; acreage limitation; period; terms and conditions; laws applicable to mineral resources; reservations
The Secretary of the Interior, in order to encourage and promote development of production of furs in the Territory of Alaska, is authorized to lease to corporations organized under the laws of the United States, or of any state or Territory thereof, citizens of the United States, or associations of such citizens, public lands of the United States in the Territory of Alaska suitable for fur farming, in areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres, and for periods not exceeding ten years, upon such terms and conditions as he may by general regulations prescribe: Provided, That where leases are given hereunder for islands or lands within the same, such lease may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be for an area not to exceed thirty square miles: Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall prevent the prospecting, locating, development, entering, leasing, or patenting of the mineral resources of any lands so leased under laws applicable thereto: And provided further, That this section shall not be held nor construed to apply to the Pribilof Islands, declared a special reservation by section 646 1 of title 16: And provided further, That any permit or lease issued under this section shall reserve to the Secretary of the Interior the right to permit the use and occupation of parts of said leased areas for the taking, preparing, manufacturing, or storing of fish or fish products, or the utilization of the lands for purposes of trade or business, to the extent and in the manner provided by existing laws or laws which may be enacted after July 3, 1926.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 745, § 1, 44 Stat. 821.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 646 of title 16, referred to in text, was repealed by act Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, § 18, 58 Stat. 104. See sections 1161, 1162, and 1167 of Title 16, Conservation.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 360 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Admission of Alaska as State
text: Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
43 U.S.C. § 687c–1 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 687c–1. Execution of provisions of section 687c; authority of Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts, and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper, for the purpose of carrying the provisions of section 687c of this title into effect, including provisions for the forfeiture of any lease for failure to stock the same with fur-bearing animals within a period of one year from the date of the lease, or in the event of the devotion of the lease area primarily to any purpose other than the rearing of such fur-bearing animals.
(July 3, 1926, ch. 745, § 2, 44 Stat. 822.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 361 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
43 U.S.C. § 688...700 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§§ 688 to 700. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
text: Section 688, R.S. § 2361; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, authorized issuance of multiple certificates in cases of two or more purchasers of same section of land.
text: Section 689, R.S. § 2362, authorized refund of purchase money by the Secretary of the Interior.
text: Section 690, R.S. § 2363, related to sources of funds for repayment.
text: Section 691, R.S. § 2368, authorized purchase of lands located in good faith by claims arising under treaty of Sept. 30, 1854.
text: Section 692, R.S. § 2366, authorized receipt of foreign coins in payment for purchases.
text: Section 693, R.S. § 2369; acts Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to mistakes in entry of public lands purchased at private sale.
text: Section 694, R.S. § 2370; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to mistakes in issuance of patents for lands.
text: Section 695, R.S. § 2371, related to applicability of sections 693 and 694 of this title for mistakes in location of warrants.
text: Section 696, R.S. § 2374, prohibited agreements to pay premiums to purchasers of public lands.
text: Section 697, R.S. § 2372; acts Feb. 24, 1909, ch. 181, 35 Stat. 645; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; May 21, 1926, ch. 353, 44 Stat. 591; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to errors in entry, selection or location of public lands.
text: Section 698, R.S. § 2375, authorized recovery of premiums paid under section 696 of this title.
text: Section 699, R.S. § 2376, authorized discovery of agreements authorizing payments under section 696 of this title.
text: Section 700, act Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 381, § 1, 25 Stat. 854, authorized private entry onto public lands of United States only in Missouri.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 711...715 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§§ 711 to 715. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
text: Section 711, R.S. § 2380, authorized reservation of town sites by President.
text: Section 712, R.S. § 2381; acts Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, authorized reserved lands to be surveyed in urban and suburban lots and their appraisement and sale.
text: Section 713, R.S. § 2382; acts Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, § 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 904, § 1, 68 Stat. 792, related to procedure for establishment of town or city sites.
text: Section 714, R.S. § 2383, authorized extension of limits of towns established on unsurveyed lands.
text: Section 715, R.S. § 2384; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, authorized Secretary of the Interior to survey and plat cities or towns on the public domain where interested parties fail to file transcript maps in twelve months after establishment.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 730...736 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§§ 730 to 736. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
text: Section 730, act July 9, 1914, ch. 138, 38 Stat. 454, provided for issuance of patents to transferees of town lots purchased at public sale and transferred prior to October 11, 1911, where patent had not been issued to original purchaser who had since died.
text: Section 731, act Feb. 9, 1903, ch. 531, 32 Stat. 820, extended town-site laws to ceded Indian lands in the State of Minnesota.
text: Section 732, act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 11, 26 Stat. 1099, related to town-site entries in Alaska. Section was formerly classified to section 355 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
text: Section 733, act May 25, 1926, ch. 379, § 1, 44 Stat. 629, related to Indian or Eskimo lands in Alaska set aside on survey of town site. Section was formerly classified to section 355a of Title 48.
text: Section 734, act May 25, 1926, ch. 379, § 2, 44 Stat. 630, related to extension of streets or alleys across Indian or Eskimo land in Alaska. Section was formerly classified to section 355b of Title 48.
text: Section 735, act May 25, 1926, ch. 379, § 3, 44 Stat. 630, related to a survey of nonmineral public lands in Alaska into lots and blocks. Section was formerly classified to section 355c of Title 48.
text: Section 736, act May 25, 1926, ch. 379, § 4, 44 Stat. 630, related to authority of Secretary to prescribe regulations for sections 733 to 735 of this title. Section was formerly classified to section 355d of Title 48.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
heading: Juneau Indian Village Townsite
text: Pub. L. 88–34, May 29, 1963, 77 Stat. 52, which provided that sections 733 to 736 of this title were extended and made applicable to all lands of the Juneau Indian Village of Alaska, including uplands and filled in tidelands occupied on May 29, 1963, was repealed by section 703(a) of Pub. L. 94–579.
43 U.S.C. § 737 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 737. Unrestricted deeds for townsite lands held by Alaska natives
The trustee or trustees to whom a patent has been issued for a townsite surveyed pursuant to section 732 or 735 1 of this title, upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative that any Alaska native who claims and occupies a tract of land within such townsite is competent to manage his own affairs and has petitioned the Secretary or his authorized representative for an unrestricted deed, or 2 shall issue to such native an unrestricted deed, and thereafter all restrictions as to sale, encumbrance, or taxation of said lands shall be removed, but said land shall not be liable to the satisfaction of any debt, except obligations owed the Federal Government, contracted prior to the issuing of such deed.
(Feb. 26, 1948, ch. 72, 62 Stat. 35.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Sections 732 and 735 of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 355e of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
43 U.S.C. § 738 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 738. Repealed. Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
text: Section, act July 24, 1947, ch. 305, 61 Stat. 414, related to promulgation of zoning laws in Alaska. Section was formerly classified to section 364 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of Repeal
text: Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
heading: Savings Provision
text: Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 751a (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 751a. Survey system extended to Alaska
The system of public land surveys is extended to the Territory of Alaska.
(Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 424, 30 Stat. 1098.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 351 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Section is from the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act, 1900.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Admission of Alaska as State
text: Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
43 U.S.C. § 751b (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 751b. Surveys in Nome and Fairbanks districts
The Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate, shall furnish the land offices at Nome and Fairbanks a sufficient quantity of numbers to be used in the different classes of official surveys that may be made in the Nome and Fairbanks land districts to meet the requirements thereof, and upon application by any person desiring to have an official survey made such officers as the Secretary of the Interior may designate shall furnish a number or numbers for such survey or surveys, together with an order directing a qualified deputy surveyor to make the same, and such application, order, and the fee required to be paid shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate: Provided, That all surveys thus made shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior or such officer as he may designate.
(Mar. 2, 1907, ch. 2537, § 4, 34 Stat. 1232; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 584, § 2, 56 Stat. 779; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 352 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Repeals
text: Act Oct. 9, 1942, ch. 584, § 2, 56 Stat. 779, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 651.
heading: Abolition of Offices of Receiver and Surveyor General and Transfer of Functions
text: References to “receivers” changed to “registers” by act Oct. 9, 1942, which abolished office of receiver and transferred functions to an employee to be designated by Secretary and to be performed under title “register”.
Act Mar. 3, 1925, abolished office of surveyor general and transferred administration of all activities in charge of surveyors general to Field Surveying Service under jurisdiction of United States Supervisor of Surveys.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out under section 1451 of this title.
Functions of Supervisor of Surveys and Registers transferred to Secretary of the Interior or those officers as he may designate by section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946. See note set out under section 1 of this title.
43 U.S.C. § 753 (PUBLIC LANDS)
§ 753. Lines of division of half quarter sections; how run
In every case of the division of a quarter section the line for the division thereof shall run north and south, and the corners and contents of half quarter sections which may thereafter be sold, shall be ascertained in the manner and on the principles directed and prescribed by section 752 of this title, and fractional sections containing one hundred and sixty acres or upwards shall in like manner as nearly as practicable be subdivided into half quarter sections under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and in every case of a division of a half quarter section, the line for the division thereof shall run east and west, and the corners and contents of quarter quarter sections, which may thereafter be sold, shall be ascertained as nearly as may be, in the manner, and on the principles, directed and prescribed by the section preceding; and fractional sections containing fewer or more than one hundred and sixty acres shall in like manner, as nearly as may be practicable, be subdivided into quarter quarter sections, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
(R.S. § 2397.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 2397 derived from acts Apr. 24, 1820, ch. 51, § 1, 3 Stat. 566; Apr. 5, 1832, ch. 65, 4 Stat. 503.