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GA Code § 44-4-20 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-20. Designation of Georgia Coordinate System and Georgia Coordinate System of 1985; East and West Zones

  The systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or its successors for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the State of Georgia are hereafter to be known and designated as the "Georgia Coordinate System" and the "Georgia Coordinate System of 1985."   For the purpose of the use of these systems, the state is divided into an "East Zone" and a "West Zone":   The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the East Zone: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baldwin, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Columbia, Dodge, Echols, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel, Evans, Franklin, Glascock, Glynn, Greene, Hancock, Hart, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Lincoln, Long, McDuffie, McIntosh, Madison, Montgomery, Oglethorpe, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Stephens, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilkes, and Wilkinson; and   The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the West Zone: Baker, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brooks, Butts, Calhoun, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clark, Clay, Clayton, Cobb, Colquitt, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, Decatur, DeKalb, Dooly, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer, Gordon, Grady, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Irwin, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Lumpkin, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Morgan, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Peach, Pickens, Pike, Polk, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Rabun, Randolph, Rockdale, Schley, Seminole, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Towns, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Union, Upson, Walker, Walton, Webster, White, Whitfield, Wilcox, and Worth.      (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Description of boundaries of state, § 50-2-1 et seq.
GA Code § 44-4-21 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-21. Names of East and West Zones

  As established for use in the East Zone, the Georgia Coordinate System or the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 shall be named; and, in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Georgia Coordinate System East Zone" or the "Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 East Zone."   As established for use in the West Zone, the Georgia Coordinate System or the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 shall be named; and, in any land description in which it is used, it shall be designated the "Georgia Coordinate System West Zone" or the "Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 West Zone."     (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 2; Code 1981, §44-4-21, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Boundaries, § 53.
GA Code § 44-4-22 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-22. Alternative Plane Coordinates for Expressing Location of a Point for Georgia Coordinate System and Georgia Coordinate System of 1985

 The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances expressed in U.S. Survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Georgia Coordinate System and expressed in either meters and decimals of a meter or, following conversion as provided in Code Section 44-4-28, in American Survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985.One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate," shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate," shall give the position in a north-and-south direction.These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this article.Any such control monument may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Georgia Coordinate System.   (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 3; Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 168, § 1.)
GA Code § 44-4-23 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-23. Description of Land Extending From One Zone to Another

 When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into the other of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 4; Code 1981, §44-4-23, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)
GA Code § 44-4-24 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-24. Zones Precisely Defined

  For purposes of more precisely defining the Georgia Coordinate System, the following definition of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, now National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, is adopted:   The "Georgia Coordinate System East Zone" is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having a central meridian eighty-two degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian eighty-two degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel thirty degrees north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y = 0 feet; and   The "Georgia Coordinate System West Zone" is a transverse Mercator projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having a central meridian eighty-four degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich, on which meridian the scale is set one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian eighty-four degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel thirty degrees north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 500,000 feet and y = 0 feet.     For purposes of more precisely defining the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985, the following definition by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey is adopted:   The "Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 East Zone" is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian eighty-two degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich, on which central meridian the scale is set one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the central meridian eighty-two degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel thirty degrees north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 200,000 meters and y = 0.000 meters; and   The "Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 West Zone" is a transverse Mercator projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having a central meridian eighty-four degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich, on which central meridian the scale is set one part in 10,000 too small. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the central meridian eighty-four degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel thirty degrees north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: x = 700,000 meters and y = 0.000 meters.       (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 5; Code 1981, §44-4-24, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)
GA Code § 44-4-25 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-25. Recordation of Coordinates of Point Prohibited Unless Connected by Survey to Monumented Horizontal Control Station

 No coordinates based on either Georgia Coordinate System purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point has been connected by survey to a monumented horizontal control station that is identified and has been established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications as prepared and published by the Federal Geodetic Control Committee of the United States Department of Commerce. Standards and specifications of the Federal Geodetic Control Committee or its successors in force on the date of said survey shall apply. The publishing of the existing control stations, or the acceptance with intent to publish the newly established control stations, by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey will constitute evidence of adherence to the Federal Geodetic Control Committee specifications.    (Code 1981, §44-4-25, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 10, § 44.)
GA Code § 44-4-26 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-26. Use of Terms Limited

 The use of the term "Georgia Coordinate System East Zone," "Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 East Zone," "Georgia Coordinate System West Zone," or "Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 West Zone" on any map, report of survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Georgia Coordinate Systems as defined in this article.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 6; Code 1981, §44-4-26, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 12 Am. Jur. 2d, Boundaries, § 70.
GA Code § 44-4-27 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-27. Use of Terms "Grid North, Georgia East Zone" and "Grid North, Georgia West zone."

 The term "Grid North, Georgia East Zone" refers to the fixed north direction in the East Zone, being Geodetic North for the central meridian eighty-two degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich. The term "Grid North, Georgia West Zone" refers to the fixed north direction in the West Zone, being Geodetic North for the central meridian eighty-four degrees ten minutes west of Greenwich. The applicable Grid North term and the basis of orientation shall appear on maps of survey that are purported oriented to a Georgia Coordinate System zone.    (Code 1981, §44-4-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)
GA Code § 44-4-28 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-28. Conversion of Distances Between Meters and Feet

 Any conversion of distances between the meter and the American Survey foot will be based upon the length of the meter (exactly) equals 39.37 inches or 3.2808333333 1/3 feet.    (Code 1981, §44-4-28, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)
GA Code § 44-4-29 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-29. Use of System Not Mandatory

 Nothing contained in this article shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Georgia Coordinate System or the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985. Nothing in this article shall be so construed as to require any person, firm, or corporation to use these systems of coordinates to obtain or secure a legal description of land or real estate.    (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218, § 7; Code 1981, §44-4-29, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)
GA Code § 44-4-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-30. Validation of Use of Georgia Coordinate System

  Any legal description prepared under the provisions of the Georgia Coordinate System provided by an Act approved March 6, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218), and continued as a part of this Code until July 1, 1985, shall not be invalid.   Any continual use of legal descriptions prepared under the terms of the Georgia Coordinate System provided by an Act approved March 6, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218), and continued as a part of this Code until July 1, 1985, which have been recorded or filed in official records within the State of Georgia, shall not be invalid.     (Code 1981, §44-4-30, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to § 28-9-5, in 1985, "July 1, 1985," was substituted for "the effective date of this article" in subsection (a) and for "the effective date of this article," in subsection (b).
GA Code § 44-4-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 4 - Determination of Boundaries|Article 2 - Coordinate System|§ 44-4-31. Use of Georgia Coordinate System Prohibited After January 1, 1990

 The Georgia Coordinate System provided for in the Act approved March 6, 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 218), shall not be used after January 1, 1990; the Georgia Coordinate System of 1985 will be the sole system after said date.    (Code 1981, §44-4-31, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 650, § 1.)
GA Code § 44-5-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-1. Origin of Title to Land

 The title to all lands originates in grants from the Government and, since its independence, from the state.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2322; Code 1868, § 2319; Code 1873, § 2350; Code 1882, § 2350; Civil Code 1895, § 3210; Civil Code 1910, § 3798; Code 1933, § 85-301.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 3 et seq., 76, 77, 48 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 64, 65.   C.J.S.   - 73A C.J.S., Public Lands, § 86 et seq. 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, §§ 249, 250, 264 et seq., 296, 297.
GA Code § 44-5-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-2. How Land in State Held

 All realty in this state is held under the state as the original owner thereof. It is free from all rent or service and is limited only by the right of eminent domain which remains in the state.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2200; Code 1868, § 2195; Code 1873, § 2221; Code 1882, § 2221; Civil Code 1895, § 3051; Civil Code 1910, § 3623; Code 1933, § 85-202.)   Cross references.   - State ownership of wildlife found in state, § 27-1-3.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 26 Am. Jur. 2d, Eminent Domain, §§ 1 et seq., 20. 28 Am. Jur. 2d, Estates, § 7. 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 3, 118 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 64 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 29A C.J.S., Eminent Domain, §§ 3, 21. 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, §§ 249, 250, 264 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, § 263.   ALR.   - Right of public in shore of inland navigable lake between high- and low-water marks, 40 A.L.R.3d 776.
GA Code § 44-5-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-3. Form of Grants; Substantial Compliance

 The form of grants heretofore used in this state is established, and a substantial compliance with such form shall be held sufficient.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2323; Code 1868, § 2320; Code 1873, § 2351; Code 1882, § 2351; Civil Code 1895, § 3211; Civil Code 1910, § 3799; Code 1933, § 85-302.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 3 et seq., 76, 77, 118 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, § 264 et seq.
GA Code § 44-5-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-4. Correctable Errors in Grants

 The following errors in the issuing and recording of grants may be corrected:    Any error in the name or residence of the grantee; or in the location, character, or boundary of the land; or in any other matter or thing connected with the application for or issuing of the grant;   Any error in recording or transcribing the names of applicants for draws or the names of fortunate drawers in the several land lotteries, or any omission by any of the officers or on the part of any of the agents of the state, or any other mistake in recording the grant; or   Any other error whereby the true grantee is deprived of or jeopardized in his right.    (Laws 1827, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 656; Laws 1828, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 657; Laws 1837, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 658; Ga. L. 1851-52, p. 247, § 1; Code 1863, § 2324; Code 1868, § 2321; Code 1873, § 2352; Code 1882, § 2352; Civil Code 1895, § 3212; Civil Code 1910, § 3800; Code 1933, § 85-303.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Cancellation of Instruments, §§ 6, 31 et seq. 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 11, 120 et seq., 124, 128 et seq. 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Reformation of Instruments, §§ 1, 3, 28, 30, 48, 69, 70. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 67.   C.J.S.   - 26A C.J.S., Deeds, §§ 43, 53 et seq. 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, §§ 264 et seq.
GA Code § 44-5-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-5. Application to Governor for Correction of Errors; Notice to Interested Parties; Evidence of Error or Mistake; Order for Correction of Errors

 In all cases where errors in issuing or recording grants are sought to be corrected, an application shall be made in writing to the Governor showing that notice in writing of the nature and time of the application has been served upon every person who may be in any manner interested in the question. If no objection is filed and satisfactory evidence of the error or mistake is produced and submitted in writing, the Governor may pass an order requiring the error to be corrected and, if necessary, requiring a new grant to be issued upon delivery of the first grant for cancellation.   (Laws 1828, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 657; Laws 1843, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 658; Laws 1845, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 659; Code 1863, § 2325; Code 1868, § 2322; Code 1873, § 2353; Code 1882, § 2353; Civil Code 1895, § 3213; Civil Code 1910, § 3801; Code 1933, § 85-304.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 11, 128 et seq. 66 Am. Jur. 2d, Reformation of Instruments, §§ 1, 3, 28, 30, 48, 69, 70. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, § 67.   C.J.S.   - 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, § 282 et seq.
GA Code § 44-5-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-6. When Correction Refused

 If objections are filed to the proceedings instituted pursuant to Code Section 44-5-5 and it appears that the proposed correction will interfere with the vested rights of other bona fide claimants, the Governor shall refuse to make such correction and shall leave the parties to their judicial remedies.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2326; Code 1868, § 2323; Code 1873, § 2354; Code 1882, § 2354; Civil Code 1895, § 3214; Civil Code 1910, § 3802; Code 1933, § 85-305.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 11, 128 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, § 282 et seq.
GA Code § 44-5-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-7. Trial in Superior Court

 If it is unclear whether the proposed correction would interfere with the vested rights of others, the Governor may cause an issue to be made and certify the same to the superior court of the county where the land is located, requiring the court to cause the issue to be tried before a jury and have its verdict certified to him.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2327; Code 1868, § 2324; Code 1873, § 2355; Code 1882, § 2355; Civil Code 1895, § 3215; Civil Code 1910, § 3803; Code 1933, § 85-306.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Loss of easement by adverse possession, or nonuser, 1 A.L.R. 884; 66 A.L.R. 1099; 98 A.L.R. 1291; 25 A.L.R.2d 1265.
GA Code § 44-5-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-8. Filing and Preserving Papers and Evidence

 All the papers and evidence upon every application made pursuant to Code Section 44-5-5 shall be filed and preserved in the office of the Governor.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 2329; Code 1868, § 2326; Code 1873, § 2357; Code 1882, § 2357; Civil Code 1895, § 3216; Civil Code 1910, § 3804; Code 1933, § 85-307.)
GA Code § 44-5-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-9. Advertising Prior to Issuing Corrected Grant Where Original Lost

 If the applicant for a corrected grant is not able to produce the original grant to be canceled, the Governor may issue the corrected grant after advertising for six months, at the expense of the applicant, for any objection to be filed.   (Laws 1837, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 658; Code 1863, § 2330; Code 1868, § 2327; Code 1873, § 2358; Code 1882, § 2358; Civil Code 1895, § 3217; Civil Code 1910, § 3805; Code 1933, § 85-308.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Cancellation of Instruments, §§ 6, 31 et seq. 52 Am. Jur. 2d, Lost and Destroyed Instruments, § 1 et seq.
GA Code § 44-5-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-10. Effect of Corrected Grant; Notation of Correction

  All corrected grants shall take effect from the time of the issuance of the original grant but shall not affect the vested rights of bona fide purchasers without notice.   Corrected grants shall bear upon their face a notation of the correction made and the date of the executive order under which it was made.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 2331; Code 1868, § 2328; Code 1873, § 2359; Code 1882, § 2359; Civil Code 1895, § 3218; Civil Code 1910, § 3806; Code 1933, § 85-309.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, § 128 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 26A C.J.S., Deeds, § 43.
GA Code § 44-5-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 44 - Property|Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property|Article 1 - Grants From State|§ 44-5-11. Grounds for Setting Aside Grants

 Upon a writ of scire facias, grants issued by the state may be set aside by the superior court of the county where the land is located on the ground:    That they were obtained by fraud or willful misrepresentations to the officers of the state by the grantee or those in privity with him;   Of collusion between the grantee and the officers of the state; or   Of fraud, accident, or mistake by the officers of the state, which fraud, accident, or mistake was known to the grantee.    (Orig. Code 1863, § 2332; Code 1868, § 2329; Code 1873, § 2360; Code 1882, § 2360; Civil Code 1895, § 3219; Civil Code 1910, § 3807; Code 1933, § 85-310.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 63A Am. Jur. 2d, Public Lands, §§ 5 et seq., 98, 105, 120 et seq., 124. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies, §§ 66, 67.   C.J.S.   - 73B C.J.S., Public Lands, §§ 268 et seq., 279, 282 et seq.