30 U.S.C. § 48 : US Code - Section 48: Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands

Search 30 U.S.C. § 48 : US Code - Section 48: Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands

Except as otherwise provided in chapter 3A of this title, the
provisions of sections 21, 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 47,
51, and 52 of this title and section 661 of title 43 shall not
apply to the mineral lands situated in the States of Michigan,
Wisconsin, and Minnesota, which are declared free and open to
exploration and purchase, according to legal subdivisions, in like
manner as before the 10th day of May 1872. And any bona fide
entries of such lands within the States named since the 10th day of
May 1872 may be patented without reference to such sections of this
title. Such lands shall be offered for public sale in the same
manner, and at the same minimum price, as other public lands.