43 U.S.C. § 871 : US Code - Section 871: Certain grants and laws unaffected

Search 43 U.S.C. § 871 : US Code - Section 871: Certain grants and laws unaffected

Nothing contained in section 870 of this title is intended or
shall be held or construed to increase, diminish, or affect the
rights of States under grants other than for the support of common
or public schools by numbered school sections in place, and said
section shall not apply to indemnity or lieu selections or
exchanges or the right after January 25, 1927, to select indemnity
for numbered school sections in place lost to the State under the
provisions of said section or any Acts, and all existing laws
governing such grants and indemnity or lieu selections and
exchanges are continued in full force and effect.