43 U.S.C. § 988 : US Code - Section 988: Act extended to Minnesota and Oregon

Search 43 U.S.C. § 988 : US Code - Section 988: Act extended to Minnesota and Oregon

The provisions of sections 982 to 984 of this title are extended
to the States of Minnesota and Oregon: Provided, That the grant
shall not include any lands which the Government of the United
States may have sold or disposed of under any law, enacted prior to
March 12, 1860, prior to the confirmation of title to be made under
the authority of said sections - and the selections to be made from
lands already surveyed in each of the States last named, under the
authority of said sections, shall have been made within two years
from the adjournment of the legislature of each State, at its next
session after the 12th day of March, A. D. 1860 - and as to all
lands surveyed or to be surveyed, thereafter, within two years from
such adjournment, at the next session after notice by the Secretary
of the Interior to the governor of the State, that the surveys have
been completed and confirmed.