Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 22 — Rights-of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands
§ 971b. Sale of restored Alaskan lands; preference rights; consent of Federal agency
Statutory text
The Secretary may sell such restored lands for not less than their appraised value, giving an appropriate preference right to the holders of adjoining claims or entries and to owners of adjoining private lands. If such lands are under the jurisdiction of a Federal department or agency other than the Department of the Interior, any sale thereof shall be made only with the consent of such department or agency.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 84–848 § 2 · 70 Stat. 731
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 971b
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 2, 70 Stat. 898.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 2, 70 Stat. 898.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 420a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Credits
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 2, 70 Stat. 898.)