2019 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 20 - Reservations and Grants to States for Public Purposes
Sec. 858 - Grants to counties for seats of justice

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 858 (2019)
Section Name §858. Grants to counties for seats of justice
Section Text

There shall be granted to the several counties or parishes of each State and Territory, where there are public lands, at the minimum price for which public lands of the United States are sold, the right of preemption to one quarter section of land, in each of the counties or parishes, in trust for such counties or parishes, respectively, for the establishment of seats of justice therein; but the proceeds of the sale of each of such quarter section shall be appropriated for the purpose of erecting public buildings in the county or parish for which it is located, after deducting therefrom the amount originally paid for the same. And the seat of justice for such counties or parishes, respectively, shall be fixed previously to a sale of the adjoining lands within the county or parish for which the same is located.

Source Credit

(R.S. §2286.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

R.S. §2286 derived from act May 26, 1824, ch. 169, §1, 4 Stat. 50.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 20 - RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES
Sec. 858 - Grants to counties for seats of justice
Contains section 858
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 4 Stat. 50
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