CHAPTER 26—ABANDONED MILITARY RESERVATIONS
Section 1071, act July 5, 1884, ch. 214, §1, 23 Stat. 103, provided for designation by President of abandoned military reservations for disposition by Secretary of the Interior.
Section 1072, act July 5, 1884, ch. 214, §2, 23 Stat. 103, related to survey or subdivision of those lands and appraisal, advertisement and sale and rights of settlers.
Section 1073, act July 5, 1884, ch. 214, §3, 23 Stat. 103, related to sale of improvements or other property on those reservations.
Section, act July 5, 1884, ch. 214, §5, 23 Stat. 104, authorized disposition of mineral lands of vacated military reservations under mineral-land laws of United States.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Section, act Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 361, 39 Stat. 518, provided for applicability of homestead and desert land laws to military reservations in Nevada.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787, provided that the repeal made by section 702 is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, except such effective date to be on and after tenth anniversary of date of approval of this Act, Oct. 21, 1976, insofar as homestead laws apply to public lands in Alaska.
Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, additionally provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.
Section 1076, act Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208, 27 Stat. 593, authorized the President to withhold from sale or grant to municipal corporations portions of abandoned military reservations.
Section 1077, acts Aug. 23, 1894, ch. 314, §1, 28 Stat. 491; Feb. 15, 1895, ch. 92, §1, 28 Stat. 664, authorized opening of lands of abandoned military reservations to settlement.
Section 1078, act Aug. 23, 1894, ch. 314, §2, 28 Stat. 491, limited applicability of section 1077 of this title with respect to provisions of act July 5, 1884, relating to disposition of mineral lands.
Section 1079, act Feb. 11, 1903, ch. 543, 32 Stat. 822, related to confirmation of indemnity selections by States in lieu of school sections in abandoned military reservations.
Section 1080, act Feb. 15, 1895, ch. 92, §1, 28 Stat. 664, extended applicability of provisions relating to settlement and indemnity selection of abandoned military reservation to those abandoned prior to July 5, 1884.
Section 1081, act Aug. 23, 1894, ch. 314, §3, as added Apr. 23, 1904, ch. 1496, 33 Stat. 306, authorized patents for homesteads on Fort Abraham Lincoln Military Reservation, North Dakota.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of Repeal
Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, §703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789, provided that the repeal made by section 703(a) is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976.
Savings Provision
Repeal by Pub. L. 94–579 not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.