43 USC § 316o - Laws applicable

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s316o"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 316o - Laws applicable"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "316o"
section_name: "Laws applicable"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "GRAZING LANDS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ALASKA"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 16, 44 Stat. 1455.)"
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# § 316o. Laws applicable

March 4, 1927

Laws now applicable to lands or resources in the Territory of Alaska shall continue in force and effect to the same extent and in the same manner after , as before, and nothing in this subchapter shall preclude or prevent ingress or egress upon the lands in districts for any purpose authorized by any such law, including prospecting for and extraction of minerals.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 16, 44 Stat. 1455.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 471 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

## Executive Documents

### Admission of Alaska as State

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished , on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, , 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of , , , set out as notes preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.