43 USC § 866 - Exchange of cut over land in Montana

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s866"
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title: "43 USC § 866 - Exchange of cut over land in Montana"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "866"
section_name: "Exchange of cut over land in Montana"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 14, 1923, ch. 74, 42 Stat. 1245.)"
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# § 866. Exchange of cut over land in Montana

February 14, 1923

Tracts of timbered lands prior to , granted to the State of Montana for educational purposes, from which the timber has been cut or removed pursuant to State laws, may, under such rules and regulations as the legislature of said State shall prescribe, be exchanged for other lands of like character and approximately of equal value, in private ownership, which exchanged land shall be subject to the same requirements and limitations to the end that the State may acquire holdings in reasonably compact form and reforesting be undertaken in an economic manner, anything in the enabling act of said State to the contrary notwithstanding.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 14, 1923, ch. 74, 42 Stat. 1245.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The enabling act of Montana, referred to in text, is , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.