43 USC § 871 - Certain grants and laws unaffected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s871"
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title: "43 USC § 871 - Certain grants and laws unaffected"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "871"
section_name: "Certain grants and laws unaffected"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "RESERVATIONS AND GRANTS TO STATES FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Jan. 25, 1927, ch. 57, § 2, 44 Stat. 1027.)"
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# § 871. Certain grants and laws unaffected

section 870 of this titleJanuary 25, 1927

Nothing contained in  is intended or shall be held or construed to increase, diminish, or affect the rights of States under grants other than for the support of common or public schools by numbered school sections in place, and said section shall not apply to indemnity or lieu selections or exchanges or the right after , to select indemnity for numbered school sections in place lost to the State under the provisions of said section or any Acts, and all existing laws governing such grants and indemnity or lieu selections and exchanges are continued in full force and effect.

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 25, 1927, ch. 57, § 2, 44 Stat. 1027.)