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INDIAN LANDS. SEC. 581 



CHAPTER 42. 



GRANTS OF LANDS TO STATE. 



(ENABLING ACT.) 

 SEC. 581. Government Lands to be Disclaimed. 



582. Schools Free From Sectarian Control. 



583. School Lands Granted. 



584. Revenues From Government Lands to School Fund. 



585. Sale of Granted Lands; Absolute Grant. 



586. Capitol Building Lands Granted. 



587. University Lands Granted. 



588. Penitentiary; Grant for. 



589. Agricultural College Lands Granted. 



590. Scientific and Normal Schools; Public Institutions; Grants 



for. 



591. Indemnity for Mineral Lands. 



592. Selection of Granted and Lieu Lands. 

 Cross-Reference: RESERVATION OF LANDS: sec. 578 et seq., 



ante. 



SEC. 581. STATE TO DISCLAIM TITLE TO GOVERNMENT LANDS. 



The delegates to the conventions elected as provided for in this act 

 shall meet at the seat of government of each of said territories * * * 

 on the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and, after 

 organization, * * * said convention shall provide, by ordinance 

 irrevocable without the consent of the United States and people of said 

 states: * * * Second: That the people inhabiting said proposed 

 states do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and 

 title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries 

 thereof, and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any 

 Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been 

 extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain 

 subject to the disposition of the United States, and said Indian lands 

 shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Congress 

 of the United States. 



Fourth. That provision shall be made for the establishment and 

 maintenance of systems of public schools, which shall be open to all the 

 children of said states and free from sectarian control. (Act Feb. 22, 

 '89; 25 Stat. L., p. 676, sec. 4; 7 Fed. Stat. Ann., p. 121.) 



Executed by Art. XXVI, sec. 2, Const., ante. 



Cited: 153 U. S. 273 (38 L. Ed. 714); 188 U. S. 432 (47 L. Ed. 532); 

 73 Fed. 60 ; 169 Fed. 477 ; 215 U. S. 291 (54 L. Ed. 200 ; 30 S. C. R. 116) ; 

 180 Fed. 1006 ; 14 Land Dec. 158 ; 19 L. D. 26 ; 1 Wash. 386 ; 26 Wash. 272. 



The disclaimer of tide lands by Art. XVII, sec. 2, Const, ante, included 

 tide lands within an Indian Reservation patented prior to statehood : Jones v. 

 Convert, 32 Wash. 610. 



