30 U.S.C. § 172 (2024)
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Certain Alabama lands subject to homestead entry
Official statutory text
All lands designated as agricultural in the reclassification of the public lands of Alabama by the Secretary of the Interior under authority of Act March 27, 1906 (chapter 1347, section 1, Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 88), shall be subject to homestead entry as such.
(Mar. 27, 1906, ch. 1347, §2, 34 Stat. 88.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act March 27, 1906 (chapter 1347, section 1, Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 88), referred to in text, is not classified to the Code.
(Mar. 27, 1906, ch. 1347, §2, 34 Stat. 88.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act March 27, 1906 (chapter 1347, section 1, Thirty-fourth Statutes, page 88), referred to in text, is not classified to the Code.
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