Alaska Statehood: Hearings Before the Committee on Interior Affairs, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 49, a Bill to Provide for the Admission of the State of Alaska Into the Union; S. 35, a Bill to Provide that the Governor and the Secretary of the Territory of Alaska Shall be Elected by the People of that Territory. March 25 and 26, 1957Considers (85) S. 49, (85) S. 35. |
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Page 130 - State do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof...
Page 141 - ... act. The schools, colleges and universities provided for in this act shall forever remain under the exclusive control of the said states respectively, and no part of the proceeds arising from the sale or disposal of any lands herein granted for educational purposes shall be used for the support of any sectarian or denominational school, college, or university.
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Page 140 - States, whether for homestead, mineral, right of way, or any other purpose whatsoever, or shall affect the rights of any such claimant, locator, or entryman to the full use and enjoyment of his land.