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title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
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# 43 U.S.C. § 147 - Disposition of proceeds of sale of withdrawn lands

## Text

The moneys derived from the sale of such lands and improvements shall be disposed of as are other receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands.

(Jan. 26, 1921, ch. 27, § 3, 41 Stat. 1090.)