Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah
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PUBLIC LANDS
Section 1. All lands of the State that have been, or that may hereafter be granted to the State by Congress, and all lands required by gift or grant or devise, from any person or corporation or that my otherwise be acquired, are hereby accepted and shall be the public lands of the State, and shall be held in trust for the people, to be disposed of as , except sections 16 and 36, school lands, which may be sold to the occupants thereof at the value of such lands prior to their occupancy and without regard to improvements upon or adjacent theretomay be provided by law for the respective purposes for which they have been or may be granted, donated, devised or otherwise acquired.