§ 853. Selections in Utah to supply deficiencies of school lands
All the provisions of sections
851 and
852 of this title, which provide for the selection of lands for educational purposes in lieu of those appropriated for other purposes, are made applicable to the State of Utah, and the grant of school lands to said State, including sections
2 and
32 in each township, and indemnity therefor, shall be administered and adjusted in accordance with the provisions of said sections, anything in the Act approved July 16, 1894, providing for the admission of said State into the Union, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Wherever the words “sections
16 and
36” occur in said sections, the same as applicable to the State of Utah shall read: “sections
2,
16,
32, and
36”, and wherever the words “sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections” occur the same shall read: “second, sixteenth, thirty-second, and thirty-sixth sections”, and wherever the words “sections
16 or
36” occur the same shall read: “sections
2,
16,
32, or
36”, and wherever the words “two sections” occur the same shall read “four sections.”