UTAH STATE SCHOOL LANDS IN LIEU SELECTION
APPROVED
| Fiscal Year |
Acreage |
| 1950-56 |
32,441.29 |
| 1961-79 |
350,930.66 |
| 1980 |
None |
| 1981 |
None |
| 1982 |
1,995.76 |
| 1983 |
93,492.13 |
| 1984 |
24,768.76 |
| 1985 |
8,962.69 |
| 1986 |
None |
| 1987 |
None |
| 1988 |
None |
| 1989 |
7,354.56 |
| 1990 |
None |
| 1991 |
None |
| 1992 |
6,074.56** |
| 1993 |
None |
| 1994 |
None |
| 1995 |
None |
| 1996 |
None |
| 1997 |
None |
| TOTAL |
513,871.29 |
**Acres Quitclaimed back the US in 1992.
By the Utah Statehood Act of July 16, 1894, the US Congress provided that Utah would
receive sections 2, 16, 32, and 36 of each township in the State to support the public
schools. This totaled 5,844,196 acres. However, the land had to be surveyed
before title could be passed. In some cases, withdrawals were made by the Federal
Government for defense or other purposes before the lands were surveyed. In those
cases, the State was allowed the right to select other lands "in lieu" of those
lands for which title was not vested. Later, in 1958, Senator Arthur V. Watkins was
instrumental in getting a bill through Congress that allowed the State to select in lieu
mineral lands if the lands lost were mineral in character. |
