WHY THE DIFFERENCE??

SOME CLAIM ...“YOU GAVE UP YOUR LANDS”

(“FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE”)

“that the people inhabiting the said territory, do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the waste or unappropriated lands lying within the said territory; and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States...”

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

ALABAMA2.7% PUBLIC LANDS

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

“that the people inhabiting the said territory do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right or title to the waste or unappropriated lands lying within the said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States...”

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

LOUISIANA4.6% PUBLIC LANDS

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

“That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States, and that … no taxes shall be imposed by said state on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States.”

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

NEBRASKA1% PUBLIC LANDS

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

“That the people inhabiting said proposed States do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof, … and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States, and … no taxes shall be imposed by the States on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States or reserved for its use;”

FOREVER DISCLAIM ALL RIGHT AND TITLE ...?

NORTH DAKOTA3.9% PUBLIC LANDS

&SOUTH DAKOTA

5.4% PUBLIC LANDS