Public lands definition

Public lands. ’ means (A) all lands under the cus- tody and control of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, except Indian lands, (B) lands under the custody and control of the Tennessee Valley Authority that are situated in western Ken- tucky and Tennessee and are designated as ‘‘Land Be- tween the Lakes,’’ and (C) lands under the custody and control of the Secretary of Defense;
Public lands means lands of the state of Washington
Public lands means all those lands defined as public lands by N.M.I. Const. art. XI, § 1 including improvements thereon.

Examples of Public lands in a sentence

  • Such surveyors shall use procedures in accordance with the Bureau of Land Management “Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States” for General Land Office surveys and in accordance with State law for others.

  • If any monuments, corners, or accessories are destroyed, obliterated, or damaged by such operations, Purchaser shall hire an appropriate county surveyor or registered land surveyor to reestablish or restore the monuments, corners, or accessories, at the same location, using surveying procedures in accordance with the Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States, and shall record such survey in appropriate county records.

  • Such surveyors shall use procedures in accordance with the Bureau of Land Management “Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States” for General Land Office sur- veys and in accordance with State law for others.


More Definitions of Public lands

Public lands means lands belonging to or held in trust by the state, which are not devoted to or reserved for a particular use by law, and include state lands, tidelands, shorelands and harbor areas as herein defined, and the beds of navigable waters belonging to the state (RCW 79.02.010).
Public lands means any lands owned by the State of Oregon, a city, county, district or municipal or public corporation in Oregon.
Public lands means land under the jurisdiction of the commission that is owned by the state or that has been dedicated for public access to a meandered sovereign lake or meandered sovereign river.
Public lands means lands of the state of Washington administered by the department including but not limited to state lands, state forestlands, lands included in a state forestland pool, and aquatic lands.
Public lands means land currently held in fee title by fed- eral, state or local governments or lands held under the forest crop or managed forest land programs but only to the extent such lands are required to be open to public hunting and fishing.
Public lands means lands owned by, leased, licensed to or under the management of the City, and shall include but not be limited to any public highway, road, street, avenue, parkway, lane, alley, square, place, viaduct or trestle, water, thoroughfare, way or bridge, park, woodland, greenbelt, storm water management facility, open space, municipal golf course or cemetery, and all parts thereof, including any surface, grassed area, boulevard, ditch, curb, gutter and sidewalk; (0108-2011)
Public lands means federal lands and lands owned or administered by the Division.