When it was a Territory it was not a State. Once it became a State with defined borders it became sovereign. The Feds have no more control over the Land within it other then what the US Constitution allows for in the enumerated power - such as for Forts, Docks, etc. and Navigable waterways.
As Such since it is a Sovereign State NOW Section 8 Paragraph 17 controls. Not what was from before it became a State per the US Constitution.
Nonsense. In just about every enabling act creating states in the west it is clearly stated what land was being transferred to the new state. All other land remained the property of the U.S.
As Such since it is a Sovereign State NOW Section 8 Paragraph 17 controls. Not what was from before it became a State per the US Constitution.
Nothing in that negates the Property Clause in Article IV, Section 3.