Laws now applicable to lands or resources in the Territory of Alaska shall continue in force and effect to the same extent and in the same manner after March 4, 1927 , as before, and nothing in this subchapter shall preclude or prevent ingress or egress upon the lands in districts for any purpose authorized by any such law, including prospecting for and extraction of minerals. (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 513, § 16, 44 Stat. 1455 .) Editorial Notes Codification Section was formerly classified to section 471o of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. Executive Documents Admission of Alaska as State Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959 , on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959 , 24 F.R. 81 , 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508 , July 7, 1958 , 72 Stat. 339 , set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48 , Territories and Insular Possessions. CFR Title Parts 43 4200