I’m going to have to do some research to find the specifics, but I know that the original constitution limited the federal gov’t to land for military installations & gov’t bldgs. It was never intended for the feds to own vast tracts of land. Once a territory was made into a state, the gov’t was supposed to transfer authority.
Our western states are at an extreme disadvantage, since the gov’t has locked up so much land that can not be used for taxes. It’s time for the same rules to apply out west that applied to the east.
What State do you live in?