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43 U.S.C. § 210Recognition of equitable claims on certain lands in Oklahoma; validation of homestead entries

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This law tells the Secretary of the Interior to recognize certain old land claims in Oklahoma. It covers settlers who moved onto the land before 1934 and people whose homestead paperwork was wrongly approved. The Secretary must validate these claims if they are otherwise in order.

This law is about certain lands in Oklahoma. The Secretary of the Interior must recognize "equitable claims" — fair ownership claims — for people who settled on this land before January 1, 1934, even though the usual legal process wasn't followed. The Secretary must also validate homestead entries that were mistakenly approved, because the land wasn't actually open for homesteading at the time. The same goes for entries and applications to make final proof that were suspended. All of these become valid, as long as they are otherwise proper, and they count as valid as of the date of the original application.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to recognize equitable claims to such lands based on settlement made prior to January 1, 1934, and all homestead entries of such lands, the allowance of which was erroneous because the lands were not subject to entry, and all suspended entries and applications to make final proof, are validated if otherwise regular, as of the date of the regular application.

Source credit: (June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 2, 62 Stat. 576.)

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  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 22, 1948, ch. 605 · 62 Stat. 576

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 605 on 1948-06-22.

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