43 U.S.C. § 2501 — “Suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims”
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The Secretary of the Interior may decide cases involving “suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims” under equity principles and approved regulations, including when patents should issue. This section does not define those quoted terms.
The Secretary of the Interior, or a designated officer, may decide all cases involving “suspended entries of public lands” and “suspended preemption land claims,” using equity and justice principles recognized in equity courts and regulations approved by the Secretary. The officer may decide when patents should issue. This section does not define either quoted term.
The Secretary of the Interior, or such officer as he may designate, is authorized to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recognized in courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of public lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents shall issue upon the same.
Source credit: (R.S. § 2450; Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1, 19 Stat. 244; Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350, 42 Stat. 857; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100.)
- 1877Enacted · Act of Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69 · 19 Stat. 244
- 1922Amended · Act of Sept. 20, 1922, ch. 350 · 42 Stat. 857
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