43 U.S.C. § 416 — Laws applicable to withdrawn lands; restoration to entry
submitted 124 years ago by ch. 1093 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 88 words · no verdicts yet
This law covers land that was set aside ("withdrawn") for a homestead project. Homestead entries on that land must follow this Act's rules, and surveys must be finished quickly. If the Secretary of the Interior decides the project won't work, the land goes back to normal homestead entry.
This section covers land that the government set aside — "withdrawn" — for a project under the homestead laws. Any homestead entries already made on that withdrawn land, during the time it stayed withdrawn, must follow all the provisions, limits, charges, terms, and conditions of this Act.
The government must prosecute the required land surveys diligently to completion. Once the surveys and the necessary maps, plans, and cost estimates are finished, the Secretary of the Interior must determine whether the project is practicable and advisable.
If the Secretary determines the project is impracticable or unadvisable, the Secretary must then restore the land to entry — opening it back up for regular homestead entry.
All lands entered and entries made under the homestead laws within areas so withdrawn during such withdrawal shall be subject to all the provisions, limitations, charges, terms, and conditions of this Act; that said surveys shall be prosecuted diligently to completion, and upon the completion thereof, and of the necessary maps, plans, and estimates of cost, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine whether or not said project is practicable and advisable, and if determined to be impracticable or unadvisable he shall thereupon restore said lands to entry.
Source credit: (June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, § 3, 32 Stat. 388; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)
- 1902Enacted · Act of June 17, 1902, ch. 1093 · 32 Stat. 388
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-579 · 90 Stat. 2792
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 1093 on 1902-06-17.
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