43 U.S.C. § 418 — Private lands within project; agreement as to disposal of excess over farm unit
submitted 112 years ago by ch. 247 to r/title-43-PUBLIC-LANDS · 111 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires private landowners to agree to sell excess land before a new reclamation project starts. The Secretary of the Interior sets the farm-size limit, price, and terms for the excess land. A landowner who refuses is excluded from the project.
Before any contract is let or work begun for the construction of any reclamation project adopted after August 13, 1914, the Secretary of the Interior shall require the owners of private lands thereunder to agree to dispose of all lands in excess of the area which he shall deem sufficient for the support of a family upon the land in question, upon such terms and at not to exceed such price as the Secretary of the Interior may designate; and if any landowner shall refuse to agree to the requirements fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, his land shall not be included within the project if adopted for construction.
Source credit: (Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 12, 38 Stat. 689.)
- 1914Enacted · Act of Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247 · 38 Stat. 689
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 247 on 1914-08-13.
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