Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 25A — Lands Held Under Color of Title
§ 1068a. Appraisal
Statutory text
Upon the filing of an application to purchase any lands subject to the operation of this chapter, together with the required proof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said application to be appraised, said appraisal to be on the basis of the value of such lands at the date of appraisal, exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development or improvement of the lands by the applicant or his predecessors in interest, and in such appraisal the Secretary shall consider and give full effect to the equities of any such applicant.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 70–47 § 2 · 45 Stat. 1069
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1068a
(Dec. 22, 1928, ch. 47, § 2, 45 Stat. 1070.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Dec. 22, 1928, ch. 47, § 2, 45 Stat. 1070.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. That upon the filing of an application to purchase any lands subject to the operation of this Act, together with the required proof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said application to be appraised, said appraisal to be on the basis of the value of such lands at the date of appraisal, exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development or improvement of the lands by the applicant or his predecessors in interest, and in such appraisal the Secretary shall consider and give full effect to the equities of any such applicant.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Dec. 22, 1928, ch. 47, § 2, 45 Stat. 1070.)