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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 7 — Homesteads

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

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to recognize equitable claims to such lands based on settlement made prior to , 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.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 80–605 § 2 · 62 Stat. 576

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 210

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

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 2, 62 Stat. 576.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. Settlement claims and homestead entries. The Secretary of the Interioris hereby 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 hereby validated if otherwise regular, as of the date of the regular application.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

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

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