Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 375c. Sales of small tracts to resident farm owners and entrymen; price; terms; acreage purchasable
Statutory text
The Secretary is authorized to sell such land to resident farm owners or resident entrymen, on the project upon which such land is located, at prices not less than that fixed by independent appraisal approved by the Secretary, and upon such terms and at private sale or at public auction as he may prescribe: Provided, That such resident farm landowner or resident entryman shall be permitted to purchase under sections 375b to 375f of this title not more than one hundred and sixty acres of such land, or an area which, together with land already owned or entered on such project shall not exceed one hundred and sixty irrigable acres.
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. 81–78 § 2 · 64 Stat. 39
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 375c
(Mar. 31, 1950, ch. 78, § 2, 64 Stat. 39.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 31, 1950, ch. 78, § 2, 64 Stat. 39.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. The Secretary is authorized to sell such land to resident Sale to resident farm owners or entrymen. farm owners or resident entrymen, on the project upon which such land is located, at prices not less than that fixed by independent appraisal approved by the Secretary, and upon such terms and at private sale or at public auction as he may prescribe: Provided, That such resident farm landowner or resident entryman shall be permitted to purchase under this Act not more than one hundred and sixty acres of such land, or an area which, together with land already owned or entered on such project shall not exceed one hundred and sixty irrigable acres.
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Credits
(Mar. 31, 1950, ch. 78, § 2, 64 Stat. 39.)