§ 424a. Sale of unproductive lands; terms; area purchasable; tracts included

Legislative history

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1. 1930

   Pub. L. 71–292 § 2 · 46 Stat. 367

   Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 424a

   (May 16, 1930, ch. 292, § 2, 46 Stat. 367.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (May 16, 1930, ch. 292, § 2, 46 Stat. 367.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. That the Secretary is authorized to sell such lands to Sale of, to resident farm owners or entrymen. 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: Provisos. Acreage which may be purchased, limited. Provided, That no such resident farm owner or resident entryman shall be permitted to purchase under this Act more than one hundred and sixty acres of such land, or an area which, together with land already owned on such Federal irrigation project, snail exceed three hundred and twenty acres: And provided further, That the authority Provisions hereof to extend over all nonproductive, etc., lands within projects. given hereunder shall apply not only to tracts wholly classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive, but also to all tracts of public lands, within Federal irrigation projects which by reason of the inclusion of lands classified as temporarily or permanently unproductive are found by the Secretary to be insufficient to support a family and to pay water charges.

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