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Title 43 — Public Lands

Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government

§ 424c. Issuance of patents; recitals in patents; reservations

Statutory text

After the purchaser has paid to the United States all amounts due on the purchase price of said land, a patent shall issue which shall recite that the lands so patented have been classified in whole or in part as temporarily or permanently unproductive, as the case may be, under sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title. Such patents shall also contain a reservation of a lien for water charges when deemed appropriate by the Secretary and reservations of coal or other mineral rights to the same extent as patents issued under the homestead laws.

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. 71–292 § 4 · 46 Stat. 367

    Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 424c

    (May 16, 1930, ch. 292, § 4, 46 Stat. 367.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (May 16, 1930, ch. 292, § 4, 46 Stat. 367.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. After the purchaser has paid to the United States all Patent to issue upon payment of purchase price. amounts due on the purchase price or said land, a patent shall issue which shall recite that the lands so patented have been classified in whole or in part as temporarily or permanently unproductive, as the case may be, under the Adjustment Act of May 25, 1926. Such patents shall also contain a reservation of a lien for water Reservation of lien for water charges, mineral, etc., rights. charges when deemed appropriate bv the Secretary and reservations of coal or other mineral rights to the same extent as patents issued under the homestead laws.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “the Adjustment Act of ”, meaning act of May 25, 1926, ch. 383, 44 Stat. 636, which enacted sections 423 to 423g and 610 of this title. Section 610 of this title was omitted from the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Credits

(May 16, 1930, ch. 292, § 4, 46 Stat. 367.)

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