Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12 — Reclamation and Irrigation of Lands by Federal Government
§ 447. Relinquishment of homestead entry and making new entry
Statutory text
Any person who prior to , made homestead entry under the Act of (32 Stat. 388), for land believed to be susceptible of irrigation which at the time of said entry was withdrawn for any contemplated irrigation project, may relinquish the same, provided that it has since been determined that the land embraced in such entry or all thereof in excess of twenty acres is not or will not be irrigable under the project, and in lieu thereof may select and make entry for any farm unit included within such irrigation project as finally established, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 436 and 437 of this title: Provided, That such entrymen shall be given credit on the new entry for the time of bona fide residence maintained on the original entry.
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. 63–182 · 38 Stat. 1215
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 447
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 182, 38 Stat. 1215.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 182, 38 Stat. 1215.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of , referred to in text, is popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.
Credits
(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 182, 38 Stat. 1215.)