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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 337. Entry, after expenditures, perfected as homestead entry
Where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of the Interior, under rules and regulations to be
prescribed by him, with reference to any lawful pending desert-land
entry made prior to March 4, 1915, under which the entryman or his
duly qualified assignee under an assignment made prior to March 4,
1915, has, in good faith, expended the sum of $3 per acre in the
attempt to effect reclamation of the land, that there is no
reasonable prospect that, if the extension allowed by section 335
of this title or any law existing prior to March 4, 1915, were
granted, he would be able to secure water sufficient to effect
reclamation of the irrigable land in his entry or any legal
subdivision thereof, the Secretary of the Interior may, in his
discretion, allow such entryman or assignee five years from notice
within which to perfect the entry in the manner required of a
homestead entryman: Provided, That in cases where such entries have
been assigned prior to March 4, 1915, the assignees shall, if
otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefit hereof.
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