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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 339. Perfection of title to entry; supplementary provisions to sections 335, 337, and 338
Where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of the Interior with reference to any lawful pending
desert-land entry made prior to July 1, 1925, under which the
entryman or his duly qualified assignee under an assignment made
prior to March 4, 1929, 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 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
ninety days from notice within which to pay to the officer
designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States
land office 25 cents an acre for the land embraced in the entry and
to file an election to perfect title to the entry under the
provisions of this section, and thereafter within one year from the
date of filing of such election to pay to such officer the
additional amount of 75 cents an acre, which shall entitle him to a
patent for the land: Provided, That in case the final payment be
not made within the time prescribed the entry shall be canceled and
all money theretofore paid shall be forfeited.
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