2018 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 9 - Desert-Land Entries
Sec. 326 - Unsurveyed lands not subject to entry; preferential right of entry after survey

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Citation 43 U.S.C. § 326 (2018)
Section Name §326. Unsurveyed lands not subject to entry; preferential right of entry after survey
Section Text

From and after March 28, 1908, the right to make entry of desert lands under the provisions of sections 321 to 323, 325, and 327 to 329 of this title, shall be restricted to surveyed public lands of the character contemplated by said sections, and no such entries of unsurveyed lands shall be allowed or made of record: Provided, however, That any individual qualified to make entry of desert lands under said sections who has, prior to survey, taken possession of a tract of unsurveyed desert land not exceeding in area three hundred and twenty acres in compact form, and has reclaimed or has in good faith commenced the work of reclaiming the same, shall have the preference right to make entry of such tract under said sections, in conformity with the public land surveys, within ninety days after the filing of the approved plat of survey in the district land office.

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(Mar. 28, 1908, ch. 112, §1, 35 Stat. 52.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 9 - DESERT-LAND ENTRIES
Sec. 326 - Unsurveyed lands not subject to entry; preferential right of entry after survey
Contains section 326
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
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Statutes at Large References 35 Stat. 52
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