§ 374. — Sale of lands acquired in connection with irrigation project.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC374]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 374. Sale of lands acquired in connection with irrigation
project
Whenever in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior any lands
which have been acquired under the provisions of the Act of June 17,
1902 (32 Stat. 388), commonly called the ``Reclamation Act'' or under
the provisions of any act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto,
for any irrigation works contemplated by the reclamation law, are not
needed for the purposes for which they were acquired, said Secretary of
the Interior may cause said lands, together with the improvements
thereon, to be appraised by three disinterested persons, to be appointed
by him, and thereafter to sell the same for not less than the appraised
value at public auction to the highest bidder, after giving public
notice of the time and place of sale by posting upon the land and by
publication for not less than thirty days in a newspaper of general
circulation in the vicinity of the land.
Upon payment of the purchase price, the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized by appropriate deed to convey all the right, title, and
interest of the United States of, in, and to said lands to the purchaser
at said sale, subject, however, to such reservations, limitations, or
conditions as said Secretary may deem proper: Provided, That not over
one hundred and sixty acres shall be sold to any one person.
The moneys derived from the sale of such lands shall be covered into
the reclamation fund and be placed to the credit of the project for
which such lands had been acquired.
(Feb. 2, 1911, ch. 32, Secs. 1-3, 36 Stat. 895.)
References in Text
Act of June 17, 1902, 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 375a of this title.
