§ 424a. — Sale of unproductive lands; terms; area purchasable; tracts included.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC424a]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER V--ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PROJECTS
Sec. 424a. Sale of unproductive lands; terms; area purchasable;
tracts included
The Secretary is authorized to sell such lands to resident farm
owners or resident entrymen, on the project upon which such land is
located, at prices not less than that fixed by independent appraisal
approved by the Secretary, and upon such terms and at private sale or at
public auction as he may prescribe: Provided, That no such resident farm
owner or resident entryman shall be permitted to purchase under sections
424 to 424e of this title more than one hundred and sixty acres of such
land, or an area which, together with land already owned on such Federal
irrigation project, shall exceed three hundred and twenty acres: And
provided further, That the authority given hereunder shall apply not
only to tracts wholly classified as temporarily or permanently
unproductive, but also to all tracts of public lands within Federal
irrigation projects which by reason of the inclusion of lands classified
as temporarily or permanently unproductive are found by the Secretary to
be insufficient to support a family and to pay water charges.
(May 16, 1930, ch. 292, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 367.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 424, 424b, 424d, 424e of
this title.
