[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC434]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER VI--WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES
Sec. 434. Amount of land for which entry may be made; farm unit;
subdivision of lands
Public lands which it is proposed to irrigate by means of any
contemplated works shall be subject to entry in tracts of not less than
forty nor more than one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, That
whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, by reason of
market conditions and the special fitness of the soil and climate for
the growth of fruit and garden produce, a lesser area than forty acres
may be sufficient for the support of a family on lands to be irrigated
under the provisions of the Act of June 17, 1902, known as the
reclamation Act, he may fix a lesser a
