§ 435. — Entries in excess of farm unit.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC435]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER VI--WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES
Sec. 435. Entries in excess of farm unit
All entries under reclamation projects containing more than one farm
unit shall be reduced in area and conformed to a single farm unit within
two years after making proof of residence, improvement, and cultivation,
or within two years after the issuance of a farm-unit plat for the
project, if the same issues subsequent to the making of such proof:
Provided, That such proof is made within four years from the date as
announced by the Secretary of the Interior that water is available for
delivery for the land. Any entryman failing within the period herein
provided to dispose of the excess of his entry above one farm unit, in
the manner provided by law, and to conform his entry to a single farm
unit shall render his entry subject to cancellation as to the excess
above one farm unit: Provided, That upon compliance with the provisions
of law such entryman shall be entitled to receive a patent for that part
of his entry which conforms to one farm unit as established for the
project.
(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, Sec. 13, 38 Stat. 690.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 475 of this title.
