§ 451c. — Cancellation of charges or liens; credits.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC451c]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER VII--EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS
Sec. 451c. Cancellation of charges or liens; credits
(a) After his approval of any application for an exchange as
provided in this subchapter, the Secretary may cancel and release, in
whole or in part, any and all charges or liens against the entryman or
against the relinquished farm unit which are within his administrative
jurisdiction. In administering the provisions of this subsection the
Secretary shall take into consideration other charges and liens and the
rights and interests of other lien holders as to him may seem just and
equitable.
(b) An entryman making an exchange under the provisions of this
subchapter may be given credit by the Secretary upon any land
development charges made by the United States in connection with the
lieu farm unit for any such charges paid to the United States in
connection with the original unit. A resident owner making an exchange
under the provisions of this subchapter may, to the extent, to which he
or, in the case of a widow, widower, heir, or devisee, his spouse or
ancestor, as the case may be, has paid to the United States the purchase
price of the original farm unit, be given credit by the Secretary upon
the purchase price of his lieu farm unit; such credit may also be
applied in the manner and circumstances provided in section 451b of this
title upon irrigation construction charges for or properly assignable to
his lieu farm unit.
(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, Sec. 4, 67 Stat. 567.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 451a, 451k of this title.
