§ 451h. — Establishment of farm units; size; contiguous or noncontiguous.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC451h]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER VII--EXCHANGE AND AMENDMENT OF FARM UNITS
Sec. 451h. Establishment of farm units; size; contiguous or
noncontiguous
In administering sections 434, 448, and 544 of this title, the
Secretary may, to the extent found necessary as shown by a land
classification to provide farm units sufficient in size to support a
family, establish such units of not more than three hundred and twenty
acres containing not more than one hundred and sixty irrigable acres
designated by him and may permit entry and assignment under the
homestead laws, and retention and assignment under the desert land laws,
of such units. The lands included in farm units established pursuant to
the authority of this section and entered under the homestead laws may
be contiguous or noncontiguous.
(Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 428, Sec. 9, 67 Stat. 568.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 451a of this title.
