§ 896. — Erroneous cancellation of bona fide entries corrected.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC896]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 21--GRANTS IN AID OF RAILROADS AND WAGON ROADS
Sec. 896. Erroneous cancellation of bona fide entries corrected
If, in the adjustment of said grants, it shall appear that the
homestead or preemption entry of any bona fide settler has been
erroneously canceled on account of any railroad grant or the withdrawal
of public lands from market, such settler upon application shall be
reinstated in all his rights and allowed to perfect his entry by
complying with the public-land laws: Provided, That he has not located
another claim or made an entry in lieu of the one so erroneously
canceled: And provided also, That he did not voluntarily abandon said
original entry: And provided further, That if any of said settlers do
not renew their application to be reinstated within a reasonable time,
to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, then all such unclaimed
lands shall be disposed of under the public-land laws, with priority of
right given to bona fide purchasers of said unclaimed lands, if any, and
if there be no such purchasers, then to bona fide settlers residing
thereon.
(Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 376, Sec. 3, 24 Stat. 557.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 897, 903, 906 of this title.
