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43 U.S.C. § 547 — Patent to desert-land entryman
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Any desert-land entryman whose desert-land entry has been embraced within the exterior limits of any land withdrawal or irrigation project under the Act of June 17, 1902, known as the reclamation Act, and who may have obtained a water supply for the land embraced in any such desert-land entry from the reclamation project by the purchase of a water-right certificate, may at any time after having complied with the provisions of the law applicable to such lands and upon proof of the cultivation and reclamation of the land to the extent required by the reclamation Act for homestead entrymen, submit proof of such compliance, which proof, if found regular and satisfactory, shall entitle the entryman to a patent and a final water-right certificate under the same terms and conditions as required of homestead entrymen under the Act entitled “An Act providing for patents on reclamation entries, and for other purposes, approved August ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve [[43 U.S.C. 541](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section541&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].” 11 So in original. The closing quotation marks probably should follow “purposes”.
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Any desert-land entryman whose desert-land entry has been embraced within the exterior limits of any land withdrawal or irrigation project under the Act of June 17, 1902, known as the reclamation Act, and who may have obtained a water supply for the land embraced in any such desert-land entry from the reclamation project by the purchase of a water-right certificate, may at any time after having complied with the provisions of the law applicable to such lands and upon proof of the cultivation and reclamation of the land to the extent required by the reclamation Act for homestead entrymen, submit proof of such compliance, which proof, if found regular and satisfactory, shall entitle the entryman to a patent and a final water-right certificate under the same terms and conditions as required of homestead entrymen under the Act entitled “An Act providing for patents on reclamation entries, and for other purposes, approved August ninth, nineteen hundred and twelve [[43 U.S.C. 541](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section541&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].” 11 So in original. The closing quotation marks probably should follow “purposes”.
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Any homestead entryman under the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, known as the reclamation Act, including entrymen on ceded Indian lands, may, at any time after having complied with the provisions of law applicable to such lands as to residence reclamation, and cultivation, submit proof of such residence, reclamation, and cultivation, which proof, if found regular and satisfactory, shall entitle the entryman to a patent, and all purchasers of water-right certificates on reclamation projects shall be entitled to a final water-right certificate upon proof of the cultivation and reclamation of the land to which the certificate applies, to the extent required by the reclamation Act for homestead entrymen: Provided, That no such patent or final water-right certificate shall issue until after the payment of all sums due the United States on account of such land or water right at the time of the submission of proof entitling the homestead or desert-land entryman to such patent or the purchaser to such final water-right certificate.
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When used in sections 371, 376, 377, 412, 417, 433, 462, 466, 478, 493, 494, 500, 501, and 526 of this title—
**(a)** The word “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior.
**(b)** The words “reclamation law” mean the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), and all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
**(c)** The words “reclamation fund” mean the fund provided by the reclamation law.
**(d)** The word “project” means a Federal irrigation project authorized by the reclamation law.
**(e)** The words “division of a project” mean a substantial irrigable area of a project designated as a division by order of the Secretary.
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 544
SUBCHAPTER XIV—PATENTS AND FINAL
WATER-RIGHT CERTIFICATES
§ 541. When patent or final certificate issued
Any homestead entryman under the Act of
June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two,
known
as
the
reclamation
Act,
including
entrymen on ceded Indian lands, may, at any
time after having complied with the provisions
of law applicable to such lands as to residence
reclamation, and cultivation, submit proof of
such residence, reclamation, and cultivation,
which proof, if found regular and satisfactory,
shall entitle the entryman to a patent, and all
purchasers of water-right certificates on rec-
lamation projects shall be entitled to a final
water-right certificate upon proof of the cultiva-
tion and reclamation of the land to which the
certificate applies, to the extent required by the
reclamation Act for homestead entrymen: Pro-
vided, That no such patent or final water-right
certificate shall issue until after the payment of
all sums due the United States on account of
such land or water right at the time of the sub-
mission of proof entitling the homestead or
desert-land entryman to such patent or the pur-
chaser to such final water-right certificate.
(Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, § 1, 37 Stat. 265; Feb. 15,
1917, ch. 71, 39 Stat. 920.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Act of June 17, 1902, known as the reclamation Act,
referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat.
388, which is classified generally to this chapter. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title
and Tables.
§ 542. Reservation of lien for charges; enforce-
ment of lien; redemption
Every
patent
and
water-right
certificate
issued under this subchap
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 545
1 See References in Text note below.
1 So in original. The closing quotation marks probably should
follow ‘‘purposes’’.
CODIFICATION
Section comprises part of section 3 of act Aug. 9, 1912.
Remainder of section 3 is set out as section 543 of this
title.
AMENDMENTS
1956—Act July 11, 1956, increased period during which
land could be held from two years to five years, and to
authorize delivery of water for that period.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
AMENDMENT OF EXISTING CONTRACTS
For provisions authorizing the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to amend existing contracts under the Federal rec-
lamation laws to conform to the provisions of this sec-
tion, see section 3 of act July 11, 1956, set out as a note
under section 423e of this title.
§ 545. Appointment of agents to receive pay-
ments; record of payments and amounts
owing
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
designate such bonded fiscal agents or officers of
the Reclamation Service as he may deem advis-
able on each reclamation project, to whom shall
be paid all sums due on reclamation entries or
water rights, and the officials so designated
shall keep a record for the information of the
public of the sums paid and the amount due at
any time on account of any entry made or water
right purchased under the reclamation Act; and
the Secretary of the Interior shall make provi-
sion for furnishing copies of duly authenticated
records of entries upon payment of reasonable
fees which copies shall be admissible in evi-
dence, as are copies authenticated under section
eight hundred and eighty-eight 1 of the Revised
Statutes.
(Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 278, § 4, 37 Stat. 267.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The reclamation Act, referred to in text,
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