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43 U.S.C. § 433 — Character and capital qualification of entrymen
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The Secretary is authorized, under regulations to be promulgated by him, to require of each applicant including preference right ex-service men for entry to public lands on a project, such qualifications as to industry, experience, character, and capital, as in his opinion are necessary to give reasonable assurance of success by the prospective settler. The Secretary is authorized to appoint boards in part composed of private citizens, to assist in determining such qualifications.
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The Secretary is authorized, under regulations to be promulgated by him, to require of each applicant including preference right ex-service men for entry to public lands on a project, such qualifications as to industry, experience, character, and capital, as in his opinion are necessary to give reasonable assurance of success by the prospective settler. The Secretary is authorized to appoint boards in part composed of private citizens, to assist in determining such qualifications.
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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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**(a) Administer, sell, and exchange lands, dedicate portions for public purposes, etc.** For the purposes of assisting in the permanent settlement of farm families, protecting project land, and facilitating project development, the Secretary is authorized to administer public lands of the United States in the project area and lands acquired under this section; to sell, exchange, or lease such lands; to dedicate portions of such lands for public purposes in keeping with sound project development; to acquire in the name of the United States, at prices satisfactory to him, such lands or interests in lands, within or adjacent to the project area, as he deems appropriate for the protection, development, or improvement of the project; and to accept donations of real and personal property for the purposes of this Act. Any moneys realized on account of donations for purposes of this Act shall be covered into the Treasury as trust funds.
**(b) Terms of contracts; qualifications of applicants; prohibited disposals** Contracts, exchanges, and leases made under this section shall be on terms that, in the Secretary’s judgment, are in keeping with sound project development. In addition, land sale and exchange contracts shall be on a basis that, in the Secretary’s judgment, provides for the return, in a reasonable period of years, of not less than the appraised value of the land and improvements thereon. Qualification of applicants for the purchase of land for irrigation farming shall be prescribed as provided in [section 433 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section433&num=0&edition=prelim), notwithstanding any other provisions of law. No farm unit shall be sold to, and no contract to sell a farm unit shall be entered into with, any p
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Lands found to be practicable of irrigation and reclamation by irrigation works and withdrawn under the Act of March 6, 1946 ([43 U.S.C. 617(h)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section617/h&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be opened for entry, in tracts varying in size but not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the reclamation law, and any such entryman shall pay an equitable share in accordance with the benefits received, as determined by the said Secretary, of the construction cost of said canal and appurtenant structures; said payments to be made in such installments and at such times as may be specified by the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the provisions of the said reclamation law, and shall constitute revenue from said project and be covered into the fund herein provided for: Provided, That all persons who served in the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard during World War II, the War with Germany, the War with Spain, or in the suppression of the insurrection in the Philippines, and who have been honorably separated or discharged therefrom or placed in the Regular Army or Naval Reserve, shall have the exclusive preference right for a period of three months to enter said lands, subject, however, to the provisions of [section 433 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section433&num=0&edition=prelim); and also, so far as practicable, preference shall be given to said persons in all construction work authorized by this subchapter: Provided further, That the above exclusive preference rights shall apply to veteran settlers on lands watered from the Gila canal in A
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TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS
§ 433
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SECTION AS UNAFFECTED BY SUBMERGED LANDS ACT
Provisions of this section as not amended, modified
or repealed by the Submerged Lands Act, see section
1303 of this title.
§ 433. Character and capital qualification of
entrymen
The Secretary is authorized, under regulations
to be promulgated by him, to require of each ap-
plicant including preference right ex-service
men for entry to public lands on a project, such
qualifications as to industry, experience, char-
acter, and capital, as in his opinion are nec-
essary to give reasonable assurance of success
by the prospective settler. The Secretary is au-
thorized to appoint boards in part composed of
private citizens, to assist in determining such
qualifications.
(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 4, subsec. C, 43 Stat. 702.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ADVANCES BY FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AS
CAPITAL
Act Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 509, 53 Stat. 1238, as amended
June 17, 1940, ch. 390, 54 Stat. 402; May 28, 1941, ch. 136,
55 Stat. 206; Aug. 1, 1942, ch. 540, 56 Stat. 732, authorized
Secretary of the Interior during fiscal years 1940 to 1943
to consider money made available to settlers by the
former Farm Security Administration to be all or part
of the capital required under this section.
DEFINITIONS
The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to
this section.
§ 433a. Preference of needy families
It is declared to be the policy of the Congress
that, in the opening to entry of newly irrigated
public lands, preference shall be given to fami-
lies who have no other means of earning a liveli-
hood, or who have been compelled to abandon,
through no fault of their own, other farms in the
United States, and with respect t
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