Chapter 432. Granting leaves of absence to homesteaders on lands to be irrigated under the provisions of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two
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CHAP. 432.— An Act Granting leaves of absence to homesteaders on lands to be irrigated under the provisions of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two. June 25, 1910.[[S. 1874](/us/bill/61/s/1874).][[Public, No. 314](/us/pl/61/314).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Irrigation act. Homesteaders under, allowed leave until water turned on. Vol. 32, p. 388. That all qualified entrymen who have heretofore made bona fide entry upon lands proposed to be irrigated under the provisions of the Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, known as the national irrigation Act, may, upon application and a showing that they have made substantial improvements, and that water is not available for the irrigation of their said lands, within the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, obtain leave of absence from their entries, until water for irrigation is turned into the main irrigation canals from which the land is to be irrigated: *Proviso*.
Required residence not lessened. *Provided*, That the period of actual absence under this Act shall not be deducted from the full time of residence required by law. Approved, June 25, 1910.