Chapter 101. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant further extension of time within which to make proof on desert-land entries
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CHAP. 101.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant further extension of time within which to make proof on desert-land entries.April 30, 1912.[[H. R. 20491](/us/bill/62/hr/20491).][[Public, No. 143](/us/pl/62/143).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Time extended for final proof in desert-land entries.Vol. 35, p. 52. That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, in addition to the extension authorized by existing law, grant to any entryman under the desert-land laws a further extension of the time within which he is required to make *Provisos*.Proof of delay in receipt of water.final proof: *Provided*, That such entryman shall, by his corroborated affidavit filed in the land office of the district where such land is located, show to the satisfaction of the Secretary that because of unavoidable delay in the construction of irrigation works intended to convey water to the land embraced in his entry he is, without fault on his part, unable to make proof of the reclamation and cultivation of said lands as required by law within the time limited therefor; but such extension shall not be granted for a period of more than three years, and this Act shall not affect contests initiated for a valid Limit of extension.existing reason: *Provided*, That the total extension of the statutory period for making final proof that may be allowed in any one case under this Act, and any other existing statutes of either general or local application, shall be limited to six years in the aggregate.
Approved, April 30, 1912.