Chapter 383. To patent certain semiarid lands to Luther Burbank under certain conditions
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CHAP. 383.— An Act To patent certain semiarid lands to Luther Burbank under certain conditions.August 24, 1912.[[H. R. 23043](/us/bill/62/hr/23043).][[Public, No. 330](/us/pl/62/330).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Semiarid lands set apart to Luther Burbank for spineless cacti propagation. That there be set aside for a period of five years such portions of the unappropriated, nonmineral, nonirrigable, nontimbered, and unreserved public lands situated in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada as Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, California, may select, not to exceed twelve sections in all, and the right to enter the same and propagate the spineless cacti thereon, erecting all necessary improvements, and clearing and tilling the soil thereof, be granted the said Luther Burbank, his heirs, and successors in interest.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to issuePatent if payment made in five years. patent to the said Luther Burbank, his heirs, or successors in interest, for all or any legal subdivision of the said lands so set aside upon the payment of one and twenty-five one-hundredths dollars per acre, or two and fifty one-hundredths dollars per acre if the same be reserved sections within any railroad grant, as purchase price, provided said payment is made within the said five years: *Provided*, That no patent*Proviso*.Conditions. shall issue until the said Luther Burbank or his heirs or successors in interest shall have had at least one hundred thousand growing plants of spineless cacti of a character suitable for animal food upon said lands or some part thereof for the period of two years, and until it has been shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the lands to be patented are suitable for the growth of spineless 508 Certificate required of character of lands.cacti valuable for domestic animal food: *Provided further*, That the land selected shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, when the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior, is semiarid, nonmineral, nonirrigable, non-timbered, unreserved, and unsuitable lands for agricultural purposes under present methods of agriculture before the same shall be set aside as herein provided, and that said certificate shall be conclusive as to the character of said lands.
Approved, August 24, 1912.