Chapter 356. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and patent certain lands in Louisiana and Mississippi
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Chap. 356: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and patent certain lands in Louisiana and Mississippi. Chapter 356 45 Stat. 422 1928-04-11 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 1 public Chapter 356.— An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and patent certain lands in Louisiana and Mississippi.
April 11, 1928.[[H. R. 6993](/us/bill/70/hr/6993).][[Public, No. 266](/us/pl/70/266).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.Sale authorized, of designated accreted lands in Mississippi and Louisiana. That the Secretary of the Interior, in his judgment and discretion, is hereby authorized to sell, in the manner hereinafter provided, any of those lands which he has found or shall hereafter find are public lands of the United 423 States that have accreted to section 14 of township 5 north, range 4 west, Washington meridian, in the State of Mississippi, and to sections 65, 66, 67, and 68, of township 5 north, range 9 east, Louisiana meridian, in the State of Louisiana, and which are not lawfully appropriated by a qualified settler or entryman or other adverse claimant claiming under the public land laws.
Sec. 2. Preference right of owners of lots to purchase. That the owners of said above described lots or sections shall have a preferred right to file in the office of the register of the United States Land Office of the district in which the lands are situated an application to purchase the public lands thus formed by accretion at any time within ninety days from the filing of plats of Proof of ownership required. such accreted area in the United States Land Office. Every such application must be accompanied with satisfactory proof that the applicant is entitled to such preference right by virtue of the ownership of said above described lots or sections and that the lands which he applies to purchase are not in the legal possession of any adverse claimant.
Sec. 3. Appraisals to be made upon filing application. That upon the filing of any application to purchase any lands subject to the operation of this Act, together with the required proof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said application to be appraised, including the timber thereon and Appraisement exclusive of development, etc., by applicant. the stumpage value of any timber cut or removed by the applicant or his predecessors in interest. Such appraisement shall be exclusive of any increased value resulting from the development or improvement of the land for agricultural purposes by the applicant or his predecessors in interest.
Sec. 4. Patent to issue on payment of appraised value. That an applicant who applies to purchase land under the provisions of this Act, in order to be entitled to receive a patent must, within thirty days from receipt of notice of appraisal by the Secretary of the Interior, pay to the register of the United States Land Office of the district in which the lands are situated the appraised value of the lands, and thereupon patent shall issue to said applicant for such lands as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine that such applicant is entitled to purchase under this Act.
Disposal of proceeds under land laws. The proceeds derived by the Government from the sale of lands hereunder shall be covered into the United States Treasury and applied as provided by law for the disposal of the proceeds from the sale of public lands. Sec. 5. Patent withheld in case of pending unperfected entry on which final proof not submitted. If, at the date of the approval of this Act, any of the lots or sections or parts of lots or sections above described are covered by a pending entry on which satisfactory final proof in support thereof has not been submitted, patent based on any application to purchase land subject to the provisions of this Act shall be withheld Patent issued to applicant for purchase on completing entry. to await the completion of the pending entry.
If, upon completion of the pending entry it shall then be found that applicant has shown due compliance with the law under the said pending unperfected entry and his application to purchase is otherwise satisfactory patent on said application to purchase shall then be issued. Sec. 6. Rules, etc., to be prescribed. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for administering the provisions of this Act and determining conflicting claims arising hereunder.
Approved, April 11, 1928.
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