Chapter 541. To authorize the disposition of unplatted portions of Government town sites on irrigation projects under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes
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Chap. 541: To authorize the disposition of unplatted portions of Government town sites on irrigation projects under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes. 1929-03-02 541 Chapter 45 Stat. 1522 70 2 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 public Chapter 541.— An Act To authorize the disposition of unplatted portions of Government town sites on irrigation projects under the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, and for other purposes.
March 2, 1929.[[H. R. 16082](/us/bill/70/hr/16082).][[Public, No. 967](/us/pl/70/967).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Irrigation projects.Sale of unplatted portions of, at auction. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to appraise, and sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, from time to time, Vol. 34, p. 116.for cash, any or all of the unplatted portions of Government town sites created under the Act of April 16, 1906 (Thirty-fourth Statutes,Vol. 32, p. 388. page 116), on any irrigation project constructed under the Act of June 17, 1902 (Thirty-second Statutes, page 388), or Acts *Proviso*.Disposal at private sale, if not disposed of at auction.amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto: *Provided*, That any land so offered for sale and not disposed of may afterwards be sold, at not less than the appraised value, at private sale, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
Patents made in pursuance of such sale shall convey all the right, title, and interest of the United States in or to the land so sold. Sec. 2. Disposal of net proceeds. The net proceeds of such sales after deducting all expenditures on account of such lands, and the project construction charge, for the irrigable area of the lands so sold where irrigation or drainage works have been constructed or are proposed to be constructed, shall be disposed of as provided in Subsection I of section 4 of the Vol. 43, p. 703.Act of December 5, 1924 (Forty-third Statutes, page 672).
Where the project construction charge shall not have been fixed at the date of any such sale, same shall be estimated by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 3. Expenses of appraisement, etc., from reclamation fund. Reclamation funds are authorized to be appropriated for use in defraying the necessary expenses of appraisement and sale of the lands herein authorized to be sold, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as, in his opinion, may be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1929.
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