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Code · U.S. Code · Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS · CHAPTER 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT · SUBCHAPTER XV— TOWN SITES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND SCHOOL SITES · § 561

§ 561. Survey and subdivision of land for town sites; reservation for public purposes

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The Secretary of the Interior may in connection with irrigation projects under the reclamation Act of June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and two, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in each case, survey and subdivide the same into town lots, with appropriate reservations for public purposes: Provided, That, whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, it shall be advisable for the public interest, he may dispose of town sites in excess of one hundred and sixty acres.
(Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, § 1, 34 Stat. 116; June 27, 1906, ch. 3559, § 4, 34 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.)
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  • Apr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, § 1
  • 34 Stat. 116
  • June 27, 1906, ch. 3559, § 4
  • 34 Stat. 520
  • Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a)
  • 90 Stat. 2792
  • act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093
  • 32 Stat. 388
  • Pub. L. 94–579
  • section 701 of Pub. L. 94–579
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§ 561
Survey and subdivision of land for town sites; reservation for public purposes
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ActApr. 16, 1906, ch. 1631, § 1
Stat.34 Stat. 116
ActJune 27, 1906, ch. 3559, § 4
Stat.34 Stat. 520
Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a)
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