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[CITE: 43USC1068a]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
              CHAPTER 25A--LANDS HELD UNDER COLOR OF TITLE
 
Sec. 1068a. Appraisal

    Upon the filing of an application to purchase any lands subject to 
the operation of this chapter, together with the required proof, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said 
application to be appraised, said appraisal to be on the basis of the 
value of such lands at the date of appraisal, exclusive of any increased 
value resulting from the development or improvement of the lands by the 
applicant or his predecessors in interest, and in such appraisal the 
Secretary shall consider and give full effect to the equities of any 
such applicant.

(Dec. 22, 1928, ch. 47, Sec. 2, 45 Stat. 1070.)
