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[CITE: 43USC145]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
     CHAPTER 6--WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY
 
Sec. 145. Sale of lands withdrawn

    Whenever in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior any lands 
which have been withdrawn under the provisions of sections 141 \1\ and 
142 of this title for the purpose of exploratory drilling to discover 
water supplies for irrigation or other purposes, and which have had 
wells or other permanent improvements placed thereon by and at the 
expense of the United States are no longer needed for the purpose for 
which they were withdrawn and improved, the Secretary of the Interior 
may appraise the lands, together with the improvements thereon, and 
thereafter sell the same to a citizen of the United States for not less 
than the appraised value at public auction to the highest bidder, after 
giving public notice of the time and place of sale by posting upon the 
land and publication for not less than thirty days in a newspaper of 
general circulation in the vicinity of the land.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Jan. 26, 1921, ch. 27, Sec. 1, 41 Stat. 1089.)

                       References in Text

    Section 141 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. 
L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792.
