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[CITE: 43USC261]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                          CHAPTER 7--HOMESTEADS
 
                  SUBCHAPTER VII--PAYMENTS AND REFUNDS
 
Sec. 261. Repealed. Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 702, Oct. 
        21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787
        
    Section, acts Sept. 30, 1890, No. 59, 26 Stat. 684; Oct. 28, 1921, 
ch. 114, Sec. 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 
1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Sec. 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 
Stat. 1100, related to time for payments and extension of time.


                        Effective Date of Repeal

    Section 702 of Pub. L. 94-579 provided that the repeal made by that 
section is effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, except such effective 
date to be on and after tenth anniversary of date of approval of this 
Act, Oct. 21, 1976, insofar as homestead laws apply to public lands in 
Alaska.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 not to be construed as terminating any 
valid lease, permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see 
section 701 of Pub. L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of 
this title.
