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[CITE: 43USC335]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
                     CHAPTER 9--DESERT-LAND ENTRIES
 
Sec. 335. Further extension in cases not covered by sections 333 
        and 334 of this title
        
    The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, extend the 
time within which final proof is required to be submitted upon any 
lawful pending desert-land entry made prior to March 4, 1915, such 
extension not to exceed three years from the date of allowance thereof: 
Provided, That the entryman or his duly qualified assignee has, in good 
faith, complied with the requirements of law as to yearly expenditures 
and proof thereof, and shall show, under rules and regulations to be 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, that there is a reasonable 
prospect that, if the extension is granted, he will be able to make the 
final proof of reclamation, irrigation, and cultivation required by law: 
Provided further, That the foregoing shall apply only to cases wherein 
an extension or further extension of time may not properly be allowed 
under sections 333 and 334 of this title or other law existing prior to 
March 4, 1915: Provided further, That in cases where such entries have 
been assigned prior to March 4, 1915, the assignees shall, if otherwise 
qualified, be entitled to the benefit hereof.

(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 147, Sec. 5, 38 Stat. 1161; Mar. 21, 1918, ch. 26, 40 
Stat. 458.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of second paragraph of section 5 of act Mar. 4, 
1915. First paragraph of such section 5 was classified to section 26 of 
Title 41, Public Contracts, was repealed by act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 
title VI, Sec. 602(a)(20), 63 Stat. 401, eff. July 1, 1949, renumbered 
Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, Sec. 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583, and is covered by 
section 481 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works; third 
and fourth paragraphs of such section 5 are classified to sections 337 
and 338 of this title, respectively.
    Act Mar. 21, 1918 extended provisions to include entries made prior 
to Mar. 4, 1915, and added the last proviso. Act Mar. 4, 1915, related 
to entries made prior to July 1, 1914.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 336, 337 of this title.
