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[CITE: 43USC418]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
        SUBCHAPTER III--INSTITUTION AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS
 
Sec. 418. Private lands within project; agreement as to disposal 
        of excess over farm unit
        
    Before any contract is let or work begun for the construction of any 
reclamation project adopted after August 13, 1914, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall require the owners of private lands thereunder to agree 
to dispose of all lands in excess of the area which he shall deem 
sufficient for the support of a family upon the land in question, upon 
such terms and at not to exceed such price as the Secretary of the 
Interior may designate; and if any landowner shall refuse to agree to 
the requirements fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, his land shall 
not be included within the project if adopted for construction.

(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, Sec. 12, 38 Stat. 689.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 475 of this title.
