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[CITE: 43USC571]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
  CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
 
     SUBCHAPTER XV--TOWN SITES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND SCHOOL SITES
 
Sec. 571. Sale of unplatted portions of Government town sites; 
        authorization
        
    The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to 
appraise, and sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, from time 
to time, under such terms as to time of payment as he may require, but 
in no event for any longer period than five years, any or all of the 
unplatted portions of Government town sites created under section 561 of 
this title, on any irrigation project constructed under the reclamation 
law: Provided, That any land so offered for sale and not disposed of may 
afterwards be sold, at not less than the appraised value, at private 
sale, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may 
prescribe. Patents made in pursuance of such sale shall convey all the 
right, title, and interest of the United States in or to the land so 
sold.

(Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 541, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 1522; Feb. 14, 1931, ch. 176, 
46 Stat. 1107.)

                       References in Text

    The reclamation law, referred to in text, probably means act June 
17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, popularly known as the 
Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1931--Act Feb. 14, 1931, substituted ``under such terms as to time 
of payment as he may require, but in no event for any longer period than 
five years'' for ``for cash''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 573 of this title.
