43 U.S.C. § 644 : US Code - Section 644: Preference right to entryman under State laws

Search 43 U.S.C. § 644 : US Code - Section 644: Preference right to entryman under State laws

The Secretary of the Interior, when restoring to the public
domain lands that have been segregated to a State under sections
641, 642 and 643 (!1) of this title is authorized, in his
discretion and under such rules and regulations as he may establish
to allow for not exceeding ninety days to any entryman under
section 641 of this title a preference right of entry under
applicable land laws of any of such lands which such person had
entered under and pursuant to the State laws providing for the
administration of the grant under section 641 of this title and
upon which such person had established actual bona fide residence
or had made substantial and permanent improvements: Provided, That
each entryman shall be entitled to a credit as residence upon his
new homestead entry allowed hereunder of the time that he has
actually lived upon the claim as a bona fide resident thereof.