43 U.S.C. § 896 : US Code - Section 896: Erroneous cancellation of bona fide entries corrected

Search 43 U.S.C. § 896 : US Code - Section 896: Erroneous cancellation of bona fide entries corrected

If, in the adjustment of said grants, it shall appear that the
homestead or preemption entry of any bona fide settler has been
erroneously canceled on account of any railroad grant or the
withdrawal of public lands from market, such settler upon
application shall be reinstated in all his rights and allowed to
perfect his entry by complying with the public-land laws: Provided,
That he has not located another claim or made an entry in lieu of
the one so erroneously canceled: And provided also, That he did not
voluntarily abandon said original entry: And provided further, That
if any of said settlers do not renew their application to be
reinstated within a reasonable time, to be fixed by the Secretary
of the Interior, then all such unclaimed lands shall be disposed of
under the public-land laws, with priority of right given to bona
fide purchasers of said unclaimed lands, if any, and if there be no
such purchasers, then to bona fide settlers residing thereon.