43 U.S.C. § 99 : US Code - Section 99: Repayment of moneys deposited and covered into Treasury

Search 43 U.S.C. § 99 : US Code - Section 99: Repayment of moneys deposited and covered into Treasury

Any person or persons who shall have made payment to an officer
designated by the Secretary of the Interior or to his predecessor,
and the money shall have been covered into the Treasury pursuant to
section 91 or 93 of this title, shall, on presenting satisfactory
evidence of such payment to the Government Accountability Office,
be entitled to have the same returned by the settlement of an
account and the issuing of a warrant in his favor according to the
practice in other cases of authorized and liquidated claims against
the United States: Provided, That when such moneys shall remain
unclaimed in the Treasury for more than five years the right to
recover the same shall be barred: Provided, That no homestead
entryman shall be required to make payment of the purchase money on
any application to make a cash entry until the same shall have been
approved by the officer designated by the Secretary of the
Interior, but such payment shall be made within ten days after
notice of such approval.