43 U.S.C. § 338 : US Code - Section 338: Election to perfect entry; final proof

Search 43 U.S.C. § 338 : US Code - Section 338: Election to perfect entry; final proof

Any desert-land entryman or his assignee entitled to the benefit
of section 337 of this title may, if he shall so elect within sixty
days from the notice therein provided, pay to the officer
designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the local land
office the sum of 50 cents per acre for each acre embraced in the
entry, and thereafter perfect such entry upon proof that he has
upon the tract permanent improvements conducive to the agricultural
development thereof of the value of not less than $1.25 per acre,
and that he has, in good faith, used the land for agricultural
purposes for three years and the payment to the officer, at the
time of final proof, of the sum of 75 cents per acre: Provided,
That in such case final proof may be submitted at any time within
five years from the date of the entryman's election to proceed as
provided in this section, and in the event of failure to perfect
the entry as herein provided, all moneys theretofore paid shall be
forfeited and the entry canceled: Provided, That in cases where
such entries have been assigned prior to March 4, 1915, the
assignees shall, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefit
hereof.