43 USC § 449 - Assignment of desert-land entry within project
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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s449"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 449 - Assignment of desert-land entry within project"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "449"
section_name: "Assignment of desert-land entry within project"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 24, 1912, ch. 251, 37 Stat. 200.)"
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# § 449. Assignment of desert-land entry within project
section 324 of this titlesection 448 of this title*Provided*July 24, 1912
A desert-land entry within the exterior limits of a Government reclamation project may be assigned in whole or in part under , and the benefits and limitations of shall apply to such desert-land entryman and his assignees: , That all such assignments shall conform to and be in accordance with farm units to be established by the Secretary of the Interior upon the application of the desert-land entryman. All such assignments made in good faith prior to , shall be recognized under this section.
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**Source Credit**: (July 24, 1912, ch. 251, 37 Stat. 200.)