Character and capital qualification of entrymen

43 U.S.C. § 433

• Title: 43 — Public Lands
• Chapter: SUBCHAPTER VI—WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES

Text

The Secretary is authorized, under regulations to be promulgated by him, to require of each applicant including preference right ex-service men for entry to public lands on a project, such qualifications as to industry, experience, character, and capital, as in his opinion are necessary to give reasonable assurance of success by the prospective settler. The Secretary is authorized to appoint boards in part composed of private citizens, to assist in determining such qualifications.

History

(Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, §4, subsec. C, 43 Stat. 702.)

Editorial Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Advances by Farm Security Administration as Capital
Act Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 509, 53 Stat. 1238, as amended June 17, 1940, ch. 390, 54 Stat. 402; May 28, 1941, ch. 136, 55 Stat. 206; Aug. 1, 1942, ch. 540, 56 Stat. 732, authorized Secretary of the Interior during fiscal years 1940 to 1943 to consider money made available to settlers by the former Farm Security Administration to be all or part of the capital required under this section.

Definitions
The definitions in section 371 of this title apply to this section.