[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2524.2]

[Page 124]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2520_DESERT-LAND ENTRIES--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart 2524_Desert-Land Entries Within a Reclamation Project
 
Sec. 2524.2  Annual proof.

    (a) Extension of time. Inasmuch as entrymen are allowed 1 year after 
entry in which to submit the first annual proof of expenditures for the 
purpose of improving and reclaiming the land entered by them, the 
privileges of the Act of June 27, 1906, are not necessary in connection 
with annual proofs until the expiration of the years in which such 
proofs are due. Therefore, if at the time that annual proof is due it 
can not be made, on account of hindrance or delay occasioned by a 
withdrawal of the land for the purpose indicated in the act, the 
applicant will file his statement explaining the delay. As a rule, 
however, annual proofs may be made, notwithstanding the withdrawal of 
the land, because expenditures for various kinds of improvements are 
allowed as satisfactory annual proofs. Therefore an extension of time 
for making annual proof will not be granted unless it is made clearly to 
appear that the entryman has been delayed or prevented by the withdrawal 
from making the required improvements; and, unless he has been so 
hindered or prevented from making the required improvements, no 
application for extension of time for making final proof will be granted 
until after all the yearly proofs have been made.
    (b) When application for extension of time should be filed. An 
entryman will not need to invoke the privileges of the Act of June 27, 
1906, in connection with final proof until such final proof is due, and 
if at that time he is unable to make the final proof of reclamation and 
cultivation, as required by law, and such inability is due, directly or 
indirectly, to the withdrawal of the land on account of a reclamation 
project, the statement explaining the hindrance and delay should be 
filed in order that the entryman may be excused for such failure.