[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: 43CFR2543.1]

[Page 135]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2540_COLOR-OF-TITLE AND OMITTED LANDS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart 2543_Erroneously Meandered Lands: Arkansas
 
Sec. 2543.1  Applications.

    Source: 35 FR 9593, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Applications to purchase under the Act of September 21, 1922, 
must be signed by the applicant in the State of Arkansas. Such 
applications had to be filed within 90 days from the date of the passage 
of this Act, if the lands had been surveyed and plats filed, otherwise 
they must be filed within 90 days from the filing of such plats. The 
applicant must show that he is either a native-born or naturalized 
citizen of the United States, and, if naturalized, file record evidence 
thereof; must describe the land which he desires to purchase, together 
with the land claimed as the basis of his preference right to the lands 
applied for if he applies as a riparian owner, or if claiming otherwise, 
under what color of title his claim is based, and that the applied-for 
lands are not lawfully appropriated by a qualified settler or entryman 
under the public land laws, nor in the legal possession of any adverse 
applicant; the kind, character, and value of the improvements on the 
land covered by the application; when they were placed thereon; the 
extent of the cultivation had, if any, and how long continued. This 
application must be supported by the statements of two persons having 
personal knowledge of the facts alleged in the application.
    (b) All applications to purchase under the act must be accompanied 
by an application service fee of $10 which will not be returnable.