[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: 43CFR2544.1]

[Page 136]
 
                    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 2544_Erroneously Meandered Lands: Louisiana
 
Sec. 2544.1  Applications.

    Source: 35 FR 9594, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Applications to purchase under the Act of February 19, 1925, 
must be signed by the applicant in the State of Louisiana. Such 
applications had to be filed within 90 days from 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 plat. The applicant must 
show that he is either a native-born or a 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 it 
he applies as a riparian owner, or if claiming otherwise, under what 
color of the title his claim is based; in other words, a complete 
history of the claim, and that the lands applied for 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, if any, and how long continued. Such application must be 
supported by the statement of at least 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.