[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: 43CFR2544.4]

[Page 136-137]
 
                    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. 2544.4  Publication and posting.

    Upon payment of the appraised price of the land the Bureau will 
issue notice of publication. Such notice shall be published at the 
expense of the applicant in a designated newspaper of general 
circulation in the vicinity of the lands, once a week for five 
consecutive weeks. In accordance with Sec. 1824.3 of this chapter, 
immediately prior to the date of sale, but a sufficient time shall 
elapse between the date of the last publication and the date of sale to 
enable the statement of the publisher to be filed. The notice will 
advise all persons claiming adversely to the applicant that they should 
file any objections or protests against the allowance of the application 
within the period of publication, otherwise the application may be 
allowed. Any objections or protests must be corroborated, and a copy 
thereof served upon the applicant. The Bureau will also cause a copy of 
such notice of publication to be posted in such office during the entire 
period of publication. The applicant must file in the Bureau prior to 
the date fixed for the sale evidence that publication has

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been had for the required period, which evidence must consist of the 
statement of the publisher accompanied by a copy of the notice so 
published.