[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: 43CFR2565.1]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2560_ALASKA OCCUPANCY AND USE--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 2565_Non-native Townsites
 
Sec. 2565.1  General requirements.

    (a) Survey of exterior lines; exclusions from townsite survey. If 
the land is unsurveyed the occupants must by application to the State 
Director, obtain a survey of the exterior lines of the townsite which 
will be made at Government expense. There must be excluded from the 
tract to be surveyed and entered for the townsite any lands set aside by 
the district court under section 31 of the Act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 
332; 48 U.S.C. 40), for use as jail and courthouse sites, also all lands 
needed for Government purposes or use, together with any existing valid 
claim initiated under Russian rule.
    (b) Petition for trustee and for survey of lands into lots, blocks, 
etc. When the survey of the exterior lines has been approved, or if the 
townsite is on surveyed land, a petition, signed by a majority of 
occupants of the land, will be filed in the proper office requesting the 
appointment of trustee and the survey of the townsite into lots, blocks, 
and municipal reservations for public use, the expense thereof to be 
paid from assessments upon the lots, as provided in Sec. 2565.3(b) of 
this part.
    (c) Designation of trustee; payment required: area enterable. If the 
petition be found sufficient, the Secretary of the Interior will 
designate a trustee to make entry of the townsite, payment for which 
must be made at the rate of $1.25 per acre. If there are less than 100 
inhabitants the area of the townsite is limited to 160 acres; if 100 and 
less than 200, to 320 acres; if more than 200, to 640 acres, this being 
the maximum area allowed by the statute.