[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: 43CFR2610.0-3]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2610_CAREY ACT GRANTS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 2610_Carey Act Grants, General
 
Sec. 2610.0-3  Authority.

    (a) The Carey Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, with the 
approval of the President, to contract and agree to grant and patent to 
States, in which there are desert lands, not to exceed 1,000,000 acres 
of such lands to each State, under the conditions specified in the Act. 
The Secretary is authorized to contract and agree to grant and patent 
additional lands to certain States. After a State's application for a 
grant has been approved by the Secretary, the lands are segregated from 
the public domain for a period of from 3 to 15 years, the State 
undertaking within that time to cause the reclamation of the lands by 
irrigation. The lands, when reclaimed, are patented to the States or to 
actual settlers who are its assignees. If the lands are patented to the 
State, the State transfers title to the settler. Entries are limited to 
160 acres to each actual settler.
    (b) The Act of June 11, 1896 (29 Stat. 434; 43 U.S.C. 642), 
authorizes liens on the land for the cost of construction of the 
irrigation works, and permits the issuance of patents to States for 
particular tracts actually reclaimed without regard to settlement or 
cultivation.
    (c) The Act of March 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 1056), extends the provisions 
of the Carey Act to the former Southern Ute Indian Reservation in 
Colorado.
    (d) The Joint Resolution approved May 25, 1908 (35 Stat. 577), 
authorizes grants to the State of Idaho of an additional 1,000,000 
acres.
    (e) The Act of May 27, 1908 (35 Stat. 347; 43 U.S.C. 645), 
authorizes grants of an additional 1,000,000 acres to the State of Idaho 
and the State of Wyoming.
    (f) The Act of February 24, 1909 (35 Stat. 644; 43 U.S.C. 647), 
extends the provisions of the Carey Act to the former Ute Indian 
Reservation in Colorado.
    (g) The Act of February 16, 1911 (36 Stat. 913), extends the Carey 
Act to the former Fort Bridger Military Reservation in Wyoming.
    (h) The Act of February 21, 1911 (36 Stat. 925; 43 U.S.C. 523-524), 
permits the sale of surplus water by the United States Bureau of 
Reclamation for use upon Carey Act lands.
    (i) The Act of March 4, 1911 (36 Stat. 1417; 43 U.S.C. 645), 
authorizes grants to the State of Nevada of an additional 1,000,000 
acres.
    (j) The Joint Resolution of August 21, 1911 (37 Stat. 38; 43 U.S.C. 
645), authorizes grants to the State of Colorado of an additional 
1,000,000 acres.