[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR2543.1]



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                    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.