[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: 43CFR2544.4]



[Page 132-133]

 

                    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



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the Bureau prior to the date fixed for the sale evidence that 

publication has 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.