[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: 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.