[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: 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.