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43 U.S.C. 436: Time when entry may be made generallyText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 43-PUBLIC LANDSCHAPTER 12-RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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§436. Time when entry may be made generally

After June 25, 1910, no entry shall be made and no entryman shall be permitted to go upon lands reserved for irrigation purposes until the Secretary of the Interior shall have established the unit of acreage per entry, and water is ready to be delivered for the land in such unit or some part thereof and such fact has been announced by the Secretary of the Interior.

( June 25, 1910, ch. 407, § 5 , 36 Stat. 836 ; Feb. 18, 1911, ch. 111 , 36 Stat. 918 ; Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, § 10 , 38 Stat. 689 .)

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Section comprises part of section 5 of act June 25, 1910, as amended by acts Feb. 18, 1911 and Aug. 13, 1914. Remainder of section 5 is set out as section 437 of this title.