Pub. L. 94-579, tit. VII, sec. 702 (as amended)
repeal of laws relating to homesteading and small tracts
repeal of laws relating to homesteading and small tracts
Sec. 702. Effective on and after the date of approval of this Act, the following statutes or parts of statutes are repealed except the effective date shall be on and after the tenth anniversary of the date of approval of this Act insofar as the listed homestead laws apply to public lands in Alaska: Act ofChapterSectionStatute at Large43 U.S. Code1. Homesteads:
Revised Statute 2289
161,171.Mar. 3, 1891 561 5 26: 1097 161,162.Revised Statute 2290
162.Revised Statute 2295
163.Revised Statute 2291
164.June 6, 1912 153
37: 123 164, 169, 218.May 14, 1880 89
21: 141 166, 185, 202, 223.June 6, 1900 821
31: 683 166, 223.Aug. 9, 1912 280
37: 267
Apr. 6, 1914 51
38: 312 167.Mar. 1, 1921 90
41: 1193
Oct. 17, 1914 325
38: 740 168.Revised Statute 2297
169.Mar. 31, 1881 153
21: 511
Oct. 22, 1914 335
38: 766 170.Revised Statute 2292
171.June 8, 1880 136
21: 166 172.Revised Statute 2301
173.Mar. 3, 1891 561 6 26: 1098
June 3, 1896 312 2 29: 197
Revised Statute 2288
174.Mar. 3, 1891 561 3 26: 1097
Mar. 3, 1905 1424
36: 991
Revised Statute 2296
175.Apr. 28, 1922 155
42: 502
May 17, 1900 479 1 31: 179 179.Jan. 26, 1901 180
31: 740 180.Sept. 5, 1914 294
38: 712 182.Revised Statute 2300
183.Aug. 31, 1918 166 8 40: 957
Sept. 13, 1918 173
40: 960
Revised Statute 2302
184, 201.July 26, 1892 251
27: 270 185.Feb. 14, 1920 76
41: 434 186.Jan. 21, 1922 32
42: 358
Dec. 28, 1922 19
42: 1067
June 12, 1930 471
46: 580
Feb. 25, 1925 326
43: 081 187.June 21, 1934 690
48: 1185 187a.May 22, 1902 821 2 32: 203 187b.June 5, 1900 716
31: 270 188, 217.Mar. 3, 1875 131 15 18: 420 189.July 4, 1884 180 Only last paragraph of sec. 1 23: 96 190Mar. 1, 1933 160 1 47: 1418 190a.The following words only: Provided, That no further allotments of lands to Indians on the public domain shall be made in San Juan County, Utah, nor shall further Indian homesteads be made in said county under the Act of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. 96; U.S.C. title 48, sec. 190).Revised Statutes 2310, 2311
191.June 13, 1902 1080
32: 384 203.Mar. 3, 1879 191
20: 472 204.July 1, 1879 80
21: 46 205.May 6, 1886 88 24: 22
206.Aug. 21, 1916 361
39: 518 207.June 3, 1924 240
43: 357 208.Revised Statutes 2298
211.Aug. 30, 1890 837
26: 391 212.The following words only: No person who shall after the passage of this act, enter upon any of the public lands with a view to occupation, entry or settlement under any of the land laws shall be permitted to acquire title to more than three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate, under all of said laws, but this limitation shall not operate to curtail the right of any person who has heretofore made entry or settlement on the public lands, or whose occupation, entry or settlement, is validated by this act:Mar. 3, 1891 561 17 26: 1101
The following words only: and that the provision of an Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes, which reads as follows, viz: No person who shall after the passage of this act enter upon any of the public lands with a view to occupation, entry or settlement under any of the land laws shall be permitted to acquire title to more than three hundred and twenty acres in the aggregate under all said laws, shall be construed to include in the maximum amount of lands the title to which is permitted to be acquired by one person only agricultural lands and not to include lands entered or sought to be entered under mineral land laws.Apr. 28, 1904 1776
33: 527 213.Aug. 3, 1950 521
64: 398
Mar. 2, 1889 381 6 25: 854 214.Feb. 20, 1917 98
39: 925 215.Mar. 4, 1921 162 1 41: 1433 216.Feb. 19, 1909 160
35: 639 218.June 13, 1912 166
37: 132
Mar. 3, 1915 84
38: 953
Mar. 3, 1915 91
38: 957
Mar. 4, 1915 150 2 38: 1163
July 3, 1916 220
39: 344
Feb. 11, 1913 39
37: 666 218, 219.June 17, 1910 298
36: 531 219.Mar. 3, 1915 91
38: 957
Sept. 5, 1916 440
39: 724
Aug. 10, 1917 52 10 40: 275
Mar. 4, 1915 150 1 38: 1162 220.Mar. 4, 1923 245 1 42: 1445 222.Apr. 28, 1904 1801
33: 547 224.Mar. 2, 1907 2527
34: 1224
May 29, 1908 220 7 35: 466
Aug. 24, 1912 371
37: 499
Aug. 22, 1914 270
38: 704 231.Feb. 25, 1919 21
40: 1153
July 3, 1916 214
30: 341 232.Sept. 29, 1919 64
41: 288 233.Apr. 6, 1922 122
42: 491 233, 272, 273.Mar. 2, 1889 381 3 25: 854 234.Dec. 29, 1894 14
28: 599
July 1, 1879 63 1 21: 48 235.Dec. 20, 1917 6
40: 430 236.July 24, 1919 126 Next to last paragraph only 41: 271 237.Mar. 2, 1932 69
47: 59 237a.May 21, 1934 320
48: 787 237b.May 22, 1935 135
49: 286 237c.Aug. 19, 1935 560
49: 659 237d.Mar. 31, 1938 57
52: 149
Apr. 20, 1936 239
49: 1235 237e.July 30, 1956 778 1, 2, 4 70: 715 237f,g,hMar. 1, 1921 102
41: 1202 238.Apr. 7, 1922 125
42: 492
Revised Statute 2308
239.June 16, 1898 458
30: 473 240.Aug. 29, 1916 420
39: 671
Apr. 7, 1930 108
46: 144 243.Mar. 3, 1933 198
47: 1424 243a.Mar. 3, 1879 192
20: 472 251.Mar. 2, 1889 381 7 25: 855 252.June 3, 1878 152
20: 91 253.Revised Statute 2294
254.May 26, 1890 355
26: 121
Mar. 11, 1902 182
32: 63
Mar. 4, 1904 394
33: 59
Feb. 23, 1923 105
42: 1281
Revised Statute 2293
255.Oct. 6, 1917 86
40: 391
Mar. 4, 1913 149 Only last paragraph of section headed Public Land Service.37: 925 256.May 13, 1932 178
47: 153 256a.June 16, 1933 99
48: 274
June 26, 1935 419
49: 504
June 16, 1937 361
50: 303
Aug. 27, 1935 770
49: 909 256b.Sept. 30, 1890 J. Res. 59
26: 684 261.June 16, 1880 244
21: 287 263.Apr. 18, 1904 25
33: 589
Revised Statute 2304
271.Mar. 1, 1901 674
31: 847 271, 272.Revised Statute 2305
272.Feb. 25, 1919 37
40: 1161 272a.Dec. 28, 1922 19
42 1067:
Revised Statute 2306
274.Mar. 3, 1893 208
27: 593 275.The following words only: And provided further: That where soldier's additional homestead entries have been made or initiated upon certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the right to make such entry, and there is no adverse claimant, and such certificate is found erroneous or invalid for any cause, the purchaser thereunder, on making proof of such purchase, may perfect his title by payment of the Government price for the land: but no person shall be permitted to acquire more than one hundred and sixty acres of public land through the location of any such certificate.Aug. 18, 1894 301 Only last paragraph of section headed Surveying the Public Lands.28: 397 276.Revised Statute 2309
277.Revised Statute 2307
278.Sept. 21, 1922 357
42: 990
Sept. 27, 1944 421
58: 747 279–283.June 25, 1946 474
60: 308 279.May 31, 1947 88
61: 123 279, 280, 282.June 18, 1954 306
68: 253 279, 282.June 3, 1948 399
62: 305 283, 284.Dec. 29, 1916 9 1–8 39: 862 291–298.Feb. 28, 1931 328
46: 1454 291.June 9, 1933 53
48: 119 291.June 6, 1924 274
46: 469 292.Oct. 25, 1918 195
40: 1016 293.Sept. 29, 1919 63
41: 287 294, 295.Mar. 4, 1923 245 2 42: 1445 302.Aug. 21, 1916 361
39: 518 1075.Aug. 28, 1937 876 3 50: 875 1181c.2. Small tracts:
June 1, 1938 317
52: 609 682a–e.June 8, 1954 270
68: 239
July 14, 1945 298
59: 467