section 72 of this titleAll claims under must be presented to the register of the proper land district within sixty days after the date of actual possession and the commencement of improvements on the land, by the filing of a declaratory statement therefor; but when the township plat is not on file at the date of such improvement, filing must be made within sixty days from the receipt of such plat at the district office.
(R.S. § 2349.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 279, § 317 Stat. 607R.S. § 2349 derived from , .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
60 Stat. 1100Office of register of district land office abolished and all functions of register transferred to Secretary of the Interior, or to officers and agencies of Department of the Interior as Secretary may designate, by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, § 403, eff. , 11 F.R. 7876, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
section 1 of this titleSee also note set out under .
Indian Lands Excepted
section 71 of this titleSee note set out under .