The Secretary is authorized, under regulations to be promulgated by him, to require of each applicant including preference right ex-service men for entry to public lands on a project, such qualifications as to industry, experience, character, and capital, as in his opinion are necessary to give reasonable assurance of success by the prospective settler. The Secretary is authorized to appoint boards in part composed of private citizens, to assist in determining such qualifications.
Dec. 5, 1924, ch. 4, § 443 Stat. 702(, subsec. C, .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Advances by Farm Security Administration as Capital
Act Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 50953 Stat. 1238June 17, 1940, ch. 39054 Stat. 402May 28, 1941, ch. 13655 Stat. 206Aug. 1, 1942, ch. 54056 Stat. 732, , as amended , ; , ; , , authorized Secretary of the Interior during fiscal years 1940 to 1943 to consider money made available to settlers by the former Farm Security Administration to be all or part of the capital required under this section.
Definitions
section 371 of this titleThe definitions in apply to this section.