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kind: "range"
citation: "43 U.S.C. §§ 571–573"
title: "43"
from: "571"
to: "573"
count: 3
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/571..573"
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# §571. Sale of unplatted portions of Government town sites; authorization


The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to appraise, and sell, at public auction, to the highest bidder, from time to time, under such terms as to time of payment as he may require, but in no event for any longer period than five years, any or all of the unplatted portions of Government town sites created under the Act of April 16, 1906 (34 Stat. 116), on any irrigation project constructed under the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), or Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto: Provided, That any land so offered for sale and not disposed of may afterwards be sold, at not less than the appraised value, at private sale, under such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior may prescribe. Patents made in pursuance of such sale shall convey all the right, title, and interest of the United States in or to the land so sold.


# §572. Disposition of net proceeds; fixing project construction charges


The net proceeds of such sales after deducting all expenditures on account of such lands, and the project construction charge, for the irrigable area of the lands so sold where irrigation or drainage works have been constructed or are proposed to be constructed, shall be disposed of as provided in [section 501 of this title](/usc/43/501.md). Where the project construction charge shall not have been fixed at the date of any such sale, same shall be estimated by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior.


# §573. Expenses of appraisement and sale; rules and regulations


Reclamation [funds](/usc/43/1602.md?p=k) are authorized to be appropriated for use in defraying the necessary expenses of appraisement and sale of the lands authorized to be sold under [section 571 of this title](/usc/43/571.md), and the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior is authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as, in his opinion, may be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of [sections 571 to 573](/usc/43/571..573.md) of this title.