Title 43 — Public LandsRelease 119-73not60
§762 Deposits Made by Settlers for Surveys to Go in Part Payment of Lands
Title 43 › Chapter 18— SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS › § 762
Summary
The government will issue certificates for deposits made under section 759. Settlers can use a certificate to partly pay for the land if the survey was paid from that deposit. They can also sign the certificate over to someone else, and the United States will accept it as payment for public land in the same State where the surveys were done or will be entered under that State’s laws.
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Title 43, §762
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Where settlers or owners or grantees of public lands make deposits in accordance with the provisions of section 759 of this title, certificates shall be issued for such deposits which may be used by settlers in part payment for the lands settled upon by them, the survey of which is paid for out of such deposits, or said certificates may be assigned by indorsement and may be received by the Government in payment for any public lands of the United States in the States where the surveys were made, entered or to be entered under the laws thereof.
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Codification R.S. § 2403 derived from acts Mar. 3, 1871, ch. 127, 16 Stat. 581; Apr. 27, 1876, ch. 84, 19 Stat. 38.
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43 U.S.C. § 762
Title 43 — Public Lands
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60