AZ vs. CA:19 California Exhibits, Vol. XIX; Nos. 4000-4044

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made prior to March 4, 1915> has, in good faith, expended the sum of $3 per acre in the attempt to effect reclamation of the land, that there is no reasonable prospect that, if the extension allowed by section 335 of this title or any law existing prior to March 4, 1915* were granted, he would be able to secure water sufficient to effect reclamation of the irrigable land in his entry or any legal subdivision thereof, the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, allow such entryman or assignee five years from notice within which to perfect the entry in the manner required of a homestead entryman: Provided, That in cases where such entries have been assigned prior to March 4, 1915* the assignees shall, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefit hereof. (Mar. k, 1915, ch. 1^7, § 5, 38 Stat. Il6l; Mar. 21, 1918, ch. 26, 40 Stat. 458.) § 338. ELECTION TO PERFECT ENTRY; FINAL PROOF. Any desert-land entryman or his assignee entitled to the benefit of section 337 of this title may, if he shall so elect within sixty days from the notice therein provided, pay to the officer designated by the Secretary of the Interior of the local land office the sum of 50 cents per acre for each acre embraced in the entry, and thereafter perfect such entry upon proof that he has upon the tract permanent improvements conducive to the agricultural development thereof of the value of not less than $1.25 per acre, and that he has, in good faith, used the land for agricultural purposes for three years and the payment to the officer, at the time of final proof, of 1-9