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Show 220 Law.407 In such situations, each individual landowner subscrib- ing for stock in an association was permitted to subscribe for shares covering all his land, irrespective of the amount of acre- age, upon condition that the land owned by him in excess of 160 acres would subsequently be transferred to an individual eligible to apply for a water right.408 To enforce that condition, owners of excess lands were required to execute a trust deed or contract authorizing the association or a third person to sell such land to persons qualified to apply for a water right under the Act.409 Upon failure of the owner to dispose of the excess land as required, and upon failure of the trustee to enforce the trust deed, the Secretary was authorized to designate a third person to dispose of the land.410 A simpler and more direct means for enforcement of provi- sions limiting acreage was afforded by the water-right appli- cation whereby the landowner would apply to the United States for water from the project.411 The application included an affi- davit requiring disclosure of other lands subject to a water- right application.412 Also, the applicant was required to fur- nish information as to the nature of his interest in the land, the application being denied if his interest would not ripen into a fee simple title before the due date of the last construction charge payment.413 In the event of a transfer to an individual not qualified to apply for a water right, the United States could cancel the application and declare payments theretofore made forefeited.414 Finally, the application also provided that ulti- mate evidence of title to a water right would not issue, even 407 Landownership Stjbvey on Fedebal Reclamation Projects, Depart- ment of the Interior, p. 33 (1946). See also supra, pp. 169, 206-207. mId. p. 34. 409 IUd. 410 Instructions of the Secretary of the Interior, 33 L. D. 202, 204-205 (1904). 431 Landownership Stjrvey on Federal Reclamation Projects, Depart- ment of the Interior, p. 34 (1946) ; Regulations Relating to the Reclama- tion of Arid Lands by the United States, 38 L. D. 620, 637, 639 (1910). 412 LANDOWNERSHIP SUBVEY ON FEDERAL RECLAMATION PROJECTS, Depart- ment of the Interior, p. 34 (1946). 418 Ibid. 414 Id. pp. 34-35. |