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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-43/chapter-12/section-602-to-609.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "43 U.S.C. § 602 to 609"
+description: "Repealed. June 17, 1944, ch. 261, § 2(a), 58 Stat. 279"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 43
+title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
+chapter_number: "12"
+chapter_name: "RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"
+section: "602 to 609"
+citation: "43 U.S.C. § 602 to 609"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc43@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s602...609"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 43 U.S.C. § 602 to 609 - Repealed. June 17, 1944, ch. 261, § 2(a), 58 Stat. 279
+
+## Notes
+
+Section 602, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 1, 41 Stat. 627, related to notice of lands subject to entry and conditions and reservations in patents.
+
+Section 603, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 2, 41 Stat. 628, related to assessment of past expenditure for benefit of reclamation fund.
+
+Section 604, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 3, 41 Stat. 628, related to survey and opening of lands to entry.
+
+Section 605, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 4, 41 Stat. 628, related to additional payments; installments; forfeiture for nonpayment, etc.
+
+Section 606, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 5, 41 Stat. 628, related to preference rights of World War I veterans.
+
+Section 607, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 6, 41 Stat. 629, related to squatter’s rights not recognized, time of entry, and penalty for premature entry.
+
+Section 608, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 7, 41 Stat. 629, related to Lands in Klamath Lake Bird Reservation.
+
+Section 609, act May 27, 1920, ch. 209, § 8, 41 Stat. 629, related to powers of Secretary of the Interior in relation to project.