37-707

37-707. Procedure upon completion of project by
settler; application for federal patent; grant of state patent to
settler

Upon completion of the project or any section thereof, the contractor shall notify
the state land department that he is prepared to supply water to the land designated in
his application, or any particular tract thereof, whereupon the department shall request
the department of the interior that a patent to such land be issued to the state, and
notice shall be given to each settler of that fact. Within three years thereafter, each
settler shall appear before the state land department and make final proof of
reclamation, settlement and occupation, and make final payment for the land entered upon
by him. Upon final payment the state, through the state land department, shall issue to
the settler a patent for the land entered upon.