§ 729.
The Secretary of the Interior shall not pay for any land or land and water a price which shall exceed an average cost of $10 per acre: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to any land or land and water prior to May 12, 1928, acquired or contracted for under the provisions of this chapter.
([June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 10], [43 Stat. 652]; [Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 558], [43 Stat. 1354]; [May 12, 1928, ch. 534], [45 Stat. 502]; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, [53 Stat. 1433].)