---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 242"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "242"
heading: "Repealed. Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, article V, § 503(3), 54 Stat. 1187"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/242"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Homesteads"
  - "Subchapter V — Leaves of Absence and Excuses for Nonresidence or Noncultivation"
---

# [§242. Repealed. Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, article V, § 503(3), 54 Stat. 1187 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 241, act July 28, 1917, ch. 44, § 1, 40 Stat. 248, related to residence requirements of entrymen in military service during war.

Section 242, act July 28, 1917, ch. 44, § 2, 40 Stat. 248, related to widows and children of entrymen who died in military service during war.