16 U.S.C. § 511
Reinstatement of entries canceled or relinquished
(Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 225, § 1, 36 Stat. 1084.)
All homestead entries which have been canceled or relinquished, or are invalid solely because of the erroneous allowance of such entries after the withdrawal of lands for national-forest purposes, may be reinstated or allowed to remain intact, but in the case of entries canceled prior to , applications for reinstatement must have been filed in the proper local land office prior to .