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 334 THIRTYZEIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 194, 195. 1864. Certain lands being excepted from this relinquishment and grant all sites or other par- P for military, naval, or other public uses, or such other sites or parcels as may hereafter be designated by the President of the United States, within one year after the rendition to the general land—office, by the surveyor-general, of an approved plat of the exterior limits of San Francisco, as recognized in this section, in connection with the lines of the Relinqnish- public surveys: And provided, That the relinquishment and grant by this “‘€““t“°‘i*g€'E°°t act shall in no manner interfere with or prejudice any bona Ede claims pim cing S` of others, whether asserted adversely under rights derived from Spain, Mexico, or the laws of the United States, nor preclude a judicial examination and adjustment thereof. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Gon6rmed_pri— surveyor-general of California to cause all the private land claims finally lggelzxfvxégls confirmed to be accurately surveyed and plats thereof to be made, whenpmvgw ° ever requested by the claimants : Provided, That each claimant requesting a survey and plat shall first deposit in the district court of the district within which the land is situated a sufricient sum of money to pay the expenses of such survey and plat, and of the publication required by the first section of this act. Whenever the survey and plat requested shall have been completed and forwarded to the commissioner of the general land·0Hice, as required by this act, the district court may direct the application of the money deposited, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the payment of the expenses of said survey and publication. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the snweys to surveyor-general of California, in making surveys of the private land f°ll°W d°°*·‘>€· claims Hnally condrmed, to follow the decree of conlirmation as closely as practicable whenever such decree designates the speciic boundaries of the claim. But when such decree designates only the out-boundaries within which the quantity confirmed is to be taken, the location of such quantity shall be made, as near as practicable, in one tract and in a compact form. And if the character of the land, or intervening grants, be such as to ren- _ Separate loca- der the location impracticable in one tract, then each separate location t‘°“S· shall be made, as near as practicable, in a compact form. And it shall be the duty of the commissioner of the general land-office to require a substantial compliance with the directions of this section before approving any survey and plat forwarded to him. R<·>1>¤¤l of Mt Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the act entitled "An act to °§g°?(Q,§h£,_1§gj amend an act entitled ‘An act to define and regulate the jurisdiction of the districtcourts of the United States in California, in regard to the survey and location of confirmed private land claims,’ " approved June fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty, and all provisions of law inconsistent, with this act, are hereby repealed. Approved, July 1, 1864. July], 1864. CHA?. CXCV. —An Act for the Sale of a Lot of Land in Iowa, in the Fort Cmuybrd •"""""‘”‘_ Reservation. Be ifenacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Alot orlandin States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful l°“'“°° be md' for the commissioner of the general land-office to cause to be sold, alle? public notice, the tract described as lot numbered one, in township ninety- five north, of range three west of the fifth principal meridian, in the State of Iowa, situated in what is known as the Fort Crawford military reservation, subject to such minimum price per acre as the said commissioner may establish as fair and reasonable, not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre; and in the event of said lot not being disposed of at public sale, the commissioner is hereby authorized to reoffer the same at public sale, or after the second offering to dispose of said lot at such minimum as
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