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 FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. Il`. Ch. 17, 19, 20, 21. 1868. 39 CHAP. XVII. —-·An Act in Relation to Islands in the Great M`ami River. March 2, 1868. Be it emzcied by the Senate cmd fkusc of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the case of such islands ISl¤¤d§ i¤_fh¤ in the Great Miami river, in the State of Ohio, as are undisposed of} or  M‘“"“ any vacant public lands adjacent thereto, which are in the actual and ex- ` elusive occupancy of any persons who have made improvements thereon, or of their heirs or assigns, such occupants thereof shall have the preference right to enter the same at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, on making proof of the facts to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the general land office, and paying for the land within twelve months from the passage of this act, and patents shall issue for the tracts so entered as usual in entries of public lands. Approved, March 2, 1868. CHAP. X1X.—An Act authorizing the Sale of an unoccupied military Site at Water- March 4, 1868. fwd, Pennsylvania. "_`_"""` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in C'02zgress assembled, That the Secretary of the lwlt"";_’ $3*** Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized in his discretion to sell to the pain gg (Q; ’ highest and best bidder the military site of three acres of land at WVatcr·'so1d. ford, Erie county, Pennsylvania, belonging to the United States, and pay ‘ the proceeds into the Treasury of the United States. Approved, March 4, 1868. CHAP. XX.-An Act restoring Lands to lllarket along the Line of the Pacific Rail- March 6, 1868. roads and Branches. "`_;`-"" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Mziied States of America in Congress assembled, That nothing in the act approved fIfj*¤‘}g °“ 1};*** July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An act to aid in the `goadzcilniiral ` construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the branches restor- Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for °d1g°6§"°;Q]k°fé0 _ postal, military, and other purposes? and the acts amendatory there0fQ·V61,§{a. :489; shall be held to authorize the withdrawal or exclusion from settlement vhs6h9g- Eéfé and entry, under the provisions of the pre-emption or homestead (Qg6°Qtl;,E’15`g_‘ laws, the evomnumbered sections along the routes of the several Vol. xiv. p. 79. roads therein mentioned which have been or may be hereafter located: X"’·PP·355· Provided, That such sections shall be rated at two dollars and fifty cents price ogy8ms_ per acre, and subject only to entry under those laws; and the Secretary Homestead of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to restore to Wd Pl'°‘€mPti°¤ homestead settlement, pre-emption, or entry, according to existing laws, mgm?" all the even-numbered sections of land belonging to the government, and now withdrawn from market, on both sides of the Pacific railroad and branches, wherever said road and branches have been definitely located. Approved, March 6, 1868. CHAP. XXI. — An Act for the Reliifzf Settlers on the late Sioux Indian Reservation in March 6, 1868. the tate of Blinnesata. ‘—"°"""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the.Un*ited States of America in Congress assembled, That all actual settlers, who 4 Actualscttlcrs have duly filed their declaratory statements under the pre-emption laws Qgsggggggfnsifux with the register of the proper local land office, upon the unsold lands now Minnesota, who included within the limits of the late Sioux Indian reservation, in the State h=>V<*tSm<*ddS¤°·*°· of Minnesota, shall be allowed two years from and after the passage of g;°;1emg§O;r this act within which to make proof and payment for their claims, in ao- laws, to have eordanee with the provisions of the second and third sections of the act f;;’kg"*‘” }’ d .. i. . . pFOG ED approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, providing for pay_ the disposal of said reservation. 5863;}*}*- i Ai>pR0vE»,1»1m1i 6, 1868. V° · ‘“· ¥’· ·