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 454 Trrmu xxxu.-—-THE PUBLIC LANDS.-Ch. 11. 12 MM-, 1860, G- That said grant of swamp and overilowed lands, as to the State of Cali- 5· *;,,1,,; h12i;',?; C. forénia, Itliinnesopla, and gegon, islsubgct to tfpedlimitatiops, igestigctions 30,1.. 1,,,,, I6_ an con 1 IODS erema r name an speci e, as app 1ca e o sai three last-named States res ctively. Seqretnryvf the Sec. 2480. It shall be till? duty of the Secretary of the Interior, to l“*°"‘°' *° m“k° make accurate lists and plats of al such lands and transmit the same to lists of such lands, N . . ’ . fo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,0 the governors of the several States in which such lands may hc, and at the governors of the request of the governor of any State in which said swamp and overthe Siam- flowed lands may be, to cause patents to be issued to said State there- "§},`SQPt_,1850,c_ foifhconveying tofsaiddStat§ the lfeelgsimple of said land. s4,e. 2, E,_p.519. e procee s o said an s w et er from sale or by direct appro ria- Fmmh ,,_ pym tion in kind, shall be applied exclusively, as far as necessary, top the et al.,93 U. S., 169. reclaiming said lands, by means of levees and drains. _ Legal subdivis- Sec. 2481, ln making out lists and plats of the lands aforesaid all
 * 1*:1*:;*  CHS? legal subdivisions, the greater part whereof is wet and unfit for cultivavmom tion, shall be mcluded lh said hsts and plats, but when the greater part

@$5 pit a spbd1v1sion IS not of that character. the whole of it shall be excluded ·¤· v · · 01‘e1‘0m. Indemnity to Sec. 2482. Upon proof by the authorized a ent of the State before the S*“*°*""h°’°l’·“d° Commissioner of the General Land-Otlice aah any of the ll do - hgigiggfge by chased by any person from the United States, priclr to Ma1?cha2)dS1l855, -;—i—{;——-— were "swamp- ands," within the true intent and meaning of the act H,  Q'; l?€5i“‘;· entitled "An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to 834; 65’ ‘ reclaim theswamp—lands within theirlimits,"approvedSe tembertwenty- eight, eighteen hundred and fifty, the purchase-mone · shall be paid over to the State wherein said land is situate; and when the lands have been located by warrant or scrip, the said State shall be authorized to locate a l1ke quantity of any of the public lands subject to entry, at one dollar gnld tgventy-fivefcepyts per acre, or less, apd patents shall issue therefor. e ec1sion o e ‘ommissioner of the ‘eneral Land·OtH h ll be iirst approved by the Secretar of the Interior. cc S a Patents to imue Sec. 2483. The President ofy the United States shall cause patents to £:;u?;;i£g:¤:2s be issued to the purchaser or purchasers, locator or locators, who made ~·~·»~»  gg :··:r::.2£.;*:: ".,‘t*’E§.}?.“‘1‘1 “t·.:r.:":r:“:*P   M ***:1 mh  issuin 0 n u ·I ,' n_' 0 les or ]`€•€m · l to Stages, dal? prior to the ISSUE of patents to the State or States: I*roli·idea', llflihll innhll 2 Mer., 1855, c, cases where any State through its constituted authorities, may have sold gz, s. 1, v. 10, p. or disposed of any tract or tracts of land prior to the entry sale or loca- ·  of the staémp pnfleg the pgegemptign onli other laws of the United es, no pa n s a e issue y e resident for such tract or tracts of land, until such State through 1ts constituted authorities, shall release its claim thereto ID such form as shall be prescribed by the Secretarv of the Inter1or. In all cases where such State did not within ninetv days from the second day of March, 1855, the date of an act entitled, ".lln act for the relief of purchasers and locators of swamp and overtlowed lands " tmopiglli é:p;ts!t1tut¢:dtau;hol1i1t;E:s,]retzlurn fg the General Land-Office of s,a1soa eansso f `dto th 'th the dates of such sales and the names of the a;:rdli:;gi·s; theePr(lsiddnt sha}: rssug patents to persons who made such entries of the public lands so c aime as swamp—land. Selection 0; Sec. 2484. All lands selected and reported to the General La d-Om 3-::3 lzggsoge; as swamp and overtlowed land by the several States entitled tolthe prf: timed. yisuans of said act of Sept. 28, 1850, prior to March third, A. D. eighteen  uph red and fifty-seven, are confirmed to said States respectively so far H7. via}-? P. zélc. is e same remained vacant and unappropriated and not interfered with Cem. » 1   ysan actual settlementunder any law of the United States. ”lecm;¤by¤3alis   24ti·;5.d All selections of any portion of the public domain, to which fomiaconimedm El:" m;$ 3], lDI`€·9mPtl0¤ 0I' ot GP l‘Ig‘l1t had been acquired ,bany setthu Smm msmuvn dey e awe of the United States, and not beinlg minerallund, nov mg,?,v_14'p_218_ ofan cit tgncan onupamsh grant, and not included within the limits 139 0 _;1;.i;8759 to thetwghz -5;] larsl age or 0 the county of San Francisco, made prior » · » · »P- · y 1I' uy of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
 * 23 July, 1866, cl mv Wim (ip nava . mnlétarypr Indian purposes nor he d or claimed under