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 FORTYNIXTH COSGMESS. Szss. I. Gus. GUS-G10. 1886. 121 CHAP. 608.-—An act to provide for tho solo of the Cherokee Reservation in the July 9, ISSG. State of Arkansas. Tm;. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Thats the lands known as the Clwrokcc Reserold Cherokee Reservation, in townships seven and eight north, of range "°·**°“· ·‘-'k¤“S¤¤· twenty-one west of the fifth principal meridian, in the State of Arkan- t° b° S°m‘ sas, be, and are hereby, placed under the control of the General Land Oiiice, to be sold and disposed of in the same manner and under the same regulations as other public lands of the United States, except as hereinatter provided. Sec. 2. That such homestead and preemption entries as have been Homestead cnmade, under instructions from the General Land Office, upon the odd- tries ¤<>¤¤*¤¤€d- numbered sections of said reservation, as shall appear to be in all respects fair and regular, except as to time of sale, are hereby confirmed, and patents shall be issued thereon as in other cases. Sec. 3. That all actual settlers, and settlers upon adjoining lands, Actual ¤¤tt1•>r¤ who are duly qualided to make entries under the homestead laws of the tg h“;’° T"`°f°‘°"°° United States, and who settled upon or improved either odd or even ° °° ry' numbered sections of said reservation at any time prior to the date of this act, and are now residing thereon, or cultivating the same and residing upon adjoining lands, shall be entitled to a. preterence right of entry under said laws, not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres, including the tract on which they reside, if residing on adjoining lands, with credit for actual settlement and residence or cultivation heretofore made in computing the time necessary to perfect title; but in no case shall actual settlers on adjoining lands be permitted to abandon any port of their claims upon which settlements have been made to secure a larger or increased amount of the reservation: Provided, That l"°”§*¤- _ all such parties shall tile their applications under the homestead laws b°A*’f,’};f1“t"Q;‘§hf: within three months from date of receipt by the local luud-vfiicers of umm mums. instructions under this act from the Commissioner of the General Land Onice, and make proof and payment as in other cases. Approved, July 2, ISSG. _  609.-An act to conszruct. a road to the national cemetery at Natchez, Mis- July 2, 1886. Sisslppn. **——*·*•— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatires of the United _ _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of ten thousand }“§;Q::;;°';‘I§;f_` dollars be, and the some is hereby. appropriated, out of any money in ry;,,,,,.,,,,,.;,,},,,,, to the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of construct construct mail m. ing a. macadamized or gravel road from the city of Natchez, Mississippi, to the national cemetery ucar that city: Provided, That the right of P{°¤‘i•°·f way, not less than fifty feet in width, shell first be secured to the United mgm " "`"Y‘ States to the ground over which said road shall run: And provided _ further, That said road shall be constructedmnder the supervision of C°¤¤¤’¤¤*¤°¤· the Secretary of War, upon a contract let to the lowest bidder. Approved, July 2, 1886. CHAP. 610.-An act making an appropriation to constrnct n road or wagon road- July 2, 1350, way irom the United States barracks in Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, to the na- _.;.. tional military cemetery at Chalmctte, in said parish. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of twenty-five Nuiivrmi Cem? thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, bc, and the E’¤`» Ch“lm°“°· same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not gm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of constructing a maoadamized mum-ucc road to, wild or wagon roadway from the United States barracks in the parish f1‘¤!¤ U¤if¤d $¢¤§¢•=S of Saint Bernard, Louisiana, about one mile and an halt] to the national *1;;;::f kxmt military cemetery at Clnalmette, in said parish. p