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 90 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1890. nm mas. States hereafter to be erected out of the same. In all cases where sections sixteen and thirty-six, or either of them, are occupied by actual settlers prior to survey thereof, the county commissioners of the counties in which such sections are so occupied are authorized to locate other lands, to an equal amount, in sections or fractional sections, as the case may be, within their respective counties, in lieu of the sections so occupied. museum smp. · All the lands embraced in that ptprtion of the Territory of Oklaopen w homestead homa heretofore known as the Pu lic Land Strip shall e open to "”°° °"‘°°°‘ settlement under the provisions of the homestea laws of the nited K S_ ,,,c_ ML p_ States, excelpt section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Mlsmtcmd me Statutes, w ich shall not apply; but all actual and bona iide settlers ew, °° ”’ upon and occupants of the lands in said Public Land Strip at the time of the passage of this act shall be entitled to have preference to and hold the lands upon which they have settled under the homestead laws of the United States, by virtue of their settlement and cyan: fortime. occupancy of said lands, and they shall be credited with the time _ they have actually occu ied their homesteads, respectively, not exceeding two years, on tlge time required under said laws to perfect titlqlaslhoénestezid settiierds`. f Oki h d b Settlement. etc-. of e an s wit in said errito o a oma, acquire y cession °"C°f;l§’°h°r ‘°”°“‘ of the Muscogee (or Creek) Natlibrn of Indians, connrmed by act of V°L25·P·”·7- Congress approved March iirst, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and also the lands acquired in pursuance of an agreement with the semmoie. Seminole Nation of Indians by re-lease and conveyance, dated March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eight -nine, which may hereafter be opento settlement, shall be disposed? of under the provisions of voLzs,pp.1004-10aa. sections twelve, thirteen, and fourteen of the "Act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the In ian De- - partment, and for fulnlling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes," approved March second, eighteen VoL5,p.758. hundred and eighty-nine, and under section two of an "Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee (or Creek) Nation of Indians in the In ian Territory, and for other purposes," approved mem. March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine: Provided, however, Additional ree. That each sett er under and in accordance with the provisions of said acts shall, before receiving a patent for his homestead on the land hereafter opened to settlement as aforesaid, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, the sum of one dollar and twenty-tive cents per acre. vggegpfning  Whenever any of the other lands within the Territory of Oklammh homa, now occupied by any Indian tribe, shall by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States, be open to For mm mma-» sett ement, they shall be disposed of to actual settlers only, under °'§f”g_,m_m,,p_m_ the provisions of the homestead law, except section twenty-three hun red and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which mgw M shall not apply : Provided, however, That each settler, under and in ` accordance with the provisions of said homestead laws, shall before receiving a patent for his homestead pay to the United States for the land so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, a sum · gr acre equal to the amount which has been or may be paid by the nited States to obtain a relin uishment of the Indian title or interest therein, but in no case shell] such ayment be less than one dols§i.1se¤·¤¤¤¢1mum· lar and twenty-five cents per acre. The rights of honorably dis- “§_§j,,m_m,m_ charged soldiers and sailors in the late civil war, as defined and v-4*2- described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty- Sch I d M tllpwizp hugngredbaiéd gye of the RevisedhStatutes of tl§1United Skttintesi °° “¤ m *°¤· s a no e a 1*1 g exce as to suc a en. tracts 0 an
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