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 92 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 182. 1890. Limitation. except those opened to settlement by the proclamation of the President on the twentyiecond day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty- nam. nme E Provided, at herea ter al surveys for town sites in said Rwghzzggggfor Territory shall contain reservations for parks (of substantially equal ’°*" area if more than one park) and for schoo s and other public purposes, embracing in the aggregate not less than ten nor more than twenty acres; an patents _ or such reservations, to be maintained for suc purposes, s all be 1ssued to the towns respectively when organized £¢§*r° ¤:gc¤i*¤d as municipalities : PromIdedfu¢·ther,That in case any lands in said mgm or bonarilda Territory of Oklahoma, which may be occupied and filed upon as a °°°“P°“‘“· homestead, under the provisions of law app icable to said Territory, by a person who is entitled to perfect his title thereto under such P*’°°=d¤¤‘¢· laws, are required for town site purposes, it shall be lawful for such person to apply to the Secretary of the Interiorto purchase the lands embraced in said homestead or any part thereof or town—site purposes. _ He shall file with the application a plat of such proposed _ town-site, and 1f such plat shall approved by the Secretary of the Interior, he shall issue a patent to suc person for land embraced in mma. said town site, upon the payment of the sum of ten dollars r acre flor alleghe l;¤HdS_8I:LUI8g€€. in suih town site, except igicel landglgso be nammmen for ona an mam me or pu ic pu s as provi in tsec- "*°°“""*‘°'*""· t10D. _ And the sums soreceived by thdggietary of the Interior shall be paid Goiveiro tac the  autgioritfs of the munrmxpalihes when ~ or amz, y em or sc oo pu oses o y. P¤¤¤¤¤s1¤¤y¤.¤¤c-   23. That there shall be reserved pulmc highways four rods wide between each section of land in said Territory, the section lines being the center of said highways; but no deduction shall be made, whgre caicliepayxpents as   ed for,   the lamount to be pafgd for eac qua _ r sec ion o an y reason 0 suc reservation. ut if the said highway   be vacated by any competent authority, the title   the respect1ve strips shall inure to the then owner of the tract of which It formed a art by the original survey.  sane Sm. 24. That It   ull be unlawful fpr anymslrsoml for  pr any company, assoc1a on, or corpora ion, rec or m ` procure any person to settle upon any lands open td settlement ih the Territory of Oklahoma, with intent therea ter of acquiring title re¤.¤.me¤,m. thereto; an any title thus acquired shall be void ; and the parties to such fraudulent settlement shall severally be guilty of a misde- ‘ meanor, and shall be punished upon indictment, by imprisonment notdegcpleding tigelge lmonglisé or by] a fine not exceeding; lime} thousan dollars, or y ot su no an imprisonment, in e iscretion of the court. ,,,‘l§_ C°‘“*‘¥ °°°· Spc. 25. That inasmuch as there is a controversy between the United States and the State of Texas as to the ownership of what is P known as Greer County, it is hereby_expressly(provided that this act . Qégrfggwgu S; shall not be construed to apply to said Greer ounty until the title ungll une is aim;. to the same has been adjudicated and determmed to bein the United °$,,,,,;,,,u,,,°,sp°edy States; and in order to provide for a speedy and final judicial dewdjudication. zgrménagggiisgtge gontpoversyl aforgsmdd lglé Att1orney—General of e e n1 is ere y authorize an irecte to commence in the name and on behalf of the United States and prosecute to a gpaludepegxémgpvrpion, a propear séiit in eqilrity in the Supgemle Cpurt of e nies against the tate o exas, settin ort the title and claim of the United States to the tract of lang lying between the North and South Forks of the Red River where the Indian Territory and the State of Texas adjoin, east of the one hundredth degree of lonlgitude, and claimed by the State of Texas as within its boundary an a part of its land, and designated on its ma as Greer County, in order that the rightful title to said land maylbe finally p determined, and the court, on the trial of the case may, in its discreujicgggraccecawv my tion, so far as the ends of justice will warrant, consider any evidence ‘ heretofore taken and received by the Joint Boundary Commission