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 498 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1040. 1890. known as the "Harrison line," being a line drawn from Wallula, Washington, easterly to the southeast corner of the northeast onefourth of the southeast quarter of section twenty-seven, in township seven north, of ran e thirty-seven east, of the Willamette meridian, all persons who had acquired in good faith the title of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company to any portion of said lands rior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, or who at said date were in rmom in posses- possession of any portion of said lands or had improved the same, §,f:é€°*§;,,,';*”j{ gg claiming the same under written contract with said company, exeot quémmy. cuted in good faith, or their heirs or assigns, as the case ma be, shall be entitled to urchase the lands so acquired, possessed, or improved, from the lllnited States, at any time prior to the expirarsme umu. tion of one (year after it shall be nnally etermined that such lands are restore to the public domain by the provisions of this act, at Rm. the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, and to receive patents mwnaupon pm:. therefor upon proof before the proper land office of the fact of such - acquisition, possession, or improvement, and payment therefor, withammo. out limitation as to quantity: Provided, That the rights of way and Confirmation or rm- riparian rights heretofore attempted to be conveyed to the city of §$,,"f°m‘¥Q‘,P,“,,§§_'$.’Q; Portland, in the State of Oregon, by the Northern Pacino Railroad Km Company and the Central Trust Company of New York, by deed of conveyance dated August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and which are described as follows: A strip of land iift feet in width, being twenty-nve feet on each side of the center line of a water-pipe line, as the same is staked out and located, or as it shall be herea ter Hnally located according to the provisions of an act of the legislative assembly of the State of Oregon approved November twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, providing for the means to supply the city of Portland with an abundance of good, pure, and w olesome water over and across the following described tracts of land: Sections nineteen and thirty-one in township one south, of range six east; sections twenty-ve, thirty -onepthirty-three, and thirty-ive, in township one south, of range five east; Sections three and five in township two south, of range five east; section one in townshi two south, of range four east ; sections twenty-three, twenty-Eve, and thirty-five in township one south, of range four east, of the Willamette meridian, in the State of Oregon, forfeited by this act, are hereby confirmed unto the said city of Portland, in the State of Ore on, its successors and assigns forever, with the right to enter on the hereinbefore-described strip of land, over and across the abovedescribed sections for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and repairing a water-pipe line aforesaid. , ¤e,gf *0*- EC. 6. That no lands declared forfeited to the United States by ’this act shall by reason of such forfeiture inure to the benefit of any State or corporation to which lands may have been granted by Congress, except as herein otherwise provided; nor shall this act be construed to enlarge the area of land originally covered by any such grant, or to con er any right upon any State, coilporation or person to ands which were excepted from suc grant. or shall the-moiety of the lands granted to any railroad company on account of a main. and a branch line appertaining to uncompleted road, and hereby forfeited, within the conflicting limits of the grants for such main and branch lines, when but one of such lines has been completed, inure by virtue of the forfeiture hereby declared, to the benefit of the completed line. Ggggggggiggéf Sec. 7. That in all cases where lands included in a grant of land mus, to mi; to the State of Mississip i, for the purpose of aiding in the construc- {’,'}’n°’},’{h$‘j;§,“;,,$,§§,,j‘ tion of a railroad from Rrandon to the Gulf of Mexico, commonly known as the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, have heretofore been sold by the officers of the United States for cash, or with the allowance or approyal of such officers have been entered in good faith under the pre-emption or homestead laws, or upon which there were bona