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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cris. 1257, 1258. 1890. 647 surveyed by an extension of the public surveys over the unsurveyed portions thereof. SEc. 3. That there is hereby granted to the State of South Dakota S Sw¤<>¤ wg f¤• one section of land of the Fort Sisseton military reservation, u n m°K*Q°§‘,§H, "' which the buildings used in connection with said fort are situatecgto be used by said State as a permanent camp and parade ground, and for such other purposes in connection with the training and education the militia of the State as the legislature may direct. Said section of land shall be selected by said State so as to conform as near as possible to the public survey: Provided, however, That whenever mm. he State of South Dakota shall cease to use said lands for the purpose herein named said lands shall revert to and become the prop- R¤v¤¤¤i¤¤· ertg of the United States. Ec. 4. That the remaining portion of the Fort Sisseton military mmm gums reservation may be selected at any time within one Syear after the ’°s°°‘“`" gvpgoval of the survey of said reservation by the tate of South a ota as a part of the lands granted to said State under the pro- ‘ vision of "An act to provide for the admission of the State of South Dakota into the Union," approved February twenty-second, eighteen vox. 2s. p. cvs. hundred and eiggity-nine. And when said lan s are selected as herein provided the Secretary of the Interior shall, cause patents for rama. the same to be issued to the tate of South Dakota: Provided, That menu. no existing lawful riglhts under any of the land laws of the United Existing nguu rs States plroviding for the disposition of the public lands shall be inval- “°"°°‘ idated y this act. Approved, October 1, 1890. CHAP. 1258.-An act for the relief of settlers on Northern Paciiio Railroad in- october- 1, ism. demnity lands. _ _ . "'_‘;`""" Be it enacted by the Senate and House og Rejqqgentatioes of the United States of America ain Congress assem led, t those persons Rlmrthera Pnvlle who, after the nfteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord ;,,“{d,"°° °°"“°°’»· eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and before the nrst day of Jan- h_§:S}gj°8*:tj§·c*gg{ uary, in the year eighteen undred and eighty-nine, settled upon, emu vacant mms. improved, and made final proof on lands in the so-called secon in— demnity belt of the Northern Pacific Railroad Companys grant under the homestead and pre-emption laws of the United tates, or their heirs, may transfer their said entries from said tracts to such other vacant surveyed Government land in compact form and in legal subdivisions, subject to entry under the homestead and pre-emption laws, as they may select, and receive final certificates and receipts therefor, in lieu of the tracts 'lproved up on m said belt by the respective claimants: Provided, at such transfer of entry shall be made h’¤v¢•v- umu. and completed within twelve months from the date of the passage by¤m:m·i;3¢e,¤¤iy, of this act, and be so made in person by the claimant, or in case of **°¤*¤ •¥w· death by his legal representative, and without the intervention of ““§“‘ °’ ‘°“i·‘i"2°"n ni · ·t ans t Ec. 2. a a rsons possessin e reqmsi e quca ions Aman mm an under the pre-emptigil or homestead hzws, who in ggood faith settled i,}‘,,$,"§,,‘§,‘,‘}'§$ ,,§’,‘§.,‘?,,f· u n and improved land in said second indemnity lt having made ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤v¤U¤·¤¤- filihg or entry of the same, and for any reason, other than voluntary abandonment, failed to make proof thereon, may, in lieu thereof within one year after the passage of this act transfer their claims to any vacant surveyed Government land subject to entry under the homestead or re-emption laws, and make fproof therefor as in other cases provided; and in making such proo credit shall be given for cmdxzzmrumq the period of their bona fide residence and amount of their 1111 rove- °‘°· ments upon their respective claims in the said indemnity belt, the same as if made upon the tract to which the transfer is made; Pro- Prwi•¤· vided. That no final entry shall be permitted, except upon proof of