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 FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Cus. 4, 5. 1893. 3 CHAP. 4.-An Act To extend the time for completing the work of the Eleventh October 3.1893. Census, and for other purposes. www C Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ` States of America in Congress assembled, That the time provided in Eleventh Census. the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropria- 83;${*Bf{>*,$°*}Pl¤*i;g tions for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for 1894. mm ’ prior years, and for other purposes,.-approved March third, eighteen V¤1·27»1>-658· hundred and ninety-three, for closing the work of the Eleventh Census, under the provisions of the act of March first, eighteen hundred and v.,1_25_p_q60_ eighty-nine, entitled “An act to provide for taking the Eleventh and subsequent Censuses/’ and of any subsequent act relating to the Eleventh Census, be and the same is hereby extended from the thirty- Pcst,pp.60,857. first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to and including the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 4 That the President of the United States may, in his discretion, b commsgoneatrm authorize and direct the Commissioner of Labor to perform the duties pZ§I,”t2¥,deD€'° ° S"` of Superintendent of Census under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior until the work of closing the Eleventh Census is completed, at such additional compensation, payable from the appropria- competences. tions for compiling the results of the Eleventh Census, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine not exceeding one-half of the compensation now fixed by law for the Superintendent of Census. Approved, October 3, 1893. CHAP. 5.—An Act Granting settlers on certain lands in Oklahoma Territory the October 20, 1893. right to commute their homestead entries, and for other purposes. ···i~"";· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the homestead settlers I’“l’“° ““’d°· on the Absentee Shawnee, Pottawatomie, and Cheyenne and Arapahoe ,,,H§§{§§°,§‘Q gf,?;';,'; Indian lands, in Oklahoma Territory be, and they are hereby, granted ¤¤¤>n¤-inn nf tinw *¤ an extension of one year within which to make the first payment pro- m°k° n"‘° P°""°"° vided for in section sixteen of the act of Con gress approved March third, V·>1·2°·v·1°26· eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act making appropri· *’°*'·P·°°‘- ations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes,” and such payment may be made at any time within threelyears from the date of the entry of such lands. Sec. 2. That any person entitled by law to take a homestead in said 8u£3*•;:*0*::Y al; f; Territory of Oklahoma who has already located and filed upon, or who payment of mhpme. shall hereafter locate and iile upon a homestead within any of the lands in the Absentee Shawnee, Pottawatomie, and Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian lands and the Public Land Strip in Oklahoma Territory, and who has complied with all the laws relating to such homestead settlement, may receive a patent therefor at the expiration of. twelve months from the date of locating upon such homestead, upon payment to the United States of one dollar and fifty cents per acre for _ the land embodied in such homestead: Provided, That homestead set- I@@,i'·C0,m,y Ok tlers in the Public Land Strip now Beaver County, Oklahoma, may re- Iahoma,settlers.’ ceive such patent upon the payment to the United States of the sum of one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre. Sec. 3. That all acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved, October 20, 1893.