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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Suss. II. Gus. 301, 302. 1894. 423 lands to any one person, and any surplus of money derived by any State from the sale of said lands in excess of the cost of their reclamation, shall be held as a trust fund for and be applied to the reclamation of other desert lands in such State. That to enable the Secre- ` tary of the Interior to examine any of the lands that may be selected Examination. under the provisions of this section, there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, one thousand dollars., Approved, August 18, 1894. f..$E}.€f.1S".S”.1...£`3.€.Z”}f°ii.‘£%§`€v€S§3‘§L3€.`§2‘§Ty f°“’ *‘““"’°" ““" °"° ““" ""“‘y e...; 2** ‘”‘· Be it enacted In; the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-four hun- P`¤b1i¤1¤¤¤¤— dred and one of the Revised Statutes of the United States is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “S1;e. 2401. When the settlers in any township not mineral or sujrvligetiygg *0* reserved by the Government, or persons and associations lawfully pos- gmniggs oi i;¤iis,°§ZZ · sessed of coal lands and otherwise qualied to make entry thereof, or m£,§,;,§,°°·2‘°*·P·*‘°· when the owners or grantees of public lands of the United States, ` under any law thereof, desire a survey made of the same under the authority of the surveyor-general and shall nle an application therefor in writing, and shall deposit in a proper United States depository to the credit of the United States a sum sufficient to pay for such survey, together with all expenditures incident thereto, without cost or claim for indemnity on the United States, it shall be lawful for the sur- ' veyor-general, under such instructions as may be given him by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and in accordance with law, to survey such township or such public lands owned by said grantees Survey. of the Government, and make return therefor to the general and proper local land office: Provided, That no application shall be granted unless gggggbu the township so proposed to be surveyed is within the range of the ' regular progress of the public surveys embraced by existingstandard lines or bases for township and subdivisional surveys.” Sec. 2. That section twentyibur hundred and three of the Revised Statutes of the United States as heretofore amended is hereby amended so as to read as follows: C _,, t H “_Sec. 2403. Where settlers or owners or grantees of public lands it, §?§,€$.$l,?.~,§f[`ZZC ’ make deposits in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-four °°;§¤l·l;;;*”2g;,g%[*=j;*,j*· hundredand one, as hereby amendetheertincates shall be issued for such méiidéu.’` deposits which may be used by settlers in part payment for the lands settled upon by them, the survey of which is paid for out of such deposits, or said certificates may be assigned by indorsement and may be received by the Government in payment for any public lands of the United States in the States where the surveys were made, entered or to be entered under the laws thereof." Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Received by the President, August 8, 189-l. _ [Norm BY run lmranrnnzvcr or STATE.—Th9 foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval, and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]