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 —~ FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I., CHS. 469, 479, 481. 1900. 179 in the Treasury not otherwise apcpropriated, for much-needed repairs and improvements of the gravele or macadamized road leading rom the city of Newbern, North Carolina, to the national cemetery near said city, the said sum of moncizy to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War of the nited States: Provided, That. no more rt-aaa. of the said appropriation shall be expended than is necessary to put ,,,{“g‘“‘ °‘ °‘P°“‘“‘ said road in as good .condition as when originally constructed for the United States. Approved, May 14, 1900. CHAP. 479.-An Act Providing for free homesteads on the public lands for actual May 17, 1900. and bona fide settlers, and reserving the public lands for that purpose. —···· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Oongvess assembled, Tgt all settlers under the ggblgiiaudshomestead laws of the United States upon the agricultural public lands, acm§i¤e‘l!€11gs°?Z`ie°.[°r which have already been opened to settlement, acquired prior to the passage of this Act by treaty or agreement from the various Indian tribes, who have resided or shall hereafter reside u on the tract entered in good faith for the period required by existing ldw, shall be entitled to a- patent for the land so entered upon the payment to the local land officers of the usual and customary fees, and no other or further char e of any kind whatsoever shall be reguired from such settler to entige him to a patent for the land covere by his entry: Provided, That the §,'gff€°{b éommm right to commute any such entry and pav for said lands in the option continued. of any such settler and in the time and at the prices now fixed by existin laws shall remain in full force and effect: Provided, however, garments winamn That :15 sums of money so released which if not released would belong t bis` p to any Indian tribe shall be paid to such Indian tribe by the Unite States, and that in the event that the` proceeds of the annual sales of ,6;,g’g&“l¤¤¤l °°l· the public lands shall not be sufficient to meet the payments heretofore` provided for agricultural colleges and experimental stations bg! an Act of Congress, approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred an nineg, v¤1.2<s. p. 417. for the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for e benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts, established under the provi- l sions of an Act of Congress, approved July second eighteen hundred V°l·’ 1** P- 5***- and sg?-two, such deficiency shall be paid by the United States: And — ov' further, That no lands shall e herein included on which the i Gfrgngg lands not United States Government had made valuable improvements, or lands °° ° '. that have been sold at public auction by said Government. Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent withithe provi- Repealsions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved, May 17, 1900. ` CHAP. 481.-An Act To Hx the terms of the district and circuit courts of the May is, 1900. western judicial district in the State of Louisiana.·····—·"—"‘ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Matted States of America in Oongvess assembled, That there shall be held semi- .ugg§§}g1*;gm;{¤¤wm annually in the western judicial district in the State of Louisiana two Jrermsoreoudnxea. stated sessions of the district and circuit courts at each of the follow- A ing places, to wit: At Opelousas on the first Mond3ys of January and V June; at Alexandria on the fourth Mondays of anuary and June; at Shreveport on the third Mondays of -February and October; at .Monroe on the first Mondays of April and October. Approved, May 18, 1900. I