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 696 F IFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1369. 1902. • law until they have received the approval of the President and when approved by the President they shall) be submitted by him to Congress at the lsginning of the next ensuing session thereof and unless disapprov or amended by Congress at said session they shall at the _ c ose of such period have the force and eifect of law in the Philippine Islands:hPr0vided, That a single homestead entry shall not exceed sixteen ectares in extent. ,,};’°’,§‘{°,f‘,‘},§’,}’f°' °’ Sec. 14. That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized and empoweredto enact rules and regulations and to rescribe terms aud conditions to enable persons to perfect their titll; to public lands in said Islands, who, prior to the transfer of sovereignty rom Spain to the United States, ad fulfilled all or some of the conditions required by the Spanish laws and royal decrees of the Kingdom of Spain for the acquisition of legal title thereto yet failed to 1¤¤•¤¤¤<>* P•°°¤'¤ secure conveyance of title; and the Philippine Commission is authorized to issue patents, without compensation, to any native of said Islands, conveying titile to any trasi of] laplg nos rggebcthan sixteen _ ectares in extent, w ic were pu ic an an en actuall occupied by such native or his ancestors prior to and on the thirteenth _ of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. _ _ _ ,,};*1** °*°'**‘*°°°°*· Sec._15. That the government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized and_ empowered, on such terms as It may prescribe, by general gegislatiorg to propile for tlhetgmnting or sage and cpspxlpsyanep to actua occu n an se ers an o er citizens o said is n suc parts and portibns of the public domain, other than timber and mineral lapodasg of the Unitlpd tates in said islands as iti may deem not ex ing sixteen ectares to any one rson an for the sale an conveyance of not more than one thousanldcand twenty-four hectares gin U ,m_ to any corporation or association of persons: Provided, That the grant provement. mf or sa e of such lands, whether the purchase `price be paid at once or in partial payments, shall be conditioned upon actual and continued occupancy, 1mprovement, and cultivation of the premises sold for a period of not less than ive years, during which time the purchaser or grantee can not alienate or encumber said land or the title thereto; but such X restriction shall not apply to transfers of rights and title of inheritmmmummm ange uniifsr lil? laws for the distrilsstmn of the eststesl of dgsedents. ` no. . a in gran mg or se in an art o the u ie domain cccuwm under the pgovisions of the last precgding gection, prelierence in all Nnrivu- cases shall lgiven to actual occupants and settlers; and such public lands of the nited States in the actual possession or occu ancy of · any native of the Philippine Islands shall not be sold by saidp government to any other person without the consent thereto of said prior mm. occupant or settler first had and obtained: ["r0*vz`ded, That the prior ““"‘°‘ “’“‘· right hereby secured to an occuplant of land, who can show no other proof of title than possession, s all not apply to more than sixteen ectares in any one tract. Pr¤¢¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤r¤¤¤#· I  17  That (silgnbeg, trees, forests,fan1d folmst products on lands ease or emise the government o the P i i ine Islands under the provisioans of this Act shill not be cut, deslairoyed, removed, or appropriate except by s cia rmission of said vernment and Y ulilderisuch regulations as ilsemayppzrescribe.  LM 0* =¤¢¤*P¤ All moneys obtained from lease or sale of any portion of the public gcslmain or Ifiiona lieisrises to cut Ember by the lgvemment of the ili pine s an s s a be covere into the ins treasur and be subjelit only to appro riation for insular purposes according d> law. m{m;f¤w¤» ew-,     That the guest laws and regulations now in force in the Philippine Islands, with such modifications and amendments as may be made by_the government of said islands, are hereby continued in force, and no timber lands forming part of the public domain shall be sold, leased, or entered until the government of said islands, upon the cer-