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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. (I. Ch. 220. 1908. 465 \vCH4P. 223} An {act Authorizing a resurvey of certain townships in the State of lisaé yOU1I11g, BI] OI' O Gl` pllI'pOS€ . _ _ L__ ' Public, No. 160. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRq12¢ese¢z¢a¢z}ves of the United   _ 1 States of America in Cwzgress assembled, That the Secretary of the lG§l2§$il{*Q{dS' Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be m§v‘;j‘;{§‘{,;>'"* °*"“‘“’ made in the manner now provided by law for the survey and resur- ` vey of public] lagndfs, and from time to ltirge as ruaé; be necessary, a resurve 0 the 0 owing towns ips in the tate 0 ’_yomin :ownships fehty-one to forty-four north, ranges eighty-one to nii1ety-two west, inclusive; townships forty-tive to forty-eight north, ranges eighty-one to one hundred and four west, inclusive, except township forty-eight north, ranges eighty-eight to ninety-one west, inclusive; townships forty-nine to fifty-two north, ranges eightvnine to ninety- two west, inelusi-ve; townships fifty-three to fifty-six north, ranges one hundred and one to one hundred and three west, inclusive; townships twelve and thirteen north, range eighty-six west; townships twelve, thirteen, and fourteen north, range eig·hty-seven west; townships twelve to sixteen north, ranges eig·hty-eight to one hundred and four west, inclusive; townships seventeen to twenty-four north, ranges ninety-seven to one hundred west, inclusive; townships twelve north, ranges one hundred and live to one hundred and eight west, inclusive; townships twelve to twenty-three north, ranges one hundred and nine to one hundred and twelve west, inclusive; township twenty-four north, range one hundred and eleven west; townshiptwenty-four north, range one hundred and fourteen west; townships seventeen to twenty north, ranges one hundred and seventeen to one hundred and twenty- one west, inclusive; township fifty-seven north, range sixtg-eight west; townships fifty-four to fifty-six north, ranges. eig ty an eighty-one west, inclusive; all west of the sixth principal meridian. _ Sec. 2. That nothin herein contained shall cause the applications mg}§’1*Q’@§f’“,,‘;{“§}f of settlers upon other lands to be rejected, or caused to be increased f¤<>¢¤d· , the amount annually apportioned to the district of Wfoming, out of _ _ _ the appropriation for surveys and resurveys of public ands, _And all ,_,fl;f;,§$c‘§,_’°"“’°"°"” rules and regulations of the Department of the Interior reqmring petitions from all settlers on said lands asking for a resurvey and an agreement to abide by the result of the survey, so far as these lands are concerned, are hereby z1b1‘0§ated: I’r·rn·2'dcd, That nothing herein ,{‘•ljg;{j`°;'·l_i M 6u___ contained shall be so construe as to impair the present bona tide nmimptm-5. ’ rights or claims of an actual occupant of any of said lands so occupied to the amount of lumfto Which, under the law. he is entitled: l)I'Q)I/[{fd I __ t_ t_ m__ j7m!/my That before any resurvey is ordered it shall be made to appear ,-..,£L{"""" "“ "‘” to the Secretary of the Interior that the former official survey of said lands is so inaccurate or obliterated as to make it necessary to resurvey the land, and only such Parts of the land where the survey is so _ _ inaccurate or obliterated shall be resurveyed: I ’r0ve`r]¢·d fm-/hw, That “°““"°“"“- where it is found that, at the time the resurvey is entered upon, more than half the lands in any township have been disposed of by entry or otherwise, the resurvey in such township shall not be made: but this proviso shall not apply to lands within railroad land grant limits. K G Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, L§,{‘§§*;R,,me,; t0_ authorized and directed to certify to the State of Kansas, for the bene- Qj;d:g{;$g;1°f,°§e°;;f tit of the Kansas State Agricultural College, seven thousand six hun- Qu-. dred and eighty-two acres of public land in said State, the same to be v01_,, Pm_ in full satisfaction of the claim of said State under an Act entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several §tates and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit Of agvleulture and mechanic arts," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sxxty-two. N l _ _ Sue. 4. That the tracts of land described as follows: bections mne }jL}}l§£°£($¤ted fm, and ten, lot four, southwest quarter of northwest qluarter, west half insane »·.<>·1¤»m. of southwest quarter. section three, east half of sont east quarter sec-