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 466 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 220. 1908. tion four, township twenty-four north, range twenty-two west· east half of northeast quarter, east half of southeast quarter, section thirty- four, southwest quarter of northwest quarter, northwest quarter of southwest quarter, section thirty-five, township twenty-five north, range twenty-two west, Indian meridian, together with the buildings and improvements thereon, which lands were formerly a part of the Fort Su l Military Reservation, in the former Territory and now State of Oklahoma, the use of which for the purpose of an insane asy- v,;_w_ Nm lum was ranted to the Territory of Oklahoma by the Act of Congress appmvef February eighth, in the year eighteeu hundred and ninety- nine, entitled “An Act authorizing the £cretar{· of the Interior to permit the use of the buildings on the Fort Supp y Military Reserva- - tion by Oklahoma Territory or an insane asy um," be, and the same are hereby, granted to the State of Oklahoma for the purpose of an, insane asylum for said State, and for other pu . N¤¤¤ ¥>¤k¤*¤· Sec. 5. That the State of North Dakota is hereby authorized and Authorl to sell . . . Ht or virime same empowered to sell such portion as it may deem wise of the southeast vihigk :-:12. qbuarter of section seven and the southwest quarter of section eight and 1>¤•¤rir¤¤¤- the northeast quarter of section eighteen and the northwest quarter of section seventeen, all in township one hundred and thirty-one north, range sixty-five west, heretofore granted to said State to be used for the purpose of a memorial park and burial ground of the soldiers `Use or pmmas killed at the battle of White Stone Hills, the money derived from the . _ sale of said land to be used by the said State only for the purpose of erecting monuments and improving and beautifying such portions of é°1*r;>_y¤1&· such grounds as it may desire to use as a memorial park: Bwided, ° U` Tlhat not kiss thmaiu fortyhaacreg be reserved immediately surrounding egravesoca onsai an. _ · mY,*¤m¤:d¤;*y“g¢¤¤* Sec. 6. That all qualified homesteaders who, under an order issued Se m us rgélgewn by the Land Department bearing date October twenty-second, eighteen g';,¥',{;,,{‘cQf“ §,c__ ‘{§’,§ hundred and ninety-one, and taking effect November second eighteen ¤s,¤;¤§3¤¤~·;8:¤¤i¤¤· hundred and ninety-one, made settlement upon and improved any por- °` 'p` ° tion of an odd-numbered section within the conflicting limits of the glrants made in aid of theconstruction of the Chicago, Saint Paul, inneapolis and Omaha Railway and the W1scons1n Central Railroad, and were thereafter prevented from completing title to the land so settled upon and improved by reason of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Wisconsin Central Railroad Company against Forsythe (One hundred and fifty-ninth United States, page forty-six), shall, in making iinal roof upon homestead entries made for other lands, be given credit for the period of their bona fide residence upon and the amount of their improvements made on the lands for which Wi¤<>w’¤.¤¤•>..rinrh¢-·- they were unable to complete title. In the event that any entryman entitled to the benefits of this Act shall have died, the right to make such second entry shall inure to his surviving widow, anf if there be no widow living then to his minor child or children, if any, in the girgrégazhit manner hereinbefore provided: Provided, That no such person shall be ’ entitled to the benefits of this Act who shall fail to make entry within bim¤·\ ¤¤¢ri¤·· Mr- two years after the passage of this Act: And provided f7n·t/ner, That ' this Act shall not be considered as entitling any person to make another homestead entry who shall have received the benefits of the homestead lgwdsince peingprevegpgcd. as afdmsaid, frczlmb colnmpleting title to the n s as a oresai set e upon an im rove y im. §${jr;$e\=;· M Sec. T. That section two of an Actlentitled “An Act to amend the '` homestead laws as to certain unappropriated and unreserved lands in Nebraska," approved April twenty-e1g th, nineteen hundred and four, be,,and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: b$Qg;i3g{gm;§;;*$§ "Ssc.’2._That entrymen under the homestead laws of the United em. States within the territory above described who own and occupy the lands heretofore entered by them may, under the provisions of this Act and subject to its conditions, enter other lands contiguous to their