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 684 · SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Crm. 238, 239. 1909. Much? 1909- CHAP. 238.—-An Act For the relief of certain occupants of unsurveyed public . is- ***-1 1am18m cmagimd County, mmm. Public, N0. 296 _. [ 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House q4Representat11ves of the United $f,'{,;te States of Amer·ica in Oongress assembled, That. the suryeg, made under nrvey- the authority of the State of Arkansas in the year mg jean hund red and 11i11Cty·0ig]1t, of n small area of land known as Cane Island, situated in Saint Francis River, in townships numbered fourteen and ‘ fifteen north, range six east, Craighead County, Arkansas, ipto blocks numbered, respectively, from one to thirty-three, mclusive, shall, upon the filing in the local land office, and with the Commmsiouer of the General Land Office, of the plat of said survey and the field notes thereof, be accepted as the governmental official survey of said body · of land. H°‘“°'”°"* °““"°° Sec. 2. That, under rules and latious to be prescribed by the py occummmowm Secretary of the Interior, all pcrsolfsgivlvho at the date of the passage of this Act arc bona fide occupants and owners of improvements situated upon amy of the blocks returned by said survey, s all have a preferred right at any time within one year from the passage of this Act to make entry, nmdcr the provisions of the homestead laws, of the block or blocks so occupied and upon which their improvements are situated, P“'°"“'°· as their respective interests may appear, or to make purchase of such @· lands at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cent per acre: Provided, ' That D0 person shall be permitted to ac uire title under this Act to mmm surveys. more than one hundred and sixty acres: (hroankledfurther, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant to any person title to any art of the island, herein referred to, which is shown to be within the Iliuijts of land previously surveyed and disposed of by the Government. Approved, March 2, 1909. ' March 2. 1909. GEL?. 239.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to extend the time for (H- K58W-] the completion of the Valdez, Marshall Pass and Northern Railroad, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-Bret, nineteen hundred and seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reyn·esen¢at2}ves of the United A1¤¤¤- States ofxlmerioa dn Lbng~re.w.v assembled, That the Act entitled "An PL=1g;ji¤g:);;§: g Act to extend the time for the completion of the Valdez, Marshall mama campany. Pass und Northern Railroad, and for other purposes," :1 proved Februarg twenty-first, nineteen hundred und seven, be, ami) the same is here v, amended to read as follows: coggigueztggggd for “‘That the pime for the compliance of theyaldcz, Marshall Pass and v·»1.m5r.4w.' Northern Railroad Company with the provisions of sections four and mY§l§acd · *’· ***5- five of the Act entitled “An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for the right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska, and for other purgoscsj approved May fourteenth. eighteen hundred End giuety-ei§;ti, y locating and completing its railroad in Alaska, is ore y exten — F¤¤¤¤r ¤¤¢¤¤¤i¤¤- “First. Said company shall have four years from the passage of this Act within which to complete the first twenty miles of its railroad, bv way of Keystone Canyon, Marshall Pass to Copper River, and fronh thence to Tamma River, and six years from the date of the passage of this Act within which to complete said railroad to the Tanana. River, all to be within such rights as it possesses and not in any wav affecting or contraveniug any vested rights of any other company or. person or the rights of the; Government, provided said company carry out the _ requirements 0 aw. ¤$f""""’ ""‘ °"°"“" “Second. Said company shall be exempt from license tax during the P·‘¤**·>¤· period of construction and for four years thereafter: Pmmjded, [hm; 'nm- the total period of exemption shall not exceed ten years from the time °°°***“°¤· of the passage of this Act: And prmuided further, T hat this exemption