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 834 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 406. 1910. J¤¤°?5· 1910- CHAP. 406.--An Act Makin an appropriation for the surve of public lands, [EB" 18176*] lying within the limits of land graiits, to iiiiovilde for the forfeiture tollhe lllnited States [Public, No. 288.] of unsurveyed land grants to railroads, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United R¤&1¥¤¤·d 1***6 States 0{ America in Ooniness assembled, That to enable the Secretary gudriipesiu ro: cost or of the nterior to comp ete the adjustment of land (grants made by f,‘§,§",.§§“}§;,m°°§,;;,,p'§, Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, an to subject the ¤i¤¤- lands granted to taxation by States, Territories, and municipal authorities, any railroad corporation required by law to pay the costs of surveying, selecting, or conveying any lands granted to such company or corporation, or for its use and benefit, by any Act of Congress, shall be, and is hereby, required, within ninety days from demand by the Secretary of the Interior, to deposit in a proper United States depository to the credit of the United States a sum sufficient to pay the cost of surveying, selecting, and conveying any of the unsurveyed lands granted to such compan, or for its use and m {mmm benefit, under any act of Congress: Promdedy further, That the ,.,,,,w;;°§'l,§,’.,,,,,,,ct,,_ Secretary of the Interior shall determine and specify in the notice or - demand to such company the amount of the required de sit, and may, in his discretion, demand a sum sufficient to cover th; cost of the survey, selection, and conveyance of the entire area granted to any company, or for its use and benefit, then unsurveyed, or for such townships or fractional townships as he may prescribe and desi ate Diglbumemenrorde in the notice or demand to such company, as aforesaid: A1u§npm· °°°1 vided farther, That the amount depositedshall, subject to the rules and rqgulations of the Department of the Interior, under the direc- _ tion o the Commissioner of the General Land Office, be disbursed for the survqying, including office and field work, selection, and conveyance o the lands granted and designated in the notice of the cgsepavment ¤f ex- Secretary of the Interior, as aforesaid: And p1·0*mkZedfurthe1·, That in the event the money deposited by any railroad corporation under the provisions of this act shall exceed the cost of said surveys the said excess thereof shall be repaid to the corporations so depositing the same, or to its assigns. 0uFgggm¤¤rtg gikzgné Sno, 2. That if any railroad corporation required by law to pay posit, the costs of surveying, $9l9_Ct1Ilg, or conveying any lends granted to such corporation, or for its use and benefit, by any Act of Congress, shall, for nmety dagys from notice or demand by the Secretary of the Interior, as provided in this Act, neglect or refuse to deposit an amount sufficient to meet the expense of surve ing, selecting and_convey1ng the unsurveyed lands anted to such company oil for its use and beneiit, by an Act og]. Congress, and designated in the notice or demand by the Secretary of the Interior as aforesaid the rights, title, and interests of such company, and all those claim; mg ply, through, or under it, in and to the unsurveyed lands designate m the notice of the Secretary, as aforesaid, shall cease and Proceedings. forfeit to the United States; and the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the Attorney-General, who shall at once commence proceedings to_ declare the forfeiture and to restore the lands forfeited _ to the public domain. u0*;‘Q§;*;,*;!j,f'°”·°“·· Sac, 3. _That this Act shall not affect the ht of the Secretary of the Interior to cause the public surveys tdlie extended over an lands granted to any railroad or corporation by any Act of Con}; gress in_the manner now otherwise provided by law nor shall an Frm claim, right, interest, or demand of the Government, of the United Sumgéd Madam,} States be waived or annulled by the provisions hereof; Provided shall be_subject to taxation by States, Territories and munici gil iaflithorities, anld the rightl of the Government to reiinburse itself Ifbr ‘ _e surve, se ection, an conveyance of such lan ' vided by law shall remain in full force and effect. ds Othermse Pm.
 * ec¤a,¤mse¤,ew. That all granted lands surveyed under the provisions of thi A {