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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sues. I. Ch. 217. 1916. 343 twenty north; and the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and lots three and four of section twenty-one; and the northwest quarter, the west half of the northeast quarter, lots one, two, and three, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-eight; and the south half of lot three and aH of lots four and five, an the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-one; the south half of the south half of the northwest quarter, the south half of the south half of the northeast quarter, and lots one and two and the west half of the northwest qgilarter of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of section t ty-two; and the south half of lot two and all of lot three of section thirt -three, in township twenty-one north, all in range two east of the Willamette meridian, in the State of Washington, or an part thereof, to be re%Llarly surveyed or subdivided into tracts or lots of twenty acres eac, more or less, to conform as nearly as practicable to the existing local surve. Sec. 2. That after saidy survey and the approval thereof by the  “’ ’°‘“’ Commissioner of the General Land Office the plat thereof shall be filed in the office of the register and receiver in the manner provided by law, and thereafter any settler who was in actual occupation of ,,,§}§‘§,‘,,,§‘,,,,*},,,,"°§ any portion of the lands escribed in section one hereof on the first, day of January, nineteen hundred and ten, who made actual settlement thereon m good faith for the gurpose of securing a home, and who has since mamtained his claim thereto, or any one who has, since said date, succeeded to the occngxation and interest of any such rior settler, his heirs or assigns, sha be entitled to purchase the lands so occu ied, not exceeding twenty acres to each settler, according to ‘ the (government surveys and subdivisions thereof, upon payment to the Government of a sum equal to the amount of the appraised valuation of same; said agpraisal to be made under the direction of the Commissioner of the neral Land Office, in accordance with regulations to be approved by him: Provided, That in making such appraisal {;°;,‘;",,;,_ no account s all be taken of roads, wharves, or other general improvements in connection with said lands, nor of any improvements made thereon, but the same shall be appraised as near] as may be as they were at the time when first settled upon: Acad provided further, That payment to the Government may be made in one sum, P‘”“°""· or one—tenth cas and the balance in nine equal annual installments, with interest at four per centum per armum, as the purchaser may elect: Promkled, That any purchaser imder the provisions of this  ”¥"‘ section shall not thereafter have the right to make a homestead entry. Sec. 3. That the following-described land, being a part of abandoned military reservation numbered twengy-four, IS hereby granted gglgcgyltgiggg to school district numbered sevent -one, o Pierce County, tate of scam: umm. Washington, to wit: The east halfyof the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-two in township twenqy-one of range two east of the Willamette meridian, in the State of ashmgton, upon ayment therefor to the United States of $2.50 per acre. ""°“"· Sec. 4. That if application to dpurchase any of the lands described  °‘ “‘”°"* in section one hereo be not file with the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the provisions of section two hereof, .W'ltl11D one year after the approval of regulations for purchase, then, in that event, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to dispose of such remaining lands under the provisions of the Act of Congress v°’·”·°· m of Jul fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled   Act to provide for the disposal of abandoned and useless military reservations." Approved, July 3, 1916.