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 862 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 8,9. 1916. Whereas the pro`ected celebration in said city will include industrial and other exhibitions, pageants, athletic games, tournaments, parades, conventions, and many other interesting features that will attract visitors from all parts of the United States· and Whereas the citizens’ committee, cooperating with the Illinois Centennial Commission, created by the Illinois General Assembly; are widely advertising the approaching events, with the result t at a great increase of mcomin and outgoing mail matter is anticipated at the Stplringfield post oi§ce; and Whereas e size and importance of the city of Springfield, Illinois, and_the entensive preparations being made bg] its citizens, coolperating with State organizations created for e purpose of ce e- brating the one hundredth anmversary of the admission of Illmois intg the Federal Urlnlpon give ao said celebration a. national character · an significance: ere ore e it S. d m Resolved by the Senate and Howszgf Representatives of the United r€$°E1s§.cé1i¤g States %America in Congress assemb, That the Postmaster General $l'?$;°°,,'·}“‘1",;;,"{g,‘j‘“$ of the nited States be, and he hereby is, authorized toprepare and die to be used in the cancellation o mail matter m e post omce 0 that city from December first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, to December third, nineteen hundred and eighteen, said die to be of such design as may be agreed upon by the Postmaster General and the Illinois Centennial Commission. Approved, December 27, 1916. Decemberw 1916. lH·B·*‘d·l CHAP. 9.—An Act To provide for stock-raising homesteads, and for other u>¤bu¤,1~1e.zso.1 P¤YP0¤¢¤· Be it enacted  the Senate and House ofRe1l:·esentatives of the United hm States of Ameywa vn, Congress assembled, at from and after the mm mma m, sx. passage of this Act it shall be lawful for an person qualified to ’°“'°°· make entry_under the homestead laws of the [¥I£l1li0(l•Sl58.liBS to make a stock-raismgg homestead entry for not BXC66(l.LDEnS1X•hHDdI0d and _ forty acres o unappropriated unreserved public d in reasonabl {_°§,$j,”,°·w be dew compact form: Provtded, however, That the land so entered shui ¤•¢¤<¤- thepetbcgzmipe have peep designated by the Secretary of the Interior as s -ra1sing an s." ,,,°,,§""'§,§’,,‘f",,§,’{‘“°""° Sec. Q. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, on tapiphcazion ordothphirwpsg, pci depigplate of stock?·aisLi11ghlands sig; jec oenryuner» c ans es aceow`c is, in` opinion, chiefly valuable for irazing and raising forage crops, do not contam merchantable tim er, are not susceptible of irrigation from any known source of water supply, and are of such character mm that six hundred and fortfy acres are reasonably required for the d _`pp,,,$,,mS mr ,m_ suplport of a. family: Pr, That where any person quahfied to esmmaaimes. ma e original or_ additional entry under the provisions of this Act shall ma e application to enter any unappropriated public land which has not been designated as subject to entry (provided said ppphcation is accompgamed and suplported by properly corroborated h davit of the app cant, in dup cate, showing prima facie that Summm mm, dg the land applied or is of the character contemp ated by this Act), ¤¤¤¤su¤¤. sligpl application, together with the regular fees and commissions, s hi eil recplived by the reigister and receiver of the land district in w c said land is locate and suspended until it shall have been determined by the Secretary of the Interior whether said land is actually of that character. That during such suspension the land laeisgribed in the application shall not be disposed o ; and if the said shall be designated under this Act, then such application shall
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