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 1318 S1xTY-F1rT1~1 ooNennSS. Sess. III. cas. 105,106. 1919. m§}}‘},§,§V$,Q,ff°mP“Y is hereby granted for the Old River Company, of the State of Texas, ’ to construct a lock and dam in Old River at some suitable point, to be silpplriovgd  this Segretary of Villar, anclll to malipéa. qlut or canal at the ea o ic ett a ou into rinit iver an re e out an dee en the natural shoaled channel beitween Pickett Qéayou and Oldp River, sub`ect in each res act to the approval of the Secretary p,,,,.,,.,,_ of War: Provided, That said llock and dam and other alterations M¤“**°¤°°°°·°°°· shall be made, maintained, and operated wholly without expense to the United States, and in accordance with plans and specifications gpproved by the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War: r¤11s¢1111>111a0¤. rovided further, That no toll s all be imposed at any time,for the passage of any craft throu h said lock or t rough said canals or cuts. rim 1111111. Sec. 2. That this Act sliall be null and void unless the privilege _ hereby granted shall be availed of within two years from the date {egzvglgited to MEN hereo : Provided, That no dam constructed under the consent hereby- 11.,,,, granted shall be used to develop water power, nor to generate elec- ‘ tricity, but the use of all the improvements to be constructed shall be limited to irrigation. ' A¤1¤¤d¤1¤¤¢- Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, March 3, 1919. iIE2ilc1]i.36ddi?|' CHAP. 106.-An Act To authorize the contesting and cancellation of certain homestead entries, and for other purposes. Omh 5 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Kiowsgtc., pasium United States of America in Congress assembled, That the home- '°§,§g§i,,,,,m 0, can stead entries made for pasture and wood reserve lands in the Kiowa, tamhcmcstwl entries Comanche, and Apache Reservations, in the State of Oklahoma, mvoi. 34, p. 213. o ened to settlement and entry u on sealed bids, as authorized by gis Actsof June fifth, nineteen hundiwil aréd  (l&hu}gy';fourthbUmteg tates tatutes at Large, age two un re an theen), e, an the same are hereby, madl; subject to contest, upon charges alle - ing that the entryman never established residence u on the lang, or that having established such residence he failedp to maintain same, or to improve and cultivate the land in accordance with law; and uponvuproof sustaining such charges submitted in accordance with t ie es of practice, the entries will be canceled and the money $@,8 ,0, new paid by the entrgmen in default will be forfeited: Provided, That ¤¤¢ri¤¤- any person who as been residing upon the land for at least two years prior to the cancellation 0 such entry, and if there be no such settler, then the successful contestant, shall, if qualified to make a homestead entry, have a preference right for a period of sixty days from notice, to make a homestead entry for the land, paying erefor the price bid by the original entryman, or a price to be fixed by alppraisement upon the applicants request,_ the _ improvements ma e by such sett er not to e taken mto consider- P““‘*°“°“’°"“· ation 111 making such appraisement: Provided jiartber, That should there be tgvigl settlers on a tract, lib; landdwill bg partitioned to them _ upon mu u a eement, or wi e so to the settler submittin m§,§§§f"°“° ‘“ “‘·“““‘ the highest bi?. at a public offering: And provided further, Thai payment for the land s all be made in four equal installments, one Fodeimm im mm, installment at the date of entry, and the other installments in one, etc. two, and three years thereafter: And provided further, That failure to comdply with the homestead law or to make the annual payment when ue m the case of any entry under this Act shall be a. sulficient cause for the cancellation of the entry and the forfeiture of $**8 °"°°°=*¤°*¤¤d5· the money paid: And provided further, That any vacant lands in the wood and pasture reserves in said Indian reservations o ened v¤1.s4,p.21:s. to entry under said Act of June fifth, nineteen hundred ling six,