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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 110, 111. 1918. 633 who has settled upon or who shall hereafter settle upon any of the public lands of the United States situated in the District of Alaska, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, with the intention of claiming the same under the homestead laws, shall, subject to the provisions Q,°¤{dgg*¤¤¤· and limitations of the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred °' ’p'm8' and three, chapter one thousand and two, United States Statutes at Large, page one thousand and twenty-eight, be entitled to enter one hundred and sixty acres or a less quantity of unappropriated · public land in said District of Alaska, and no more, and) a former ,,,§`f’"”°' °°*’i°S ¤°*° omestead entry in any other State or Territory shall not be a bar Pm . to a homestead entry in Alaska: Provided, That nothing herein con- miiiiaim. tained shall be construed to limit or curtail the area of any homestead claim heretofore lawfully initiated. "SEc. 2. That if the s stem of public surveys has not been ex- ,.,,]Q§,§'{,,°f,dsf’“ ‘""*“" tended over the land incgided in a homestead entry, the entryman may, after due compliance with the terms of the homestead law in the matter of residence, cultivation, and improvement, submit to the register and receiver a sho as to such compliance, duly corroborated by two witnesses, anli if such evidence satisfactoril shows that the homesteader is in a position to submit acce tablli final proof the surveyor eneral of the Territory will be so advised and will, not later than tie next succeeding Sl11'V6ylI1g season, issue S°"°”°°°°'““d°‘ proper instructions for the survey of the and so entered without ‘ expense to the entryman, who may thereafter submit final proof as in similar entries of surveyed lands. So far as practieab e, such survey shall follow the general system of public-land surveys, and Pmm the entryman shall conform his boimdaries thereto: Promkled, That Special survey at ex. nothing herein shall prevent the homesteader from securing earlier P°”s° °'°"*”“““‘ action on his entry by a special survey at his own expense, if he so 8l6ct'S‘ Iandsexccpted. "SEc. 3. That there shall be excepted from homestead settlement and entrysunder this Act the lands in Annette and Pribilof Islands, the islan leased or occupied for the propagation of foxes, and such other lands as have been, or may be, reserved or withdrawn from settlement or entry." Approved, June 28, 1918. 111.—Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to issue permits lg?-ll? for the diversion of water from the Niagara River.  Resolved by the Senate and House of Rrigresentatives of the United N States of America. in Cbngress assembled, at the Secretary of War nifmg?srii»iili$r'wa¢e» be, an he is hereb, authorized to issue permits revocable at will, gfgnlyglgd f¤<>¤¤» ¤b¤v•¤ for the diversion oiy water in the United States from the Niagara ` River above the Falls for the creation of power to individuals, comanies, or corporations which are now actually producing power liom the waters of said river, in quantities which in no event shall exceed in the aggregate a. daily diversion at the rate of twenty thou-  sand cubic feet per second: Provided, That this resolution shall $},',‘Z}’,,"{',§§,,,,,, 0, me remain in force until the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ¤¤i¤· nineteen, and no longer, at the expiration of which time all permits granted hereimder shall terminate, unless sooner revoked, or unless the Congress shall before that date enact legslation regulating and controlling the diversions of water from the iagara River, in which event this resolution shall cease to be of any further force or effect. Anyundividuals, companies, or corporations violatin any of the provisions of said permits, or diverting water from said river above the Falls for the creation of power, except under a ermit issued under the authority of this law, shall be gugty of a misdbmeanor and