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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 126. 1919. 1545 rior, in su port of the pending application of Hugh L. Shafer, known as Great Falls serial numbered naught forty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-four, to enter the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section thirty-two, townshi twenty-two north, range twelve east, Montana meridian, the Sgcretargy of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue patent for the lan herein described to George Van Voast, in whose interest said application was submitted, notwithstanding the intervention of any claim to the land not lawfully initiated prior to the Bling of said a plication by Hugh L. Shafer. N th L SG Sec. 20. That the Secretary of this Interior is hereby authorized SQZOB? },,,,,§@’§;, and directed to permit Nathan L. Seamen to make a second home- °¤},'gj,§g_‘f°d- stead entry: Provided, That in lperfecting title to any homestead came gr mi-me entry made under the revisions ereof said Seamen shall be entitled me °°°°’° ‘ to claim credit for all residence, cultivation, and improvements shown in connection with his former entry, known as Denver serial ' naught eleven thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and, if such entry is commuted, shall be entitled to credit for the $200 paid in connection with said Denver entiéyz Provided, That Seamen first ,°r*f11°gQ;‘1f,;>;,f¤°° 0* reconvey to the Govemment the lan embraced in said former entry. Sec. 21. That Clarence Hazelbaker is hereby granted right of selec- §’J§2{1°@°‘S§,*;:§f); tion of eighty acres of unappropriated nonmineral, unreserved public byeumunma. lands of ghe United States in lieu of lands described as follows: The west half of the northeast quarter of section fifteen, township thirty- one north, range three east, Boise meridian, for which patent was issued him upon his tina] homestead certificate, but which it subse uently appeared was included in the land patented to Me·yoneyaili, un er ndian allotment numbered twelve hundred and eightly- seven, in the Nez Perces Indian Reservation: Provided, That the £?;*;°6nSm1_mtm land selected shall be of similar general character to that in the ' original homestead, but if selection is made of land d ted or subject to designation under the enlarged homestead Act, than selection may be in double the area of the original selection, and if selection is made under lands available for entry under the stock—raising homestead law, then selection may be made in area equal to four times the area of the selection authorized heretofore. Sec. 22. That Rebecca C. Pepper is hereby permitted and given §°.,:’§°.?,23P°p,*LT’{;, the right to select from lands subject to homestead entry in the P°'m“°°d· United, States eighty acres of such land, and upon selection bein made, the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to execute prolper conveyance of title to such land to said Rebecca C. Pepper, wit out requiring her to comply with any of the usual homestead provisions as to residence on or improvement of such land: Provided, That the land selected shall be of similar general §,f_§w'f°£“ 0, xm character to that in the original homestead, but if selection is made ¤¤¤. of land designated or subject to designation under the enlarged homestead_Act, then selection may be in double the area of the original selection, and if selection is made under lands available for entry under the stock—raising homestead law, then selection may be made infarea equal to four times the area of the selection authorized hereto ore. _ Sec. 23. That Oliver P. Pring, of Lewiston, Idaho, is hereby granted €£`[,°i,1;,3l:Y.1Z,iit¤0¤ right of selection of one hundred and sixty acres of nonmineral un- *’Y·“““’°'*'°d· reserved public lands of the United States in lieu of lands purchased by the said Oliver P. Pring, for which patent was issued to Ulysses S. Bartlett upon his final homestead certificate numbered fifty-six hundred and eighty-nine, but which it subsequentl appeared was partly included in the land patented to Hattie Moodry under Indian allotment numbered seventeen hundred and eleven, embracing the {;llOWIhI;g-dB$CHbBd land The east lpilf of lot {01éfé section thirty-give, _Wns thirty-six no, range our west, ise meri `an: ro- Chsmcg, ,,1,,, vided, Tliat the land selected shall be of similar general character to tim- of