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 630 SD£TY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 211-213. 1920. Arkansas River, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, in section eighteen, township twelve north, range twenty-one_ east, near the town of Webbers Falls, in the county of Muskogee, 111 the §,%§S§,Q“‘;ig*;· State of Oklahoma, in accordance with the provisions of the Act ` ` entitled "AnAct to regvnilate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved arch 23, 1906. _ Ameudmeut Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act IS hereby expressly reserved. Approved, May 27, 1920. %g§,39{0{)9?2°i CHAP. 212.—An Act 'l‘o provide for the punishment of officers of United States gourts wrongfully converting moneys coming mto their pomemion, and for other _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House %‘R8{I`€8€7ttdt’bv88 of the United {-,§,‘,§§?',§f,‘€f’*'$,i‘,i,{"’,,é; States eff America in Congress assemb d, hat ané United States essvsi by mem, guilty States court, or any deputy, assistant, or employee of any such mar- °'°‘°b°“'°““"‘°· shal, clerk, receiver, referee, trustee, or other officer who shall, after demand by the party entitled thereto, unlawfully retain or who shall convert to his own use or to the use of another any moneys received for or on account of costs or advance deposits to cover fees, expenses, or costs, deposits for fees or expenses in bankruptcy cases, composition funds or money of bankrulpt estates, fees in naturalization matters, or any other money w atever which has cpmhesinigi  hands by virtue of his ofhglaélurellatign or (py gile fac; .1 o 'o ci 'tionorem o ent e eeme g`tyo P mmm embezzlement ziilidl shall, wherein) tllidnoifense is not otherwise punishable by some statute of the United States, be fined not more than _ double the value of the money thus retained or converted or im- ,h§',§,L’,;’0“d*}$}€,g’;f,€’°°* prisoned not more than ten years, or both; and it shall not be a defense in such case that the accused person had an interest, contingent or otherwise, in some part of such moneys or of the fund from which they were retained or converted. Approved, May 29, 1920. [!g¤YH29i CHAP. 213.-An Act For the relief of certain persons to whom, or their predeces- sors, patents were issued to public lands along the Snake River in the State of Idaho ’ UD(l€l' fl!} erroneous Sll!'V€y ID¤.(l€ ll] 1883. ,,,,,,1,,,m,, B6 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United sneer rns£m·a·e1 States of America in Congress assemble, That, subject to the super- §§§§,f§‘,,{"‘,§'2,,‘fd"},${ visorjy authority of the Secretary of the Interior, the Commissioner ligjjgr ¢¤¤>¤s»¤¤ Sur- of the General and Office, in his discretion, is authorized to sell for cash, for $1.25 per acre,_any unsurveyed public land which may, on resurvey, be found to exist in townships nine south of range fourteen east, nine south of range fifteen east, nine south of range sixteen east, and nine south of range seventeen east of the Boise meridian along Snake River in the State_of Idaho, to those persons who in ood faith, by themselves and the1r_ predecessors in interest have dierctofore p _ acquired, occupied, and improved under the public land laws in N§f*”*“'*°¤ "' i*““· accordance mt _ a Government survey made in 1883; and said commissioner mag, in like manner, on principles of equity, adjust, settle, and confirm (y patent the title to any lands in said townships here- V tofore claime, occu ied, and improved under doscri tions which mitlggjgigfmi PW on resurvey are found) to be erroneous; the Secretary oi) the Interior is authorized to make any rules and regulations necessarv to carry out and effect the purpose of this Act, and any person claiming the
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