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 992 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 361, 362. 1922. F·¤“¤‘ °°¤**¤°°'* °’» Interior be, and he is hereb authorized to continue relief to the `3°iiZreP`i•n°f°° if W Apache Indians of Oklahoma? lately confined as prisoners of war at 38E,°}§_7’ P' 53** V°l‘ Fort Sill Military Reservation, for their subsistence and for the purchase of lands for their settlement thereon, to be selected for them by tA¤¤¤¤* mmm the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of War; and there is °(iF=m,p.1isz hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury the sum of $42,500 for said giulipose, to be immediately available and to be expended under suc es and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of War may prescribe. Approved, September 21, 1922. ° CHAP. 382.-AnAc1;Grantingtocertainclaimantsthepreference1ighttopurchase imappmpriated public lands in the State of Arkansas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 1$legz·esenmtives of the United P¤b11¤1¤¤d¤· States of America in Ocmgress assembled, at the S  of the s:Sr2iiill,Lh?i¤i»°tdet°i»§1i1; Interior, in his judgment and discretion, is hereby autho to sell, §?Y";?s_” “*°"°°" in the manner hereinafter rovided, any of those public lands situated in the State of Arkansas which were originally erroneously meandered and shown u n the cflicial plats as water—covered areas, and which are not lawiiilly appro riated by a qualiBed settler or entijyman claiming under the publilc land laws. _ _ Pr¤f¤i=¤¤• ¤$?L¤¤ Sec. 2. That any citizen of the United States who in good faith °°°d under color of title or claiming as a riparian owner has, pr1or to this Act, placed valuable improvements upon or reduced to cultivation any of the lands subject to the operation of this Act, shall have a referred right to file in the office of the register and receiver of the United States land office of the district in which the lands are situmzlppihvm ¢¤ M ated, an application to purchase the lands thus improved by them at anly time within ninety days from the date of the passage of this Act the lands have been surveyed and plats Bled in the United States land office; otherwise within ninety days from the Bling of such P¤>¤f¤f P¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· plats. Every such application must be accompanied with satisfactory proof that the aplplicant is entitled to such preference right and that the lands which e applies to purchase are not in the legal possession of an adverse claimant. A¤¤¤¤=¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤=· Sec. 3. That upon the Bling of an application to purchase any lands subject to the operation of this Act, together with the required proof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said application to be appraised said appraisal to be on the basis m§;*tL¤gyg;p,*g;g'y;; of the value of such lands at the date of appraisal, exclusive of any clude!. increased value resulting from the develo ment or improvement thereof for @cultural purposes by the applicant or his predecessor in interest, but inclusive of the stumpage value of any timber cut or P8 mt md lm removed byhthe applicant or his predecessor in interest. oipagt. ° Sec: 4. at an applicant who ap lies to purchase lands under the prov1sions_0f this Act, in order to gm entitled to receive a atent must withm thutlyndays from receipt of notice of ap raisal ll) the Secretary of the _ terior pag! to the receiver of the llnited Sytates land office of the district in w `ch the lands are situated the appraised price of the lands, and thereupon a patent shall issue to said applicant or such l_ands as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine that P""°°°""· such a(pp)hcant is entitled to {purchase under this Act. The proceeds derive _ y the Government rom the sale of lands hereunder shall be covered into the United States Treasury and ap lied as provided by law for the disposal of the proceeds from the salle of public lands. "’ "° Sno: 5. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for   the provisigns of this Act and determining conflicting claims arising ereun er. Approved, September 21, 1922.