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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Cris. 33, 34, 39. 1922. 359 CHAP. 33.—An Act To amend section 2372 of the Revised Statutes. -l“°‘{§l'{0%·lI922· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United ggggzig mf States 3/ America in (Jon ess assembled, ’lPliat section 2372 of the iz. s. see., éavz, p. Revise Statutes is amendgd by adding thereto the following: ‘°°’“‘·°m°“d"d· "In all cases where a final entry of public lands has been or may c,Q1Q§,",,‘},§§{y §,§,,§,§§[‘,f§f’S be hereafter canceled, and such entry is held b the Land Depart-   Pygé ment or by a court of competent jurisdiction to gave been confirmed ’p' ` under the proviso to section 7 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (Twenty- sixth Statutes, page 1099), if the land has been disposed of to or appropriated by a claimant under the homestead or desert—land laws, or patented to a claimant under other public-land laws, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, and under rules to be prescribed by him, to change the entry and transfer the payment to any other tract of surve ed public land, nonmineral in c aracter, free from lawful claim, andy otherwise subject to general disposition: mesa. Provided, That the entryman, his heirs, or assigns shall Hle a relin- ,_,§,§m’{},,‘,§'}°’Y ‘°"° quishment of all right, title, and interest in and to the land originally entered: Provided further, That no right or claim under the Rie¤¢¤¤¢¤SSi=¤¤¤1¤- provisions of this paragraph shall be assignab e or transferable." Approved, January 27, 1922. CHAP. 34.-—An Act Ad lands to the State of Texas and ced1ng' 'urisdiction -'¤¤¤·2·*'Y `Z’» 1922- to the State of Texas over cediintagin lands or bancos heretofore or hereafter aicquired by the United States of America from the United States of Mexico. ’ ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives gg the United Tms_ States of America in Congress assembled, That all the lan or bancos mms or bsucosaaacquired by the Government of the United States of America by {§’m,'§’,:,,,,‘},‘§§‘},{{°,§ virtue of its treaty with the United States of Mexico of March 20, s*·g,°&· 35 mg 1905, and subsequent thereto, and which lie adjacent to the territory vo1Ze,i>fissa.` of the State of Texas as constituted by the compromise act of Congress of September 9, 1850, and accepted by the State of Texas on Novem— ,u§{;§§§§f°¤_‘° S°°*° ber 25, 1850, shall, upon the acceptance of this Act by the State of Texas, be and become a part of the State of Texas, and shall be under the civil and criminal jurisdiction of said State of Texas; and ug,{’,§,§§§‘°;f;wDg}¤°S that all lands or bancos hereafter acquired by the United States of ` America from the United States of Mexico, by virtue of said treaty, which shall lie adjoining to the State of Texas, shall be and become part of said State of Texas and be subject to its civil and criminal jjlirisdiction without any further enactment by the Congress of the mted States. Approved, January 27, 1922. CHAP. ae.-Au Act To me mmm mes to Mmm: McKinley National Pur, ’°g‘,;’?’,g¥ *’,;°,,;,§?f2- Alaka. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives 0 the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, Thlat the soutli east, and uiiimirsrigm north boimdaries of the Mount McKinley National Park are hereb Lmds °“°"°°· changed as follows: Beginning at the summit of Mount Russelli which is the present sout west corner of the park; thence in a northeasterly direction one hundred miles, more or less, to a point on the one hundred and forty-ninth meridian, which is twenty-five miles south of a ploint due east of the upper northwest corner of the park; thence nort along the one hundred and forty-ninth meridian twenty- five miles; thence west forty miles, more or ess, to the present u per northwest comer of Mount McKinley National Park. And all these lands lying between the above-described boundary and the present `