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 SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 347-350. 1922. 857 P. 347.—An Act To authorize the leasin for mi u es of unallotted S¤P“=mb¢¤’ 20. 1922- lancdggn the Fort Peck and Blackfeet Indian Regervationngliir lihbpgstate of Montana $}E1?N*%%Y. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ei/' Regilesentatives 1y' the United States of America in Congress assembled, at lands reserved for ,,,§“§;,°a§1“§,BgI;§g1;j school and agenc p oses and all other unallotted lands on the ¤i¤¤S,Ho¤t. Fort Peck and hlablgbet Indian Reservations, in the State of ir$$'§g °l°°iZ§s,-$3i Montana, reserved from allotment or other disposition, may be leased lmds °¤· for mining purposes under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. Approved, September 20, 1922. CHAP. 348.-An Act Validating and confirming a certain indemnity schoo1—land .B°ptmN Er8igi¥5921 selection of the State of Florida. [P¤bH°» N° 31* Be it enacted by the Senate and House og' Representatives of the United _ States of America in Con ess assemble, That the follo Florida {,1323;, ,,1,,,,,, indemnity sch0ol—land selbction be, and the same is hereb, vali- ‘°”‘*¤ °‘»"°§d°*°d· dated and confirmed, notwithstanding its inclusion witllin an abandoned military reservation, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to a rove the same to the State of Florida, if the selection list is in aili) respects regular and accompanied by the necessary fees: Gainesville, naught sixteen thousand six hundred and forty-nine, filed May 1, 1920, covering the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-eight, townshi fifty-four south of range forty-two east, Tampa meridian, Florida, iiorty acres. Approved, September 20, 1922. CHAP. 349.-An Act For the rotection of timber owned by the United States S°p§1l1ii?9?%%lgmfrom fire, disease, or the ravages ofp beetles or- other insects. ” Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United mmm, States cj America in Congress assembled, Tliiit the Secretary of the Promotion or oo Interior is hereby authorized to protect and preserve, from fire, g'§,Q`%°'§SwtS{“§$j disease, or the ravages of beetles, or other insects, timber owned by ¤°“*¤'*=°d~ the United States upon the public lands, national parks, national' monuments, Indian reservations, or other lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior owned by the United States either directly or in cooperation with other departments of the Federal A mum W Government, with States, or with owners of timber; and appropri- cnaigiioo. ations are hereby authorized to be made for such purposes. Approved, September 20, 1922. CHAP. 360.—An Act To repeal sections 2453 and 2454, and to amend sections 2450, 2451, and 2456, Revised Statutes of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives of the United States ¢gA1n.ev·ica in C ess assembled, fThat sections 2453 and 2454, glggggiiig ¢>f ¤¤¤- Revrse Statutes of thoenllnited States, be repealed and sections 2450, mf}. 2451, and 2456 be amended to read as follows: P- "“’¤*’°P°°*°‘*· “SEo. 2450. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office is su{”“°d‘§_fQ,‘§§s“§$ Btlthorrzed to decide upon principles of equity and justice, as recog- lF$l.¤e¤.2450.pT44¤. mzed rn courts of equity, and in accordance with regulations to be °'°°°°°°‘ &PPl'QV€(l by the Secretary of the Interior, consistently with such principles, all cases of suspended entries of dpublic lands and of suspended preemption land claims, and to adjudge in what cases patents Shall issue upon the same.