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 1594 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 517-520. 1925. March 3.1925- CHAP. 517.-An Act For the relief of Lars O. Elstad and his assigns and the exchange of certain lands owned by the Northern Pacific Railway Company, _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the “’;,°{,‘,§‘;,”p;,‘;m°R°“‘ United States of America in 0'ongress assembled, That the Northern chP¤w¤: dsinr 1%- Pacific Railway Company, upon its filing with the Secretary of the qggaiii Mmsémi Interior a proper relinquishment disclaiming in favor of the United States all title and interest in or to lot 5, section 13, township 140 north, range 40 west, in the Crookston, Minnesota, land district, under its p ace grant, shall be entitled to select and receive a patent for other vacant, unreserved, nonmineral, surveyed public lands of an signal area withm any of the States through which the Northern Pac' c Railway C0mpany’s land grant extends. Approved, March 3, 1925. CHAP. 518.-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell and [P““’°• N°· 2**] patent to William G._Johnson certain lands in Louisiana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the §g{f,"§}f*§·{},’n“§,$°!,{; United States of Aynerica in Congress assembled, That upon the I·¢¤¤¤i¤¤=·· payment to the United States of $1.25 per acre the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to issue patent to Wil iam G. Johnson to lot 3, section 18, townshi 19 north, rang;11 east, Louisiana meridian, situated in East Ciirroll Parish, uisianaz f_°f,‘f,'§",,‘f,;t,°,,,,,d,,,,, l°r0*vided, That payment  made and application filed hereunder ¤¤°¤*· 111 the district land office within six months after the approval of 51115 Act, and that no adverse_claim—thereto be officially of record as pending when the application is allowed and the sale consummated. Approved, March 3, 1925. CHAP. 519.—An Act Permitting the sale of the northeast quarter, section 5, [P’“”*t°· N')- 2*6·] f{>rV]l;¤Sh|P 6t!10§lil1i1l'8§§6é5 Wwli, one hundred and sixty acres, in Conway Collllliy. ansas, o . . w re. Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Re resentatives of the ig}, *gg,*;g{°·m, in U mted States of America in Congress assembled, That upon the Arkansas. payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 per acre, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue a patent, as hereinafter limited, to A. R. Bowdre, for the following-described land: _ East half of the northeast quarter of section 5, in townshi 6 north, m,e,.,,ed_ I‘8I1%e 15 West, Conway County, Arkansas: Provided, 'lgiat tl1€I’9 shal be reserved to the United States all oil, gas, or other minerals in the land, together with the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same. Approved, March 3, 1925. Marc .  CHAP. 520.—-An Act For the relief of Francis Kelly. F _ K H 36 it enacted by the Senate and House of Rzpresentatives of the N’§$§‘f ,§cg},, cmu United States of America in_Congress assemble-, That, in conS1d€1`· tease. ation of his gallant and heroic services in the sinking of the United States ship lerrimac, Francis Kelly shall hereafter be held and considered to_have been honorably discharged from the naval service of the United States as a chic machinist’s mate on July 4, 1902, in which rating he served during the Slpanish-American `War, and Placed on mimdust the Secretary of the Nayy IS hereby aut omzed to reenl1St  BS _“ as cme, ,,,,,d,,,m.s Clllef machinists mate in the United States Navy and to 1m¤1€§h‘ mm. ately thereafter transfer him to the retired list- of the Navy with