Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 44 Part 1.djvu/1415

 1401 avrnn 4.3.---P . by Armow.-—-The State et Arkansas dem] hcrcbi relihdulsh and qultclalrnto the United States all lands prior te Anwst @, 1898, cendrmed, mrtlhed, er pntentm to the State whl& have hem entered under the public land claws; and dem` hatch? “Ed°’ relinquish; and guitclaim to the sym; all right. title, and intmt under the Acts et September $$1853, Hnrw 2, .1%5,—and Merch 3,`1%7, in and to ell lends h · mk me Stag, which have been heretotere granted, ce¤¤rmed,' certidcd. cr patented hy the United States under any other Acts, ged the title to such lands is herehj coedrmed in the grantees, their heirs, snccewers, er assigns, anything in this section on my wher Act to the contrary notwithstanding: Previded, That this semen shell be of B0 tems er e§ect entll the State et Arkan@s shall have accepted and approved the cenditiens, iieaitaticus, and previsions herein contained by en act of the general eseembij or by dn instrument in writing duly executed he the ieverner under the authority conferred upon him by_ the @1amm ei said State, and me with the Secreteryet the -Tr¤msery and e the Secretary of the Interior within rene year iremxprll E5 1%8:` Provided further, That whereas the¤GeD· erei Aenw1hly *ei the State of Arkansas did, on the 10th day et March, 1@7, accew and approve the conditions, limitations, and prevlsicna herein cehtained before April 29, 1898, mnking the mane efective and ccncl~esive, therefore this section shall be in full te£ce· and edect from and after April 29, 1898. (Apr. `§§1%,c.%,H 3,4,39Stat.368.) _ - i X §92. Sale nf exjrmieemrly dcsignated_1rater-covered areas in Ark ——The Secretary of the Interler, in his judgment and diwretien, is nntherizm te sell, in the mdnner hereinafter pro·\ vided lh this section, any et these public lands situated in the State of Arkanshé which were- originally? er1*0ne0usly`_menn— dered and shown npeh the `owcial plats as water-covered areas, and which are ncflhwfully appropriated by a qualiiied settler-: ' cr ent:ryman.c pnhllc land __le.:sivs. _ ·` Prcfaexwe right `to pi;:·chd.se;·app1icetion_; time for end prpofa e0ccmpany¢••y.·——-·Any citizen et Ee United States who in 'geed iaith gmder color oi title or claiming as a riparian owner hee, prier te September 21, 1922, placed vnlnable improvements upen or  tccultivatiee any ot the lands subject to the cperetiee of this SBQGBBQ shall have a preferred. right te file in the0§ce of the. re§et€r of the United States land '0@ce.¤£ · the district in which the lands are `situated, ¤¤.¤,pp1icqu¤¤ tc purchase the lands th`us_ improved. by_ them- at any time p within ninety days treme September 21, 1922, it the lends have heen surveyed and plats dled lu the United States land officezl ctherwiee_ within ” ninety days from the Sling of such plate, l Every sm.·iriapp1i@ti0¤*m¤st be accompanied with mtlsiectory nreet that the applicant is entitled to such preference right and that the lands which he applies to purchase are not. in the icgnl posemcn of en adverse claimant, ‘ ‘ ° Appraisal.-—-Upon the ming ot an application te purchase any _ lands subject to the cperatlen of this eectlen, together with the required prcci, the Secretary er the Interior shall `cnnse the lands dcecrib& in said application te he appraised, held ap nraienl te he nn the basis ei the value et such lands at the l date of appraisal, exclusive of any  wdlne resulting froze the deéelepment or lmpmvemnt thereof for agricultural cpnrpeses by the amlicant er his predecwer in lnterest,` but inclusive ct the ethmpnm value of any timber cnt er removed by the applicant cr hla predecessor in lntaest. - _ ‘ ' _Peyment of apwciaei price; {asu of patent; d¢ap»0•#£km·af pi·emda.—-——Anl applicant whe awiim to, pnrchase lands under the provisions of this wctmn, in e1·®r i to  mtitled to receive a patent must vrithin thirty dayé pcm receipt qt n&ice'_`qf appraisal hy the  et Qthe Interlerepay tb the register ot the United Stntm' land cEce of the district in évhtch the lands are eitneted the hpprhised price of the lends, and there upon a patent shall` lssne to mid applimnt for such lands

Uongo LAND8 § 993 es the Secretary of the Interior shell glaermlne that such applicant ii, entitled to purchase under this section. The prooeeds derived °-by the Government from the sale of lends hereunder shell be-covered lute. the Unit® Stetw Treasury and applied ns provided by law for the disposal of the proceeds from the enle of public lands. ‘ . ‘ ‘ Ruler cmd t regulations-The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe ell necessary rules end regulations for administering the provisions ot_ this section and determining connicting claims arising hereunder. (Sept. ,21, 1922,. o. 362, §§1g-5, 42 Stat. 992.)' '·. .  .., 993; - Sale of lands in Louisiana; preference rights; spplicag tion for purchase; appraisal; payment fer lame.--‘1‘lze Seem- ‘ tary of the Interior, in his judgment end discretion, is hereby authorized to sell, in the mnnner hereinafter provided, in this ·· section, any of those lends sittthted in the State of Ixreisinnn ‘ g' which were originally erroneously menndered and shown · upon the oillcinl pints as water-covered nrens, anu iX`hi€h*( were not prior to February 19, 1925, lawfully appropriated by nqunllneé settler or entryman claiming under the public lend lows, l .Any citizen ot the`United St&tes·`who, or whose nncwtors ’ in title in good 1'nitll under goler of title _ or elnixing ns n riparian owner has, prior to February 19, 19%, placed valuable improvements upon or reduced to. cultivation eny oi the lands subject to the operation of this sectien,·s&nll` here s pre—» ferred right to me in the o§lce_,of the register of the United States lnnd omee of the district in which the lands are situated, an application to purchase the lends thnsimprnregl by them at anytime within ninety days from February 19,, 1925, if me lands have beerrsnrveyed and plots med in the United Stntmr land o$ce; otherwise within ninety éays from e@cinl` notlce" to such claimant of the filing of such plats. Every `s¤ncl1,npplil cation must be accompanied with setisfaétory pmef that the npplicnntrisrentitledee to snclr preferenee right end rnnmnepnenns which he applles`to`pnrchnse are not in the legal an ndverse claimant or in the actual possession of a sono: persons U who here improve:} the property one reno nerve et- ` tempted, to enter same in complienee rrith tm lows one reguletions of the`Uni_ted States lend o§ee,. _, _ ·‘ r · ` ~ Upon the Bling of nn application to pnrchnw any lends snlr ject to the operation of this motion, zmerner with  required proof, the Secretary of the `Interlor shall en& the lends described ln snid nppllcetion to be epprnlsell, seidlppraisel to be on the basis of the value *5I such lands at me Gate of ewmml, pexclusive iof any inereusedn vnlne remltlng irom the `eevelepment or improvement thereof£or egricnlturnl purposes by the appllcnntfor [lis; predecessor in interest, `Fbnt lnclnslve of the _`st1lxnpnge value of anyttlmber ent or removedjby the applicant _ or his predecessor ua interest. - ’ » ‘ . _ An opplicent who applies to pnirehnse lends nrrder the pro- ; vlsloeneyot this section, ln order to? entitledto reeeiven patent, must within six` months from rece rpt ot notice of epprnlsnl by _ the Secretary ot the Intaloii P8! to the register of the United Statesland omce of the district in which the lends nre sltnettnl, · the nwrnised price of the lends, enf! tnaenwn n·petent.sl1nll issine to said applicant for ouch lends ns the Secretary gftime Interior shell determine that such applicant is entitled to pm-- ehaso tlnder this S0étl£lB; The  derived by; the. Government from the sale of the lands hereunder shall beeoverod into. v` the Unlteq States Treasury and nppllod as provided by in-ev ` for the d1 l of the proceeds. from the wle of public mulls. - . The Secretary of the Interior is eutlzorized to prescribe nll rules and regulations Tor administering the provi»- sions of this section and determining conflicting clnixxlsyrrrwng `lwreunder. -.~`  . 2 " . `_    ooolfgoit, yes, cio., in Ztmele soZd.—¥—·All pur chnseé made land. intents {weed . under the provinsions of * this section shell be isubjectto and contain or reservetion to