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 § 1073 `TIILE 4.:.-1= mh second oiierms for want of bidders, than tm Secretary oi the Interior may sell the same at private sale, for mah, at not less thauthe appraised valvé. said lem` than $1.% per acre: Pemadod, That any settler who was in actual; occupation of any parses of gany such reservations prior vi the 'location ot sue! reservation, or settled thereon {prior to January}, 1884, in iaith 1'erithe   lot _ securing `a° home and of entering the same under the general laws and has continued in such. occn patios to July 5, 1884, and is by- law engtled to make a home l stead entry shall he entitled  enter the land w occupied, not exceeding one hundred and sixty scam in 4 body; according to the Government surveys and subdivisions: Provided furtkéi That said lands were subject to. entry under the public-land laws at the time of their withdrawal; And lprmaoa farther i That all patents issued, prior to July 5, 1884, and approves State selections, covering any lands within the old Fort Lyor Military Reservation, in the-State of Colorado, declared wb; Executive order .·ot August 8, *18%, are condrmed; and tht rights oi all entrymen and settlers on said _ reservation to ac qulre title nnder the homestead laws are recognized ant amrmed to the extent they would have attached had public lanils been settled upon, or entered; and sinch portions of saié reservation as shall not haye, been entered or settled __ upon as aforemid shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the, In terior under the proylsions of this chapter, including land; that may, be abandoned by settlers or entrymen, ‘ (July 5 1884,e.214,§2,23oStaL103.)i * _ I · ‘r  _ 1973, Appraisal and sale of improvements or other propertg on neeervations.#—-The Secretaryot the Interior shall cause an; improvements, buildings, building materials, and other property which mayé; · situate upon any suchflands, subdivisions or lots not sold prior to July 5,_ 1884, by the United States authorities to be appraised in the same manner as provided in section 1971 of this title for_the‘appralsements of such; kinds, subdivisions and lots, and shall cause the same, together with the tract 01*,101 upon which they are sltuate, to be sold at public sale, to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value .01 such land and improvements, first giving the sixty days"notic< as provided in section 1072 ot this,title`;"or he may, inhis dis cretion, cause the lmprorements to, be ‘sold separately, at publie sale for meh, a:—¤ot_,1ssS than- the appraised value,. to be re mores by thefdirchaser within such time asmay be prescribed drst giving the sixty »days’ public notice before provided; ant if in any case the lands and improvements, nor the _ improve ments separately, as the case may be, arenot sold for want ol jbiddeirs; then the Secretary of the Interior, may, in his discre tion, cause the same to bereoifered. for sale, at any subsequenl time, in the same manner as above provided, or may cause, the same to be sold at igrlvate sale £or·not’ less than the appralseé value: Provided, That where buildings. or improvements have been sold by the United States authoritim prior to July 5, 1884 the land upon which such buildings or improvements are situ ate not exceeding the smallest subdivision or lot provided fm by section 1672 otthis title upon the reservation on which salt buildings are sitnate shall be offered for sale to the purchase} ‘ of said, improvements and buildings at the appraised value ol the lands and it said purchaser shall tail for sixty days afte:1 notice to complete said purchm of lands the same. shall be sold under the provisions of said section: And provided fam jlwr, That the proceeds of the military reservation lands- sold on Bois Blanc Island near to Fort Mackinaw Military Reser ration shall be set aimrt as a separate fund for the imgirove ment of the national park on the `Island lot Mackinaiv Michigan, under the direction of the Secretary ot War. (J ulg 5,,1834, c. 214, {3, E Stat. 163.) _ l · l 1074. · Dispmition of mineral, lama.-—-Whenever any lands containlng’_val,aahle mineral deposits shall be vacated by the reduction or abandonment of ‘ any military rmervation undo:

'UBLIO LAND8 _ 1406 B the provmona of this chapter, tm, ams phall be disposed or
 * excluslvay under tm mineral-1and`laws,o£ the Unitw States,
 * (July Q 1% c. 214 I5, M Stat. 164.) · ,.

r V 1975. Hommead and desert tw laws applkahle to mer- 1 vations in Nevada.-4All the agrlcnlmral lands embraced within l the military mervations in the State of Nevada which have a been placed under the control of the 8w‘étary‘ of the Interior -_ iorfdmposltion ahall be dianoscdf of  the homtead and - desentiland laws,_· and not otherwise: Provided, That this neet tion is intended to make aoplicablato me desertdam laws only g such landajas were included under ckpm 9 of this title, pro- , viding for the di tion ot public Lands  the .4@t·landt { mwst ‘ (Ang.  wld c, wl, w Stat. 518.) .. ‘, 1076Q Grants to minicipalitiu.-'£'he Prmldent is authorized [ by proclamation to withhoid hom nie and grant for pnblie 1- use to the "munlcipal corporadon in which the more la dtnated r all or any portion- of any abandoned military rwervstion not g exceeding twenty acres in one place. (Har. S, -18%, c, m $,1, -.27Stat.593.)`°,    i ~ l 107 7. Lands _ opened to settlement; preference right of en-
 * _ try.¢——-All lands not disposed ot prior, to August 23,’1@4, which

l were_ inclnded within the ·lirnits_. of any abandoned military ga reservation placed under the control of the Secretary of the · Interior for disposition under sections 1031 to 1075, incldsive, 5 ornngder any lawln force prior to July 5, 1%, tm d ot ,, `which han not been provided for `by·.a 'suhaeqtrent: 'Act of Con- ‘gress,· `where the area exceeds five thousand acrw, exeem mech r legal subdivisions.- as have Government improvements ° thereon, r_ and except also such other parts aaare r@rved for som public r use, are opened to settlement under the pnhhelnnd laws ot s the UnitedStates, and»‘a— preferw dat ofzmtry shall be, l ·glven all bona tide settle1€s·w*ho are qnallhed to enter under Z the homestead. `Iaw and have made _ imprevemmta, upon any , agricultural lands in said reservations, for aftperlod of dx f months from the date ot, settlement after August E, ‘1®4:' a _Provided~,· That persons who enter under the  law I shall pay for such lands not less than the mlm determined a by appraisement,` nor lm than the price of the land if the -‘ time et the entry, and `such paymentmay, at the option of the 2 purchaser, bemade in Eve equal installments, at times and - at rates of interest to be- fixed by- the Secretary of the Interior. h, (Aug. 23, 1&4, c.`814Q { 1, 28 Stat. 491;»Feb.. 15, 1&5, c. 92, - 1078. Efect of preceding ’ section `limitcd.-eliothim coa- E tained in section 10'(7 ot this title shall be construed to awpend - or to interfere with the_ operation of sections 1071j to 1075, t elusive; of this title as to all lands included in agndoned a military reservations placed nnder tm control of the Secretary l ·ot the Interior for dispoul subsequent to august  1%, and aft all appraisements  Shy nation 1077 ot this title shall, he, in accordance   the provtsionsot `aeetiona 1072 and`101'3- of - this title. (Aug. 23, lwd, c, B14, § 2, % Stat. 491.) · `· r 107.9. Con&·¤at]on  selections by States in Hoo of school; l sections;  of nectima.-—Q—-;—al1 St&£8_B(2h001_i1ld&lDRiLV scr lcctions in me otwhat are known as echoed sections in_al¤a§i¤· E   doned military reservations made tpmum to the decision cr of the Secretary ot the Interior dated January 28, 1898, and r before notice of the withdrawal of that dcdsion was received -. at the local land omee at which the selections were made, and I which d1‘e.`·otherwise regular · and tree   _ any prior lawful · claim, shall be conhrmedby the S%tary ot the Interior; and - the lands ln such school sections in lien of which such con-,   aelectiona were made shall be disposed ot nnder the v laws applicable to other .landa·_ln such abandoned military reservations, a preference right being accorded to those who n have made and maintained `s bona hda settlement or entry s pursuant to aald decision of the Secretary of the Interior; r (Feb. 11, 1903, c; 5%%, 32 State 822.) » `