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 § 1173 TITLE 48;-PUB whhich are not subject to homestead entry: Provided further, 'Tbat purchasers ot land under this section must pay for the_ lands not less than the price hxed in the law opening the lands to homestead ‘entry_. (Feb. 4, 1919, c. 13, `40 Stat. 1055.) ‘ _ 1173. Saleof isolated tracts ing former Fort Bcrthold Indian Reservatiim.—The provisions of section 1171 are extended and made applicable to lands within the portion of tlio,Fort Berj timid Indian Reservation, North Dakota, opened under {che Act of June e1, 1910 ('1‘l1irtj·sixth Statutes at Large, page ,455): Provided, That the provisions of this `section shall not apply to lands which are not subject to homestedd entry: Pr0vidcd°· izkrther, That purchasereof land under this section shall pay for the lands not less than the price fixed·i1i·the law opening surzh. lands to homestead entry. (May 10, 1920, c. 178, 41 _Stat.`5'95.)_ I V "  - _ . 1174. Saleof isolated tracts formerly in Oregon and Cali= fornia railroad grants.-—The provisions_ of section 1171 are extended to class 3 of the lands formerly embracedby what bare ` kuowzzi as the regou and California railroad grants, titlé_.to which was' r ested in the United States under the? provisions of the Act roved June 9, .1916 ,(Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large, pa 218 : Pr0wded,', That 110 sales hereunder shall be made io ”" s than $2.50 per dere, and the appraised vi;lue_  of the timber on the lend, nor uuti1.Qsuch· lands shall have been subject to homestead entry for a period of two years: Provided further, That the proceeds of such sales shall be epplied: in themamrer prescribed in said Act of June- 9, 1916 _ (Thirty-ninth Statutes at Large,`page 218)._ (May r 25, 1920; c,200,41Stut.623.)  - _ .-` 1175. Sale of isolated tracts inebnndoned Fort Buford Mili- . tary Reservatiou.—Ti1e provisions of section 1171 are extém1ed_ to 311 notxmideral longs within the abandoned Fort Buford Military Reservation in the States ot North Dakota and Mon-‘ roam, which were reétoredj to disposal under the homestead, town-site, and desert-land . laws nude:. the provisions · of the Act of Mey`10, 1900 (Thirty-iirst Statuteiat Lqrgej page 180). (Aug. 11, 1921, c. 62, 42 Stat. 159.) r ’ ‘ · _ ° TIMBER CULTURE W 1181. Repeal of laws.·———A¤ Act entitled "A»u Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to encourage thm growth .0f rimber on the western' prairiesf "_ approve? Jude 14,,1878, and all luwsr 'euppiemeutary _' thereto or ameudatory thereof ore repealed :¥ _` Provided, That this repeal shall. not hifecf `any jalid rights _ accrued or` accruing under said laws but all bona tide claims, lawfully initiazged prior__to.March_3,. 1891,_im1y be perfected o upon due com¥>liauee,_with law, in the same manner, uporf the same terms and conditions, mid subjecf to the same limitations, forfeitures, and coaxteetrnas if this section had not been passed :· l’mv£dcd""f£¢rthew·, That the following words of the lost clause d of section 2 of suid,Act, namely, "That'u0f1ess than twenty- ‘ seven hundred trees were plant d on each acre," arc hereby re;»edled:.Prov{ded fukthq·,·-Flusi in computing the period of— cultivutionhthe time shall run troxix `theQ date ot the entry, if the ueoeseary acts oicultivation were perto_rmed_ within rho ·,.mpe:· tinge: Ifrovidéd further, That thepreparaticn of the land ` arid the planting of trees shall be construed. as acts ofcultlvae, tion. imd the time authorized to be be ~employod`m1d ,actu all! employed shall be computed as ai part of the‘eight_ years ofcultivation required by@stau1te:~Ifrovidcd fsgtlwr, That it trees, seeds, or cuttings were in good fl1iCh<.§18lit&··l8# provided by ]3W_8l1d the same and the loud upon which m planted were thereafter in good faith cultivated as· provided by law for ht r least eight years by a pereon qualided to make entri and who has a subsisti;1g.en$ry_n1nder the timbenculture laws, dual proof may be made without regard to the number ot treeothat may have been theugrowiug or: ,the land: And provided; That any person who has mode entry of may giublic lands of the United Statw under the timber—c1;1ture.lnws, end who has for A

!LIO L.4.2vn.s 1412 period of four years in good faith compliedwith the provisions of said laws and who is an actual bona fide resident of the State or '1‘erritory` in which 'said land is located shall be entitled to make ilnal proot thereto, and acquire title to the same, by the a payment of.$1.25 `per acre for such tract, under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior. and regiggers ishall be allowed. the name` fees and compensation for final- proofs in timber·cultm·e entries as in now allowed by law in homestead entries: And provided further, That no land acouired under the provisions of this section shall X in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the final certificate therefor. (Mar. `3, 1891, 0.,561, § 1, 26 Stat. 21095; Mar. 3, 1%%%, c. 208, 27 Stat. 593;) — · · EVIDENCES OF TITLE 1191. False making or altering-.of instrument. concerning lands; inines,_ or minerals in California.-Every,perso11 who falsely makes, alters, forges, or connterfeits, or causes or procures to_ be falsely made, altered, forged, or eonnterfeited; or willingly aids and assists in the. false making, altering, forging, nor counterfeiting any petition, certificate, order, report, decree, concession, denouncement, deed; patent, confirmation, diseiio, map, expediente or· part ot an enpediente, or any title paper, or evidence of. right, title, or claim to lands, mines, or minerals. (in California, or anylnstrument of writing whatever in relation to lands or mines or- 'minerals ln the State of California,"Ior the purpose of setting up or e$blie`hing against the United States any claim, right, or title to la ls, mines, or minerals within the State of Callfornga, or for  purpose of enabling anyperson ,to_ set up` or, establish any eng}.? aim; and every person, who, for such purpose, utters or publljfea as · true and genuine any such false, forged, altered,_.or connter·  feited petition, certificate, order, report, decree, concession, dé- nouncement, deed, patent, connrmation, disefio, map, expediente or. partof an expediente, title paper, evidence ot right, title, or claim to lands or mines "or minerals in the State of Callfornia; or any instrument 0} writing whatever, in relation to lands or mines lor minerals in the Stateof California, ehall- be punishable by-imprisoninent at hard labor not less. than three years andlnot xnore than ten`years,‘ and by anne of notnnore tl1an.$10,000. (R. S, § 2471.) *. _ 1192.; Falsely dating evidence of titleunder  authority to remnant Califoijniar-——Every person who_ makes. or cansesx or procured to- be xnade, or willingly aids and asalete in making any falsely datedypetition, certltlcate, order, report, decree, concession; denonncexnent, deed,_' patent, ,conHrma'tion, diseflo, map, expediente or partj of an expediente, or any title paper. or written evidence of right, title, or claim, under Mexican authority, to any lands, mines, or minerals in the State of California, or any instrument ,013 writing in relation to lands or mines or minerals in the State of California, having a false date, or falsely purporting to be ·_made` by any, Mexican omcer or authority prior to the 7th day of lilly, 1846, for the.purmse° of setting up or_ establishing any claim against the United Staten to lands or mines or minerals within the State of Galifornia,‘or» of enabling any person tenet np or establish. any aneh claim; and ··every`pereonfwho signs his name as governor. secretary, or other public omcer acting under Mexlesm author- a ity, to any lnstrnment of writing. falsely pnrporting to_be a T grant, concmsion, or denouneement under Mexican authority, and during its ekiatenee in California, of- lands, mines, ‘or éinerale, or Ialsely purporting to— be an informa,. report{ record; condrxnation, or` other proceeding on an fapplication for a grant, concession, or denonneenient, nnder Mexican an? thority, during its existence in California, of lands, mlnea, `or; minerals, shall be punishable, ·as prescribed ·-in H1€_[|l‘€·C€di¤§` section. .(R. ‘·S. § 2472.)  · e