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 1188 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. CHs. 222-225 . 1929 . Only right, etc ., of Unite d Sta tes r elin- quished. February 16, 1929 . [H. R. 12347.) [Public, No . 765.1 Monte rey, Calif . Grant of Cuartel lot to. February 16, 1929 . [H . R.13899.1	CHAP . 224 .-An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue [Public, No . 766 .] Public lands . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Patents d may f title,, U sued to holders of nited States o f America in Congress assembled, That if within etc ., for more than 20 five years after passage of this Act it shall be shown to the satisfac- years, in Michigan. tion of the Secretary of the Interior that a tract or tracts of public land in the State of Michigan, not exceeding in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres, has or have been held in good faith and in peaceab le, ad verse posses sion b y a ci tizen of the United State s, his ancestors or grantors, for mo re than twenty years prior to the approval of this Act under claim or color of title, and that valuable improvements have been placed on such land or some part thereof has been reduced to cultivation, the Secretary may, in his discretion, P aymen t req uired. upon the payment of $1 .25 per acre, cause a patent or patents to issue Provide. for such land to any such citizen : Provided, That the term "citizen," Corporation In eluded as citizen. as used herein, shall be held to include a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any State or Territory thereof. Approved, February 16, 1929. February 16, 1929. [H. H. 15328.] [Public, No. 767 .] Sh eep g rowin geape ri , ments, etc. Public lands in Box Elder County, Utah, ma y be excha nged for State lands for. acres more or less, be and the same are hereby, released and relin- quished by the United States to the respective owner or owners of the equitable title and to their heirs and assigns. SEC. 2 . Nothing in this Act shall in any manner abridge, divest, impair, injure, or prejudice any valid right, title, or interest of any person or persons in or to any portion or part of the lands mentioned in the said first section, the true intent of this Act being to relin- quish and abandon, grant, give, and concede any and all right, intere st, and e state, in law or e quity, wh ich the U nited Sta tes is or is supposed to be entitled to in said lands, in favor of all persons, estates, firms, or corporations who would be the true and lawful owners of the same under the laws of the State of Arkansas, includ- ing the laws of prescription in the absence of the said interest and estate of the United States. Approved, February 16, 1929. CHAP. 22 3 .-A n Act Granting a ll right, title, and interest of the United States to the piece or parcel of land known as the Cuartel lot to the city of Monterey, Cali fornia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in the piece or parcel of land known as the Cuartel lot, situated in the city of Monterey, State of California, is hereby granted for municipal purposes to the said city of Monterey as the successor in interest of the Mexican Government. Approved, February 16, 1929. patents for lands held under color of title. CHAP. 225 . -An A ct To auth orize the excha nge of eighteen sections of Government land for an equal value of State land located in Box Elder County, Utah, for experiments in sheep growing, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That the Secre- tary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to exchange eighteen sections of surveyed, vacant, unreserved, and nonmineral

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