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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. I. CHS. 356, 357. 1928 . 423 States that have accreted to section 14 of township 5 north, range 4 west, Washington meridian, in the State of Mississippi, and to sections 65, 66, 67, and 68, of township 5 north, range 9 east, Louisiana meridian, in the State of Louisiana, and which are not lawfully appropria ted by a quali fied settler or entryman o r other advers e claimant claiming under the public land laws. SEC. 2. That the owners of said above described lots or sections Preference r or owners of lots to pu r- shall have a preferred right to file in the office of the register of the chas e. United State s Land Office of the distr ict in which t he lands are situated an application to purchase the public lands thus formed by accretion at any time within ninety days from the filing of plats of Proo f of owne rshi p such accrete d area in the United State s Land Office. Every such required. application must be accompanied with satisfactory proof that the applicant is entitled to such preferen ce right by virtue of the ownership of said above described lots or sections and that the lands whic h he app lies to purc hase are not in the lega l po sses sion of any adverse claimant. Appraisals to be SEC. 3. That upon the filing of any application to purchase an y made upon filing ap- lands subject to the operation of this Act, together with the required plication. proof, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the lands described in said application to be appraised, including the timber thereon and the stumpage value of any timber cut o r removed by t he applicant Appraisement esciu- or his predecessors in interest. Such appraisement shall be exclusive live of development, of any increased value resulting from the development or improve- etc • by applicant. ment of the land for agricultural purposes by the applicant or his predecessors in interest. Patent to issue on SEC. 4 . That an applicant who applies to purchase land under the payment of appraised provisions of this Act, in order to be entitled to receive a patent valu e. must, within thirty days from receipt of notice of appraisal by the Secretary of the Interior, pay to the register of the United States Land Office of the district in which the lands are situ ated the appraised value of the lands, and thereupon patent shall issue to said applicant for such lands as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine that such applicant is entitled to purchase under this Act. Disposal of proceeds The proceeds derived by the Government from the sale of lands under land laws hereunder shall be covered into the United States Treasury and applied as provided by law for the disposal of the proceeds from the sale of public' lands. Patent withheld in SEC. 5. If, at the date of the approval of this Act, any of the lots case of pending unper- fected entry- on which or sections or parts of lots or sections above described are covered final proo f not sub- by a pending entry on which satisfactory final proof in support misted. thereof has not been submitted, patent based on any application to purchase land subject to the provisions of this Act shall be withheld Patent issued to ap- to await the completion of the pending entry. If, upon completion plicant for purchase on of the pending entry it shall then be found that applicant has shown comp letin g en try. due compliance with the law under the said pending unperfected entry and his application to purchase is otherwise satisfactory patent on said application to purchase shall then be issued. Rules, etc ., to be pre. SEC. 6. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to scribed. prescribe all necessary rules and regulations for administering the provision s of this Act and determini ng conflictin g claims ar isi ng hereu nder. Approved, April 11, 1928. CHAP. 357.-An Act Amending an Act entitled "An Act authorizing the April 11, ins. [H. R.7463.]	Chippewa Indians of Minnesota to submit claims to the Court of Claims ." [Public, No. 267 .] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Chippewa Indians of Chippewa Indians of Min nesot a.

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