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 73d CONGRESS. SESS. II. GHS. 689-691 . JUNE 21,1934 . [CHAPTER 689 .1 AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents to the numbered school sections in place, granted to the States by the Act approved February 22, 1889, by the Act approved January 25, 1927 (44 Stat . 1026), and by any other Act of Congress. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State s o f America in Congress assembled, Tha t the Secre- tary of the Interior shal l upon the ap plication by a State cause patents to be issued to the numbered school sections in place, granted for the support of common schools by the Act approved February 22, 1889, by the Act approved January 25, 1927 (44 Stat . 1026), and by any other Act of Congress, that have been surveyed, or may hereafter be surveyed, and to which title has vested or may here- after vest in the grantee States, and which have not been reconveyed to the United States or exchanged with the United States for other lands. Such patents shall show the date when title vested in the State and the extent to which the lands are subject to prior condi- tions, limitations, easements, or rights, if any. In all inquiries as to the charact er of the lan d for which p atent is sough t the fact shall be determined as of the date when the State's title attached. Appro ved, June 21, 1934. (CHAPTER 690 .1 AN ACT To re store homest ead rights i n certain cas es . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That hereafter any person who has heretofore m ade entry und er the homeste ad laws on any la nds em braced with in any reser vation cede d to t he Uni ted States by the Indian tribes, and has paid for his land the sum of at least $1 .25 per acre, shall, upon proof of such facts, if otherwise qualified, be entitled to the benefit of the homestead law as though such former entry had not been made; but the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person who ha s failed to pa y the full price for his former entry or whose former entry was canceled for fraud : Provided, That, in making any new homestead entry as au- thorized by this Act or the prior similar Acts of February 20, 1917 (39 Stat. 926), and February 25, 1925 (43 Stat. 981), such entry shall not include any land to which the Indian title shall not have been fully extinguished . App roved, June 21, 1934 . [CHAPTER 691 .1 AN ACT To amend the Railway Labor Act approved May 20, 1926, and to provide for the prompt dis position of disputes between carriers an d their employees . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State s of America in Congress a ssembled, T ha t se ct io n 1 o f the Railway Labor Act is amended to read as follows " DEFINITIONS " SECT ION 1 . When used in this Act and for the purposes of this Act, _ "First. The term `carrier' includes any express company, sleep- ing-car company, carrier by railroad, subject to the Interstate Com- merce Act, and any company which is dire ctly or indire ctly owned b6637 1 -14--75 Definitions . " Carrier. " 1185 June 21, 1934 . [S . 1825 .1 [Public, No . 440.1 Public lands. Pate nts to is sue to numbered school sec- tions in place, upon ap- plication by a State. Vol . 25, p. 676; Vol. 44, P. 1026; Vol. 47, p. 140 . Grant to give evi- dence of title and prior limitation, easements, etc June 21, 1934. [S. 2987 .1 [Public, No. 441.1 Public lands. Second homestead entry allowed if former within Indian ceded lands. Not applicable if former unpaid or was canceled for fraud. Proviso. Land to which In- dian title not fully ex- tinguished excluded. Vol. 39, p. 926; Vol. 43,p.981. June 21, 1934. [H.R. 9861.] [Public, No. 442 .] Railway Labor Act. Vol. 44, p . 577.