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 7 4Tu CONGRESS. SESS. II. CHS. 238, 239. APRIL 20, 1936. All Government lands in sec tions 5, 8, and 17, township 6 north, range 24 west, San Bernardino meridian. All Government lands in township 6 north, range 25 west, San Bernardin o meridia n. All Government lands in township 6 north, range 26 west, San Bernardino meridian. All Government lands in township 6 north, range 27 west, San Bernardino meridian, except sections 19, 30, and 31. All Government lands in sec tions 1, 2, and 12, township 6 north, range 28 west, San Bernardino meridian. All Government lands in sec tions 6, 7, 18, 19, 30, and 31, town- ship 5 north, range 24 west, San Bernardino meridian. All Government lands in township 5 north, range 25 west, San Bern ard ino mer idi an. All Government lands in township 5 north, range 26 west, San Bernardino meridian, except in sections 31 and 32. All Governmen t lands in sections 1, 2, 3, 1 0, 11, 12, 13, 14, 1 5, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, township 5 north, range 27 west, San Bern ardino meridian : Provided, That this Act shall not defeat or affect any la wful right whic h has alre ady a ttach ed un der t he mi ning laws and which is hereinafter maintained in accordance with such laws : Provided further, That the President upon recommendation of the Secretary of t he Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, may, by Executive order, when in his judgment the public interest would best be served thereby, and after reasonable notice has been given through the Department of the Interior, restore to location and entry under the mining laws, any of the lands hereby withdrawn therefrom : Provided further, That any person desiring to locate and enter upon any such withdrawn lands under the mineral land laws may make such location and entry upon a showing satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture that the lands to be entered are chiefly valuable for minerals. Approved, April 20, 1936. 1 235 Description-Contd. Provisos. La wful ex istingr ights not affected. Discretionary resto- ration to entry, etc ., of withd rawn lands. Location and entry. [C HAPTE R 239 .1 AN ACT Granting a leave of absence to settlers of homestead lands during the year 1936. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any home- Public lands. Homestead entry- stead settler or entryman who, during the calendar year 1936 should men ; le av es of a bs e nc e, find it necessary, because of economic conditions, to leave his home- calendar year 1036 . stead to seek employment in order to obtain the necessaries of life for himself or family or to pro vide for the education of his children, may, upon filing with the register of the district his affidavit, sup- Affidavits to be filed ported by corroborating affidavits of two disinterested persons, w ith r egis terof dist rictr showing the necessity of such absence, be excused from compliance with the requirements of the homestead laws as to residence, culti- vation, improvements, expenditures, or payment of purchase money, as the case may be, during all or any part of the calendar year 1936, and said entries shall not be open to contest or protest because of failure to comply with such requirements during such absence ; except that the time of such absence shall not be deducted from the Absence added to sta tutory life of entry. actual residence required by law, but a period equal to such absence shall be added to the statutory life of the entry : Provided, That any entryman holding an unperfected entry on ceded Indian lands may be excused from the requirements of residence upon the conditions provided herein, but shall not be entitled to extension of time for the payment of any installment of the purchase price of the land Apri1 20, 1936. [II. P. .9997 .] [Public, No. 527 .] Proviso . Ceded I ndian lands ; installment payment extension.