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 56 STAT.] 77TH CONG.. 2D SESS.-CHS. 23, 24 --JAN. 27, 29, 1942 of Sacramento, State of California, and forming a part of the right- of-way of said Central Pacific Railway Company, granted by the Government of the United States of America by an Act of Congress approved July 1, 1862, entitled "An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes" (12 Stat. L. 489), and by said Act as amended by Act of Congress approved July 2, 1864. entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes', approved July 1, 1862" (13 Stat. L. 356), are hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed with the same force and effect as if the land involved therein had been held at the time of such conveyances by the corporations making the same under absolute fee-simple title. The conveyances, recorded in the office of county recorder of San Joaquin County, California, in book of official records, which are hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed, are as follows: 1. February 13, 1940: Margaret Gieseke; volume 669, page 473. 2. February 13, 1940: John B. Coughlan; volume 676, page 277. 3. February 13,1940: Frank Ward; volume 669, page 474. 4. February 13, 1940: Henry Meiburg and Erna Meiburg; volume 669, page 476. 5. February 13,1940: Frank Penny, volume 676, page 275. The conveyance, recorded in the office of the county recorder of Sacramento County, California, which is hereby legalized, validated, and confirmed, is as follows: March 17, 1931: Nellie M. Kearns; volume 340, page 465: Pro- vided, That such legalization, validation, and confirmation shall not in any instance diminish said right-of-way to a width less than fifty feet on either side of the center of the main track or tracks of said Central Pacific Railway Company as now established and maintained: Providedfurther, That nothing herein contained is intended or shall be construed to legalize, validate, or confirm any rights, titles, or interests based upon or arising out of adverse possession, prescription, or abandonment, and not confirmed by conveyance heretofore made by Central Pacific Railway Company and its lessee, Southern Pacific Company: And provided further, That there shall be reserved to the United States all oil, coal, or other minerals in the land, and the right to prospect for, mine, and remove the same under the applicable mineral land laws. Approved, January 27, 1942. [CHAPTER 24] AN ACT To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Indian,; and to carry out certain obligations to certain enrolled Indians under tribal agreement. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That title to the following-described lands is hereby vested in the United States in trust for the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; and said lands shall be subject to all provisions of existing law applicable generally to Indian reservations: In township 14 north, range 20 west of the Indian meridian; the southwest quarter and northeast quarter of section 29; southeast quarter section 30; northeast quarter of section 31; and all of section 32. Provisos. Width of right-of- way. Rights based on ad. verse possession, etc. Mineral restrvltion. January 29, 1942 [H. R. 50R5] [Public Law 4191 Cheyenne-Arapaho Indians, Okla. Lands set aside for use of. Description.

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