Chapter CLVII. *granting Land to A
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CHAP. CLVII.— An Act *granting Land to A. M. Jess, of Josephine County, Oregon*. June 29, 1866. Whereas the land claimed and settled upon by A. M. Jess, on ApplegatePreamble. river, in Josephine county, State of Oregon, under the provisions of the homestead law of May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, has1862, ch. 75. Vol. xii. p. 392. since, without his fault, become of no value to him and been in great part destroyed by a change in the channel of said river; and whereas his title to said land is still inchoate and justice requires that he should be permitted to locate and settle upon an equal quantity of other public land in lieu thereof:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the said A. M. Jess be, and he is hereby, authorized to locate and settle upon one hundred andA. M. Jess may locate and settle upon 160 acres of public lands. sixty acres of the public lands of the United Stales, in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the homestead law aforesaid, and, at the expiration of the period therein prescribed, to receive a patent therefor on the terms and conditions therein prescribed: *Provided*, That theTitle to former location to revert to the United States.New location not to be upon mineral lands. title so acquired by him to the land heretofore located and settled upon by him as aforesaid shall revert to the United States: *And provided further*, That said new location and settlement shall not be made upon mineral lands of the United States.
Approved, June 29, 1866.