Chapter CCLXI. to vacate the Fort Dakota military Reservation in the Territory of Dakota, and for other Purposes
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CHAP. CCLXI.— An Act to vacate the Fort Dakota military Reservation in the Territory of Dakota, and for other Purposes.July 14, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the military reservationMilitary reservation at Fort Dakota vacated, and lands subject to private entry, &c. at Fort Dakota, in the county of Minnehaha, and Territory of Dakota, be, and the same is hereby, vacated, and the lands embraced in said reservation shall be subject to private entry under the provisions of the pre-emption and homestead laws of the United States, except so much thereof as may be embraced in sections heretofore reserved for school purposes: *Provided,* That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfereExisting rights not affected. with any rights which may have accrued previous to the withdrawal of said lands for the purposes of such reservation: *And provided also,*Improvements to be appraised and paid for.
That any improvements on said reservation made by the military authorities prior to its relinquishment by the Secretary of War, shall be appraised by the register and receiver of the land office of the district in which said reservation is situated, and paid for by the purchaser of the lands on which the same are located: *And provided further,* That no patentPatents not to issue until, &c. shall issue for any portion of said lands until the improvements thereon shall have been paid for at their appraised value.
Approved, July 14, 1870.