Chapter CCCLVII. to perfect certain Land-titles therein described
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CHAP. CCCLVII.— An Act to perfect certain Land-titles therein described.June 8, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the Secretary of the InteriorCertain lands located in good faith by claims arising under treaty of Sept. 30, 1854, with the Chippewas may be purchased, &c.Vol. x. p. 1110.Price.Entries may be completed and titles perfected. be, and he is hereby, authorized to permit the purchase, with cash or military bounty-land warrants, of such lands as may have been located with claims arising under the seventh clause of the second article of the treaty of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, at such price per acre as the Secretary of the Interior shall deem equitable and proper, but not at a less price than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and that owners and holders of such claims in good faith be also permitted to complete their entries, and to perfect their titles under such claims upon compliance with the terms above mentioned: *Provided,* That it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that said claims are held by innocent parties in good faith, and that the locations made under such claims have been made in good faith and by innocent holders of the same.
Approved, June 8, 1872.