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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 17 STAT. · May 23, 1872 · Chapter CCIV

Chapter CCIV. *to withdraw from Settlement and Sale a certain Section of Land in Wyoming Territory.*May 23, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Section of land in Wyoming Territory reserved for the use of the city of Cheyenne for

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CHAP. CCIV.— An Act *to withdraw from Settlement and Sale a certain Section of Land in Wyoming Territory.*May 23, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Section of land in Wyoming Territory reserved for the use of the city of Cheyenne for supply of water.That section thirty, township fourteen north, range sixty-seven west, of the public lands in Laramie county, Wyoming Territory, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement and sale under existing laws, and reserved for the use of the city of Cheyenne, in said county, for the purpose of enabling the proper authorities of said city to construct and maintain on said land a reservoir of water for the supply of said city.
Sec. 2. Who to occupyThat said section of land shall, for the purpose named in theFORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 204-206. 1872.159first section of this act, be subject to occupancy and control by the board and control the land.of trustees of said city of Cheyenne, and their successors in office : *Provided*, That if at any time the said board of trustees shall occupy, or permitLand to revert to the United States if, &c. to be occupied, said land for any purpose not contemplated by this act, or shall fail for the period of two years to commence the use of it for said purpose, or shall abandon the same, the said land shall revert to the United States : *Provided further*, That nothing in this act contained shall Private rights not affected. be construed or have the effect to impair the rights of any person in or to any portion of said lands, acquired under any law of the United States.
Approved, May 23, 1872.
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