Chapter 36.
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CHAP. 36.— An act subjecting the Fort Wayne military reservation in the State of Arkansas to entry as other public lands in said State. Jan. 30, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Fort Wayne reservation, Arkansas, restored to public domain.Priorities. That all the lands embraced in the Fort Wayne military reservation in the State of Arkansas be, and the same are hereby, opened and made subject to entry as other public lands in said State under existing laws: *Provided,* That all persons owning improvements on said reservation at the time of the passage of this act shall have a prior right to enter the same at any time within six months after tins act goes into effect.
Sec. 2. Instructions. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and hereby is, authorized to issue the instructions necessary to carry the provisions of this act into effect. Approved, January 30, 1879.