Chapter 143.
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CHAP. 143.— An act to amend chapter one hundred and ninety-eight, volume sixteen, of the Statutes at Large.March 3, 1881. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,1870, ch. 198,16 Stat., 187, amended.Fort Ridgely military reservation.Lands open to homestead and timber-culture entry.*Proviso*.Rights of prior Bottlers preserved. That chapter one hundred and ninety eight, volume sixteen, of the Statutes at Large, being au act for the disposal of the lands within the Fort Ridgely military reservation, Minnesota, be amended by adding thereto a new section :
" “ Sec. 4. All lands within the limits of the said reservation and not embracing any government improvements, shall be open to homestead settlement and timber-culture entry as other public lands in Minnesota from and after the passage of this act : *Provided*, That all persons now residing on any of said lands, or who have filed on any of the lands of said reservation as bona fide settlers, shall have sixty days from and after the passage of this act to refile on the same tract as homestead or tree culture entry, and shall have a preference over all other persons as to the tracts so settled on by them.
And all persons who were allowed to preempt any of said lands, and who have paid for the same at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre shall be entitled to a patent for the same.” " Approved, March 3, 1881.