Chapter 187.
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CHAP. 187.— An act abolishing the military reservations of Fort Abercrombie, Fort Seward, and Fort Ransom, all in the Territory of Dakota, and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to have the lands embraced therein surveyed and made subject to homestead and pre-emption entry and sale, the same as other public lands.June 10, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Abolishing military reservations.Fort Abercrombie, Fort Seward, and Fort Ransom, Dakota.
That the military reservations of Fort Abercrombie, Fort Seward, and Fort Ransom, all in the Territory of Dakota, be, and the same are hereby, abolished, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to have the lands embraced therein *Proviso*.surveyed and made subject to homestead and pre-emption entry anti sale, the same as other public lands: *Provided*, The rights of all actual settlers, entitled to the benefits of the homestead and pre-emption laws of the United States, who now occupy in good faith any portion of the land embraced within any of said reservations, shall date from the day of their actual settlement thereon; and in *Proviso*.perfecting their titles thereto under the homestead or pre-emption laws, the time such settlers have occupied and improved their said lands shall be allowed: *Provided further*, That when the lands embraced in said reservations, shall be surveyed, the claims of all such actual settlers shall be made to conform to the lines of the government survey.
Approved, June 10, 1880. Chapter 188: to change the name of the schooner “J. H. Dusenberry. Chapter 188 21 Stat. 172 1880-06-10 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-27 46 2 public
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