Chapter 89.
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CHAP. 89.— An act for the relief of settlers on public lands.May 14, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Relinquishment of claims to lands. That when a pre-emption, homestead, or timber-culture claimant shall file a written relinquishment of his claim in the local land-office, the land covered by such claim shall be held as open to settlement and entry without further action on the part of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. 141 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 89, 94, 95, 100. 1880. Sec. 2. In all eases where any person has contested, paid the land-office*Notification by register*. fees, and procured the cancellation of any pre-emption, homestead, or timber-culture entry, he shall be notified by the register of the land-office of the district in which such land is situated of such cancellation, and shall be allowed thirty days from date of such 30 *days for entry*.*Proviso*.notice to enter said lands: *Provided*, That said register shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar for the giving of such notice, to be paid by the contestant, and not to be reported.
Sec. 3. That any settler who has settled, or who shall hereafter settle,*Rights of settlers on public lands*. on any of the public lands of the United States, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, with the intention of claiming the same under the homestead laws, shall be allowed the same time to file his homestead application and perfect his original entry in the United States land-office as is now allowed to settlers under the pre-emption laws to put their claims on record, and his right shall relate back to the date of settlement, the same as if he settled under the pre-emption laws.
Approved, May 14, 1880. Chapter 94: to authorize the Wyoming, Montana and Pacific Railroad Company to build its road across the Fort Russell and Fort Laramie military reservations. Chapter 94 21 Stat. 141 1880-05-17 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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