Chapter 293. abolishing the military reservation at Fort Abercrombie, in the State of Minnesota, and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to have the lands embraced therein made subject to homestead entry and sale the same as other public lands
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CHAP. 293.— An Act abolishing the military reservation at Fort Abercrombie, in the State of Minnesota, and authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to have the lands embraced therein made subject to homestead entry and sale the same as other public lands.July 15, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.*,Abolition of military reservation at Fort Abercrombie, Minn.Lands open to entry and sale.*Provisos.*Rights of actual seniors.
That the military reservation of Fort Abercrombie, in the State of Minnesota, be, and the same is hereby, abolished; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to have the lands embraced therein made subject to town site homestead entry and sale the same as other public lands: *Provided,* That the rights of all actual settlers entitled to the benefits of the homestead laws of the United States, who now occupy in good faith any portion of the land embraced within said reservation, shall date from the day of their actual settlement thereon; and in perfecting their titles thereto, under the homestead laws, the time such settlers have occupied and improved their said lands shall be allowed.
Approved, July 15, 1882.