Chapter 795. for the relief of W
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CHAP. 795.— An Act for the relief of W. H. Tibbits.August 8, 1888. Whereas it appears from the records of the General Land Office thatPreamble. W. H. Tibbits did in good faith, on the fourth day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, make homestead entry of the northeast quarter of section twenty-one. township nine north, range eleven east, in the State of Nebraska, and resided thereon for the full period of 1146 time required by existing statutes, and improved and cultivated the same; and Whereas it further appears that the said tract of land was patented to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad at a time subsequent to said homestead entry, and sold by said railroad company to other parties:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*W. H. Tibbits.May make new homestead location., That the said W. H. Tibbits, or his legal representatives, is hereby authorized to locate one hundred and sixty acres of any of the public lauds, subject to private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, of the United States; and patent shall issue to him or his assignees as in other cases of a like nature.
Approved, August 8, 1888.