Chapter 1240.
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CHAP. 1240.— An act to provide for the disposal of the Old Fort Lyon and Fort Lyon and Pagosa Springs military reservations, in the State of Colorado, to actual settlers, under the provisions of the homestead laws.October 1, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands. That the lands embraced in the former military reservation known as Fort Lyon and the former military reservation known as Old Fort Lyon,Lands of Old Fort Lyon, Fort Lyon, and Pagosa Springs reservations, opened to homestead entry only.Fort Lyon, and Old Fort Lyon. in the State of Colorado, shall, from and after the passage of this act, be subject to disposal, to actual settlers thereon, as lands held at the minimum price, according to the provisions of the homestead laws only: *Provided*, That section numbered four, in township numbered twenty-three, range numbered *Proviso*.Limitations.fifty-one, shall not be subject to the provisions of this act, and it is hereby exempted from the same.
Sec. 2. That the lands embraced in the former military reservationPagosa Springs. known as Pagosa Springs military reservation, lying partly in townships thirty-five and thirty-six, ranges one and two west of the New Mexico meridian, containing twenty-two thousand four hundred and seventy-one and seventy-seven one-hundredths acres, in the State of Colorado, shall, from and after the passage of this act, 562FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 1240, 1241. 1890. be subject to disposal, to actual settlers thereon, according to the provisionsLand excepted. of the homestead laws only, with the exception of the land reserved by Executive order of May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one mile square for town site purposes, which shall not be affected by this act.
Approved, October 1, 1890. Chapter 1241: to provide for the examination of, certain officers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein. Chapter 1241 26 Stat. 562 1890-10-01 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 2026-02-21 51 1 public
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