Chapter 925.
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CHAP. 925.— An act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands, and to grant the proceeds of such sale to the town of Pelican, Oneida County, Wisconsin, for school purposes.September 25, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.Sale of certain lands in and proceeds granted for school purposes to Pelican, Oneida County, Wis.Cost of appraisal.Location. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to cause an appraisal to be made at an expense of not exceeding one hundred dollars of the following-described lands, situated in the town of Pelican, in the county of Oneida and State of Wisconsin, and now a part of the public domain and subject to entry under the provisions of the homestead law, namely:
Lots numbered two and three, and theDescription, etc. southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, all in section numbered thirty-two, in township numbered thirty-seven north, of range numbered nine east, of the fourth principal meridian, and being in the Wausau land district in the State of Wisconsin, and containing, according to Government survey, one hundred and sixty-six and forty one hundreths acres. Said appraisal shall be made by three competent men, to beAppraisers to be appointed. selected by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make a true estimate of the value of said lands according to their best judgmentAppraisal. after a personal inspection of the same.
Said appraisers shall make two copies of their appraisal, one of which shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior, and the other filed in the United States Land office for the district in which said lands are located. As soon after the receipt of such appraisal as practicable the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a statement containing the substance of said apraisal to be published in three newspapers published in thePublication. State of Wisconsin, one of which shall be published in the county where said lands are situated, together with a notice that said lands will be offered for sale at the land office in the district where saidNotice of sale. lands are located on a certain day, which shall not be less than three months after said appraisal nor more than six months, at which sale said lands shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash, but noSale.Limitation.*Proviso*.Sale of subdivisions, etc. bid shall be accepted for said lands or lots which is not equal to the appraised value of said lands or lots, made as aforesaid: *Provided*, it the Secretary may, if in his opinion it is deemed advisable and in the interests of justice, divide one or more of said lots or subdivisions above described into lots of one acre or smaller, and cause the same to be sold separately to the highest bidder, as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 2. That the proceeds of such sale, after deducting the cost ofProceeds donated to school purposes. the appraisal, subdividing, advertising, and sale, is hereby donated 478 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 925, 926, 938. 1890. to the town of Pelican, in the county and State aforesaid, to be used by said town towards paying for the erection of a public school building or for the support of the public schools of said town, as the proper town authorities may direct. Approved, September 25, 1890.
Chapter 926: to set apart a certain tract of land in the State of California as a public park. Chapter 926 26 Stat. 478 1890-09-25 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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