Chapter 203. For the relief of Andrew Gray
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CHAP. 203.— An Act For the relief of Andrew Gray.August 3, 1894. Whereas the commission duly appointed under the Act of CongressPreamble.Vol. 26, p.658. approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, recommended the reinstatement and approval for patents of the homestead entry of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-two, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-three, in township numbered twenty-three north, of range numbered twelve west, of Mount Diablo meridian, in the State of California, made by Andrew Gray on October ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, upon which he has continuously resided ever since, and has made improvements thereon worth more than four thousand dollars; and Whereas said entry was erroneously canceled by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, for conflict with the boundaries of the Round Valley Indian Reservation as defined by the Act of Congress approvedVol. 17, p.634.
March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, subsequent to said entry; and ‘ 996FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 203–205, 216. 1894. Whereas said Indian reservation has been reduced under said Act of eighteen hundred and ninety, so that the land covered by said entry is not within its limits; and Whereas the Secretary of the Interior declined to approve said recommendation on the ground that he had no authority to reinstate Vol. 26, p. 659.said entry, because the third section of said Act of eighteen hundred and ninety provided for the sale of said tract:
Now, therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Andrew Gray.May complete homestead entry. Round Valley Reservation, Cal. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause said entry to be reinstated and allow the entrymen to make due proof of his compliance with the requirements of the homestead law, upon which patent may issue as in other cases. Approved, August 3, 1894.