Chapter 314. To provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 314.— An Act To provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes.August 23, 1894. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Military reservations. Lands on abandoned, opened to entry. Vol, 23. p. 103. *Post*. p. 665. That all lands not already disposed of included within the limits of any abandoned military reservation heretofore placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition under the Art approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, the disposal of which has not been provided for by a subsequent Act of Congress, where the area exceeds five thousand acres, except such legal subdivisions as have Government improvements thereon, and except also such other parts as are now or may be reserved for some public use, are hereby opened to settlement under the public land laws of the United States, and a preference right ofPreferences to homestead act tiers. entry for a period of six mouths from the date of this Act shall be given all bona fide settlers who are qualified to enter under the homestead law and have made improvements and are now residing upon any agricultural lands in said reservations, and for a period of six months from the date of settlement when that shall occur after the date of this Act: *Provided*, That persons who enter under the homestead law shall*Proviso*.
Payments. pay for such lands not less than the value heretofore or hereafter determined by appraisement, nor less than the price of the land at the time of the entry, and such payment may, at the option of the purchaser, be made in five equal installments, at times and at rates of interest to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. Sec. 2. That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to suspendAppraisements, etc. or to interfere with the operation of the said Act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as to all lands included in abandoned military reservations hereafter placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposal, and all appraisements required by the first section of this Act shall be in accordance with the provisions of said Act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
Approved, August 23, 1894.