Chapter 35. For the relief of Oliver P
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CHAP. 35.— An Act For the relief of Oliver P. Coshow and others.January 19, 1895. Whereas a large portion of the southwest quarter of the northeastPreamble. quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and lots two, three, four, five, six, and seven, section thirty-one, township thirteen south, range two west, Willamette meridian, in Linn County, State of Oregon, is now occupied by the town of North Brownsville, the property owners whereof claim title through certain persons who purchased the said land in good faith, either from the county school superintendent of Linn County, Oregon, or from the Oregon and California Railroad Company, and that the remainder of said described lauds is claimed by Oliver P.
Coshow: and Whereas neither the said school superintendent nor the said railroad company ever had title to the land aforesaid, but that, all of the same is now and always has been vested in the United States: Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Oliver P. Coshow.Authorized to enter lands in Oregon. That Oliver P. Coshow, his heirs or legal representatives, is hereby authorized, on the payment of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, within six months after the date of the approval of this Act, to make cash entry of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and lots two, three, four, five, six, and seven of section thirty-one, in township thirteen south, of range two west, of the Willamette meridian, situated in Linn County, Oregon, at the United FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 35, 40–42 1895.1025 States land office at Oregon City, in said State, upon first giving thirty days’ notice of his intention to make such entry by posting at least twenty notices in at least twenty public places in the town of North Brownsville, in said State, such notices to contain a copy of this Act and a statement of the time when such entry will be made: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Deeds to persons claiming under other title. That upon making entry the said Oliver P.
Coshow, his heirs or legal representatives, shall deliver to each person claiming to own property in said town, the record title to which property shall have been derived from or through any person claiming under the attempted conveyances by the school superintendent or the Oregon and California Railroad Company, a deed, duly executed, conveying to such person the parcel of land held by him as aforesaid. The entry, when made, shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and if he is satisfied that it is in conformity with this Act, and that deeds have been tendered by the entrymen to the various property holders as herein provided, patent shall issue to the said Oliver P.
Coshow, or his heirs and legal representatives; but if it shall appear that the entry is not in conformity with this Act, or that due notice has not been givenNotices. to all interested parties as herein provided, then he may order new notice to be given to the end that all parties in interest may have a full and fair opportunity to present their claims, and upon such new notice the proceedings shall be conducted as though it were a new entry: *Provided further*, That this Act shall not in any manner interfere with anyAdverse claims. valid adverse claim or right to said land or any portion thereof.
Approved, January 19, 1895.