Chapter 321. To authorize a resurvey of certain lands in Cheyenne County, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 321.— An Act To authorize a resurvey of certain lands in Cheyenne County, in the State of Nebraska, and for other purposes. March 1, 1899. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of theCheyenne County, Nebr.Resurvey of lands authorized. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be made a survey of the following lands in Cheyenne County, in the State of Nebraska:
Townships twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-three north, range forty-seven west, principal meridian, and so much of the lauds adjacent thereto as may be necessary to correct the errors existing in the original survey of said lands. And all rules and regulations of the—certain Interior Department rules abrogated. Interior Department requiring petitions from all settlers on said lands asking for a resurvey and an agreement to abide by the result of the survey, so far as these lands are concerned, are hereby abrogated: *Provided,**Provisos.*Rights of bona fide occupants unimpaired.
That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair 922 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 321, 322. 1899. the present bona fide claim of any actual occupant of any of said lands so occupied to the amount of land to which, under the law, he is entitled: *And provided further,* That said resurvey shall in no manner affect the rights of bona fide occupants of any of said lands to the land so occupied to the amount which said occupants are entitled to receive from the Government.
Approved, March 1, 1899.