Chapter 543. Adjusting certain conflicts respecting State school indemnity selections in lieu of school sections in abandoned military reservations
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CHAP. 543.— An Act Adjusting certain conflicts respecting State school indemnity selections in lieu of school sections in abandoned military reservations. February 11, 1903.[[Public, No. 81](/us/pl/57/81).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Public lands.School Indemnity selections in lieu of lands in abandoned military reservations, confirmed. That all State school indemnity selections in lieu of what are known as school sections in abandoned military reservations made pursuant to the decision of the Secretary of the Interior dated January twenty-eighth, eighteen hun823dred and ninety-eight, and before notice of the withdrawal of that decision was received at the local land office at which the selections were made, and which are otherwise regular and free from any prior lawful claim, shall be confirmed by the Secretary of the Interior; and Disposal of school sections.the lands in such school sections in lieu of which such confirmed selections were made shall be disposed of under the laws applicable to other lands in such abandoned military reservations, a preference right being accorded to those who have made and maintained a bona fide settlement or entry pursuant to said decision of the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, February 11, 1903.