Chapter 1415. For the reappraisement and sale of the undisposed lands within the Fort Walla Walla Military Reservation, in the State of Washington
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CHAP. 1415.— An Act For the reappraisement and sale of the undisposed lands within the Fort Walla Walla Military Reservation, in the State of Washington. April 22, 1904. [[H. R. 12685](/us/bill/58/hr/12685).] [[Public, No. 138](/us/pl/58/138).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the lands originally Fort Walla Walla Military Reservation, Wash. Reappraisement and sale of undisposed lands in. Vol. 17, p. 335. embraced within the Fort Walla Walla Military Reservation, in the State of Washington, remaining undisposed of shall be reappraised, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by legal subdivisions, and the appraisers, in their report, shall note the character of each legal subdivision and state whether it is chiefly valuable for stone, mineral, timber, agricultural, or grazing purposes, and if any Improvements. of the legal subdivisions of said land is improved the appraiser shall appraise separately the improvements on said land and the land independently of such improvements, and they shall describe generally the character of such improvements, and also report the names of the persons who made such improvements and the parties claiming to own the same.
Sec. 2. That upon the approval of such reappraisement by the Secretary Sale. of the Interior said lands shall be offered for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, at such times and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may determine: *Provided*, That the land and *Provisos*. Minimum price. improvements shall not be sold at less than the appraised value: *Provided further*, That if the highest bidder shall be the person who made Deduction for improvements. the improvements upon such land, or his assigns, the appraised value of the improvements shall be deducted from his bid, and he shall be required to pay only the remainder to the United States, and if the highest bidder is some one other than the party who made such improve-244ments, Payment for improvements. or his assigns, then the appraised value of the improvements shall be paid to such party, or his assigns, and the remainder to the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior must be satisfied that the improvements shall have been paid for, as herein provided, before patent is issued to the purchaser of any of said lands: *Provided also*, Lands excepted.
That this Act shall not affect the lands in the existing Fort Walla Walla Military Reservation, area six hundred and nineteen acres and fifty-seven one-hundredths of an acre. Approved, April 22, 1904.