Chapter 1496. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four
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CHAP. 1496.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. April 23, 1904. [[H. R. 12687](/us/bill/58/hr/12687).] [[Public, No. 160](/us/pl/58/160).] *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. 28, p. 494, amended.
That an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto section three, which said section shall read as follows: " “Sec. 3. Fort Abraham Lincoln Reservation, N. Dak. Homestead entries allowed. That all persons now having, or who may hereafter file, homestead applications upon any of the lands situate within the abandoned Fort Abraham Lincoln Military Reservation, in Morton County, State of North Dakota, shall be entitled to a patent to the land filed upon by such person upon compliance with the provisions of the homestead law of the United States and proper proof thereof, and shall not be required to pay the appraised values of such lands in addition to such compliance with the said homestead law.
” " Approved, April 23, 1904.