Chapter 102. To provide for the repayment of certain commissions, excess payments, and purchase moneys paid under the public laws
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CHAP. 102.— An Act To provide for the repayment of certain commissions, excess payments, and purchase moneys paid under the public laws. March 26, 1908.[[H. R. 15660](/us/bill/70/hr/15660).][[Public, No. 66](/us/pl/70/66).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That where purchase moneysPublic lands.Repayment of purchase moneys, etc., in rejected entries, etc. and commissions paid under any public land law have been or shall hereafter be covered into the Treasury of the United States under any application to make any filing, location, selection, entry, or proof, such purchase moneys and commissions shall be repaid to the person who made such application, entry, or proof, or to his legal representatives, in all cases where such application, entry, or proof has been or shall hereafter be rejected, and neither such applicant nor his legalRestriction. representatives shall have been guilty of any fraud or attempted fraud in connection with such application.
Sec. 2. That in all cases where it shall appear to the satisfaction ofReimbursement for excessive payments. the Secretary of the Interior that any person has heretofore or shall hereafter make any payments to the United States under the public land laws in excess of the amount he was lawfully required to pay under such laws, such excess shall be repaid to such person or to his legal representatives. Sec. 3. That when the Commissioner of the General Land OfficeAmounts to be certified by Secretary of Interior, etc. shall ascertain the amount of any excess moneys, purchase moneys, or commissions in any case where repayment is authorized by this statute, the Secretary of the Interior shall at once certify such amounts to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is hereby authorized and directed to make repayment of all amounts so certified out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated and issue his warrant in settlement thereof.
Approved, March 26, 1908.