Chapter 180.
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CHAP. 180.— AN ACT Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant further extensions of time within which to make proof on desert-land entries in the counties of Benton, Yakima, and Klickitat. February 28, 1911. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Interior Washington.may, in his discretion, grant to any entryman under the desert-land laws Desert-land entries in certain counties.in the counties of Benton, Yakima, and Klickitat, in the State of Washington, a further extension of the time within which they are required to make final proof, provided such entryman shall, by his corroborated affidavit, filed in the land office Time extended for completing.of the district where such land is located, show to the satisfaction of the Secretary that because of unavoidable delay in the construction of irrigation works intended to convey water to the land embraced in his entry, he. is, without fault on his part, unable to make proof of the reclamation and cultivation of said lauds as required by law within the time limited therefor; but such extension shall not be granted for a period of more than three years, and this Act shall not affect contests initiated for a valid existing reason.
Approved, February 28, 1911.