Chapter 244. To provide an extension of time for submission of proof by homesteaders on the Uintah Indian Reservation
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CHAP. 244.— An Act To provide an extension of time for submission of proof by homesteaders on the Uintah Indian Reservation. July 20, 1912.[[S. 6934](/us/bill/62/s/6934).][[Public, No. 234](/us/pl/62/234).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Uintah Indian Reservation, Utah.Time extended for proof of homestead entries on former.Vol. 32, p. 263. That any person who has heretofore made a homestead entry for land which was formerly a part of the Uintah Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, authorized by the Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and two, and Acts amendatory thereto, shall, upon application to the register and receiver of the land office in the district in which the land is located, and upon payment of five per centum of the price ofInterest to be paid. said land, be allowed an extension of time of one year within which to submit proof on his entry and make payment therefor: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Credit to Indians.
That said five per centum shall be accepted as interest for said year, 197 and shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the Indians as a part of the proceeds received for the lands: *Provided further*, ThatSecond extension. any entryman may, upon the same conditions, obtain a second extension, and no more. Sec. 2. That nothing herein contained shall affect any validAdverse claims not affected. adverse claim initiated prior to the passage of this Act. Approved, July 20, 1912.