Chapter 38. Providing for the adjustment of the grant of lands in aid of the construction of the Corvallis and Yaquina Bay military wagon road, and of conflicting claims to lands within the limits of said grant
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CHAP. 38.— An Act Providing for the adjustment of the grant of lands in aid of the construction of the Corvallis and Yaquina Bay military wagon road, and of conflicting claims to lands within the limits of said grant.February 11, 1913.[[H. R. 8151](/us/bill/62/hr/8151).][[Public, No. 368](/us/pl/62/368).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Public lands.T. Egenton Hogg. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause patents to be issued conveying to the administrator of the estate of T.
Egenton Hogg one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight and Grant of lands in Oregon to.eighty-four one-hundredths acres, as near as may be, of unreserved, unoccupied, nonmineral, surveyed lands of the United States in the State of Oregon subject to homestead entry. Sec. 2. Selection by administrator. That the said administrator of the estate of T. Egenton Hogg shall have a period of one year after the passage of this Act within which to file with the Secretary of the Interior a list of the lands selected by him in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
And if any of the lands so selected should be rejected by the Secretary of the Interior as not being of the character of lands described in this Act, said administrator shall have six months after said adverse decision or decisions within which to make another selection. Proof of succession toCorvallis and Yaquina Bay wagon-road grant.And that such patents shall issue only upon satisfactory proof to the Secretary of the Interior that the Corvallis and Yaquina Bay Wagon Road Company, prior to the death of the said T.
Egenton Hogg, conveyed to him its right and interest in and to all lands earned by Vol. 14, p. 86.the company under the Act of Congress approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled “An Act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military road from *Provisos*.Reclamation lands excepted.Corvallis to Yaquina Bay”: *Provided*, That lands within national reclamation projects, though they may be subject to homestead entry, shall be considered as reserved and not subject to the terms Exact of acceptance.of this Act: *Provided further*, That said one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight and eighty-four one-hundredths acres of land when so patented shall be in lieu of all amounts of land now due under said Act of Congress of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and shall be accepted in full settlement of all claims under said Act.
Approved, February 11, 1913.