Chapter 53. For the relief of Hugh P
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CHAP. 53.— An Act For the relief of Hugh P. Strong. April 6, 1914.[[H. R. 1262](/us/bill/63/hr/1262).][[Private, No. 10](/us/pvtl/63/10).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Hugh P. Strong, of Hugh P. Strong.Homestead entry by, authorized.Superior, Wisconsin, be, and he hereby is, given the right, within two years after the passage of this Act, to select, make entry, and file upon any one hundred and sixty acres of public land subject to homestead entry; and upon payment of any fees, commissions, or purchase money due in connection therewith, and after publication and posting of notice of his said selection or entry for thirty days, under direction of the register of the land district wherein the lands are situated, and in the absence of valid protest or objection, shall be entitled to receive a patent therefor under the general homestead laws without the necessity of establishing, maintaining, or proving residence and cultivation upon the same, for the reason that said Hugh P.
Strong duly made homestead entry numbered two thousand and ninety-six, upon which patent was issued by the United States to said Hugh P. Strong, on January nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, but which patent was canceled by virtue of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States October twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, April 6, 1914.